A few years ago, I had a nagging pain that felt like a runner's stitch on the right side of my stomach. It didn't hurt much, but it wouldn't go away. Feeling nauseous and tired, I decided to stop by an urgent care center after work just in case.
Several hours later, I was wheeled in to an operating room at my local hospital for emergency surgery. It turned out I had acute appendicitis and if I had waited any longer, I would have been doubling over in pain.
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