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Yuck. This sort of thing is why I never know what to expect at any place other than really familiar doctors who almost always do things right. But the ER is a crapshoot, and my last experience there involved being patronized in unbelievable (to others anyway) ways, and not actually treated for what turned into probable pneumonia. (They had basically said "If you get a fever come back and we'll hospitalize you." My pulmonologist thought otherwise and I spent weeks on antibiotics coughing up disgusting things and rattling when I breathed and stuff.) In previous years I used to actually get suicidal thoughts every time I even thought of going to a doctor, so it's better than that, but it's still a crapshoot and still scary.