I went in to the ER at 4 in the morning. I told th...

I went in to the ER at 4 in the morning. I told them I had appendicitis because I obviously had appendicitis. It was a no brainer, and I'm not even a doctor. They tested me for every imaginable thing. Even ran tests for STDs. What was I gonna do, say no? I pumped full of morphine. They gave me some liquid to drink for the CT Scan, and I kept throwing it up. The nurse was getting huffy and puffy with me. Maybe she hasn't had appendicitis before, but if she did, she most likely wouldn't have been so damn mean. She was a monster! At 1:00 PM, they finally took me in and ran a CT Scan. Results showed appendicitis. Good job, Portnuef. I'm so grateful you could take your merry-ass time to diagnose the obvious. After surgery, they slapped me with a $26,000 dollar bill. I didn't have health insurance. I was a college student in my last semester and couldn't afford $230 a month for Obama Care, and the company I was working for at the time was going under. I've tried every option to lower the cost: Medicaid, County Assistance, blah blah blah. Now I'm not trying to get out of paying for the surgery. I only want a realistic amount for a same day, out-patient, arthroscopic surgery. $26000 is not a realistic amount. My only option at this point is medical bankruptcy. The one star is out of gratitude for finally completing the surgery. The doctor did a very good job. His name was McKnight, I think. He did an excellent job, and the portion of his work in contrast to the overall bill was very fair. Everything outside of that was very shady, and I'm left disgusted. I take my health very serious, I exercise, and I'm pretty much a hippie when it comes to my diet. Appendicitis is spontaneous, and there is no known cause for it. Life really gave me a low blow, and Portneuf sure had a hay day with my poor luck. My advice is go elsewhere. Good thing you can only get your appendix out once.