Have you had appendicitis?

[txrandom]

I had appendicitis over Christmas break, and it was the worse experience of my life. I went to bed around 3 A.M. after playing some DOTA with friends. At 5 A.M. I woke up with a pain in my stomach. I thought it was bad indigestion and tried to go back to sleep. Couple hours later I begged my mom to take me to the doctor, and my doctor worked in an appointment around 11 A.M. and then 9 A.M.

So I went to the doctor and he said it sounds like appendicitis, but since the onset was so fast that he didn't think it was. He told us we should go to the ER and called ahead for us. After crying and throwing up for the longest car ride of my life, which was really only 15 mins, we finally get to the ER. After even more crying and throwing up, it's finally my turn to be called.

I got an MRI, x-rayed, and maybe some other tests that I can't remember. The main thing I remember is meeting a girl that was born in the same hospitable and on the same day as me while waiting for the MRI.

After all the tests were ran, they hooked up an IV and gave me some morphine. It was the best feeling of my life because almost all the pain disappeared after a few seconds. I didn't have any other side effects with the medicine. Until then to 5:00 P.M., I was begging for morphine every hour to relieve the pain. Around 5:00 I had the surgery and stayed at the hospitable till the next afternoon.

After the surgery the only pain was from moving around my abs. It was hard to get out of bed and walk around. I probably shouldn't of stayed in bed and watched comedies. I couldn't do anything major with my lower body for a month.

Overall, it sucks that I had it, but I'd rather have it now than when I'm actually in school or older in my life. Also, after experiencing that, I feel like I could handle a lot more pain.

Anyone else have appendicitis and did it hurt that much?

 

[TwiceOver]

You pretty much described my exact experience. Worst pain ever, made it through 6hrs of work, then another 5hrs on my couch before finally being nagged into going to the ER. Horrible pain, CT Scan, MORPHINE!

 

[DaveJ]

I got appendicitis when I was six, while I was in the hospital for some other surgeries. I've been told there were 4 or 5 doctors around my bed, all wondering why I screamed the place down whenever one of them touched me. Fortunately they figured out what the problem was and got it out just in time.

Dave

 

[BoomerD]

Nope...at 53-1/2 I STILL have my appendix AND tonsile...and I grew up in an era when you got the tonsils yanked for any sore throat...

My son got appendicitis a few years back. At first, he blamed it on food poisoning...then, after a week and it hadn't gone away, he started blaming it on a pulled muscle...:roll: finally, I convinced him to go to the doctor...who admitted him IMMEDIATELY into the hospital for an appendectomy. The appendix had ruptured, and was leaking "gunk" into his insides. The surgeon said it was the worst case he had ever seen...He spent a week in the hospital, with tubes draining out all the infection. IIRC, the bill came to almost $200K. He was GLAD he had medical insurance after that one.

 

[Fritzo]

You're lucky we live in an age where we can correct that. Just 50 years ago people would drop like flies from a burst appendix.

Glad you're over it.

 

[eplebnista]

Have you had appendicitis?

No.

 

[LennyZ]

I'm one of the few that have had appendicitis and not had it removed.

 

[Midlander]

Experience much like yours, but I got versed, not morphine. I could have kissed that anesthetist, but it was a guy.

 

[txrandom]

Originally posted by: Midlander
Experience much like yours, but I got versed, not morphine. I could have kissed that anesthetist, but it was a guy.

Most of the nurses were girls. And one of them was pretty hot...

 

[NuclearNed]

Yes. It was painful at a magnitude above and beyond anything else I've ever experienced.

 

[Uhtrinity]

When I was 13 I had a close call, as it cleared itself, but they diagnosed a Kidney infection. Over the next 15 years if I had pain in that area I could just push the general area and feel something squeeze and release (sounds sick doesn't it). Then forward to 2000 I got pain and it wouldn't go away for about 5 hrs. Went to the ER and was diagnosed with the flu and sent home. 3 hrs later my wife took me back and I was diagnosed with ruptured appendix. They said the appendix had scarring indicating that it was a long term condition. Eight days in the hospital and $25k later I was home. Btw, since then I don't have any pains in that area.

As a side note, my wife told me that while I was on pain meds I was giving computer tips to the medical staff

 

[FoBoT]

no, i still have that thing

my sister had her's out in high school

 

[buck]

Yep, the worst pain of my life. The timing was horrible though, I was supposed to go to Costa Rica for two weeks a week after I got it removed. Well the airlines didnt let me change it, so 7 days after getting it done arthroscopically I was surfing in Costa Rica. I used duck tape to keep the wounds dry, but that probably wasnt so smart. It healed fast though.

 

[Soccerman06]

I can trump all yall, my appendix exploded inside me, then healed up or sealed from the puss, then exploded again. I was misdiagnosed with a stomach flu by 3 seperate doctors at the Mayo Clinic. I was on bed arrest for 2 weeks before finally going to the ER, they said I was dehydrated and malnurished. They sent me into surgery, but because of the all the puss, they couldnt operate. They had to drain all the puss our for 3 weeks and then operate, lucky they operated when they did, cause my appendix was about to explode for a third time and most likely kill me. I then had to sit in the hospital for another 3 weeks to drain the remaining puss out of me.

In total I missed 2 months of school at the age of 12.