The pain is excruciating.  It had started 12 hours earlier, a ball of agony on my right side that radiates across my abdomen.  The 3 doses of Advil has not dulled it in the slightest.  Nor have the laxatives.  What the fuck is wrong with me?  Is this was appendicitis feels like?  My brother’s girlfriend drives me to the ER.  Apparently, my mother has better things to do today.  Probably getting drunk. On the drive to the hospital, the pain…