6.28.12 Waves of Pain

I woke up this morning with the most intense waves of pain in my stomach area. At first, the pain would "roll" in getting stronger in intensity and then "roll" back out and it would take about 30 sec to a minute between each set. Unfortunately they got to be about 4 secs apart and the worst part of the whole thing was each time feeling it coming back. We tried medicine for gas pains and other stuff but nothing seemed to help. I spent part of the day in bed and then finally mom took me to the hospital. We first ended up at an Urgent Care office but they said that I was more of an emergency so I would have to go to the ER. So then we traveled to Scott and White Hospital. This whole time the pain kept getting worse.
Scott and White was a very nice place. They got me right in to a room and had me checked out fairly quickly. They put me on some pain killers which did stop the pain from happening for a little while. The doctor came in and explained that they were going to do a CAT scan and that I would need to drink some lemonade tasting stuff that would help them see what was going on. It was in a huge glass and I didn't know if I could drink all of it in a fast amount of time. The doctor explained everything as we went along and pointed out how much time everything would take (like an hour for the lemonade stuff to get where they needed it) so we were never left in the dark as to why we were just hanging out without seeing anyone.

I went in for the CAT Scan and the only really weird thing was the attendant said I would feel really warm in my stomach and would feel like I had to pee. Which was true it was a very strange sensation. Hopefully it wasn't from me being microwaved in that machine.
The doctor determined that I had an inflamed stomach and large intestines. She gave me a prescription for some meds and sent me on my way.
Whew! At least it wasn't a burst appendix or an alien trying to get out of my lower half!
 Did you know that is you pay your bill in full, hospitals might knock a couple hundred dollars off the total? Of course that was just one of many bills to follow.