The Adventures of Living With Endometriosis and the Absolutely Pointless Visit to the ER

Gee... I have no idea why people with endometriosis get so frustrated...

I visited the ER on Tuesday when I woke up in the night with very intense pain that either was stemming from, or radiating toward, my lower back so that my back was very painful.  I had already taken the maximum of my pain meds and all of the other night-time medications and it was very intense and apparently not helped by the medications.  When I awoke, I felt a bit better, but in the afternoon/evening I felt the back pain returning, this time higher up in my back and on the right side (in the early morning I would have said pain in the middle of lower back and some  a little higher to the left).  I was also having trouble urinating... Straining just for a trickle when it felt like my bladder was full.  It was not as awful as when I had a kidney stone but the symptoms were new and not getting better so I figured I should get it looked at.  My visit was pointless.  I want to say it was beyond pointless, but I know that literally that doesn't make much sense.  But it was how I felt when I was done.  

Personal Choice

Personal Choice.  It means a lot of different things.  In this country, our personal freedoms are taken very seriously.  In this blog, I am talking about having control over decisions about my health, as well as the health insurance company that goes by that name.  I think I could honestly rant about my insurance company and many like it on a daily basis but I'm choosing today.  Yesterday I basically spent 6 hours exchanging emails with my doctor's office, calling my pharmacy, and trying to figure out why it was taking so long to refill prescriptions.  I have come to the conclusion that for anyone with a serious illness, Personal Choice is the only insurance to have.