What does a hernia feel like?

[staceyv]

That's scary. You know what's even scarier? The doctors are way too burned out to give a shit. About 2 1/2 years ago, I started having severe back spasms. I couldn't even get up- I couldn't even lay on my side in bed- I had to lay flat on my back. The slightest cough or movement would sent me into spasms that were so bad that I was afraid to get up to go pee or get a drink of water. I was really nervous that there was something awfully wrong with me, so I went to the emergency room. I sat in the waiting room for two hours, then saw the doctor- who simply felt my back for a second, said it seemed normal and told me I was probably having muscle cramps and sent me on my way. How did he KNOW that I didn't have a ripped aorta? I think he just didn't give a shit.