Ugh, the ER is the worst. I've had to go three times so far this year and the shortest time I was there was six hours. And I went early in the morning all three times so the waiting room was empty when I got there.
I didn't feel guilty because it was totally necessary every time. For two different problems. I do feel bad for the ER workers though. I'm sure a lot of people come in with things that you don't need a hospital to fix. In my case, it definitely required a hospital. Especially for the kidney stone. Ouch.
That's a bummer, I hope you heal up quickly! I am curious while we are on the topic though, do you make use of any bots to assist with the number of posts, or do you just frequent certain news/scientific journals?
RSS feeds on my tiny aged server + Mastodon. :) Check /c/mander. I posted an old listing of feeds for people to use. I haven't collated everything yet but it's a lot of them.