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Being in pain for 21 days is a long time. Even 8 days is a long time. "As much OTC painkillers as you need" might cause liver or kidney damage.

The reason they're mad that the ER doc didn't diagnose them with cancer is that the doctor sent them away without any sort of treatment, including pain relief. They're not going "time for my cancer screening, I can get that done at the ER!" They're in pain and they want to be seen now. If you're in enough pain to put your life on hold to make it stop, it's an emergency by all but the most tortured definitions.

Also, a lot of people are mentioning gallstones and burst appendices, which are ER things that were missed. From these comments alone I have learned that if someone complains of severe abdominal pain you check the gallbladder, appendix, ovaries, and uterus.