My Emergency Room Visit & How I Feel My Health Care System Failed Me

I had a recent health scare during the first few weeks of September 2022. I was chugging along every day, like I always do when all of a sudden, I experienced this severe, kill-me-now pain that I’ve never before experienced in my life. Of course, being part of Generation X and having access to Google, I googled my symptoms and came up with the most logical conclusion: gall bladder stones.

My pain started at 12:30am one night. I had eaten a piece of French bread with some tea because I didn’t have much of an…