My first and only hospital stay was supposed to be for ten days. By Day Four I was begging the doctor to take out the stitches /staples and let me go home. He did.

I hate sharing a room with a bunch of cranky women and their silly visitors.

Advice: if other patients' visitors get on your nerves, VOMIT! as loudly as possible. Preferably behind a curtain. The embarrassed silence followed by quick goodbyes is worth the effort.