Methodist is the only ER I will go to in the city ...

Methodist is the only ER I will go to in the city of Peoria. I've had nothing but bad experiences at Proctor and St. Francis, but every time I have a severe, out of control migraine, endometriosis pain, ear infections (and we couldn't tell what was going on) or the time I had to have my gallbladder removed, I got fairly quick care, gentle and soft-spoken nurses (most of the time) and very good doctors and techs who did NOT believe I was just there looking for a hit, as Proctor and St. Francis seem to think. They look past the person who comes back every few months in pain and don't see a junkie, but a person in real need who has gotten a second opinion in neurology from their referral, who puts herself through an hour-long painful internal sonogram to find out what's actually going, etc. They find ways to keep the lights off, keep you comfortable, and bring your pain down. The one time I had surgery there was the only time I ever had trouble with them. I was on a medication that made it hard to find pain meds that were safe for me to take. They gave me a bad one that nearly made me comatose and almost gave me a second dose. In their favor, however, even the doctor who gave me the medication that causes the difficulty in finding workable pain medications told me that fentanyl was NOT a drug that should have reacted badly to the MAOI... but the pharmacist on call at Methodist disagreed. So it wasn't an easy call to make. I've heard both sides of the story (and from now on, even though I'm off the MAOI, I still list Fentanyl as an allergy just in case it wasn't the Methodist doctor's fault at all). All-in-all, I do trust them there, and if you're in pain, I highly recommend it over St. Francis or Procter.