distressing day

I had a bit of a distressing day.  I woke up with pain in my chest today, on the left side above my breast.  After I woke up and noticed the pain I relaxed on the couch to see if it would go away.  When it didn't it go away  it started to worry me.  I took a shower hoping that would make me feel better but that didn't help either.
So after making a couple of phone calls I decided to go to the ER.  At this point I don't know if some of my problem was myself being in a panic.  Anyway I go, get admitted, they take me back and start all these tests and monitors on me.  Everything came back ok....EKG, chest x-ray, blood work.  The pain was due to chest wall irrations and stress.  Good thing I wasn't having a heart attack, but I sure felt stupid by the time I got to go home.  I got stuck 3 times for IV, blood draw and the blood pressure cuff  hurt like a son of a bitch.  I finally took it off my arm because I was tired of it pinching my arm. 

As distressing as all that was, while asking 20 questions about your medical history the one ER person says, "would you like to call your husband?"

"No I'm divorced"

"would you like to call your boyfriend?"

"No don't have one of those either"

After that I thinking...... how pathetic I am because I don't have a man in my life, or anyone other than my parents that would worry about me and be upset that I was at the ER.  Well my sons would be but one is in Indianapolis and can't drive, the other is in Lafayette over an hour away.  I wouldn't let them call my parents because I didn't want to upset them if it wasn't anything major. 

So do the hospital staff assume that every women has a husband or boyfriend ?  Or did I look like I needed to have one?  I don't know but I know I don't need a keeper.......I drove myself to the ER for heaven sake.
Anyway as stupid as I felt, I also got to feel like a loner for not having anyone to come sit with me.