I have started to get sharp shooting pain in my appendix region for the past few days and thought nothing of it. Today, it started to happen a lot more and is now coupled with lower back pain and a dull ache in my right leg.
I went to the GP and she thought i might be getting my period. She felt around my appendix, to which i yelped and the started to feel my ovary region which did not hurt.
She said it was appendicitis and told me to go home and if the pain got worse that i should go to my local hospital straightaway.

Why would she want me to wait til the pain got worse or the appendix burst? Wouldn't it be best to remove it prior to it bursting? When in a sitting position and i cough, it hurts. There is now a dull ache in my appendix region.

I don't know if i should go to the hossie and be in lots of false pain for them to get it out, or wait til the shiat hits the fan??

What were your appendix symptoms like? I had always thought that appendicities is acute and severe in which you had to go to the hossie straightaway. Is there such thing as a slow onset of appendicitis??