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??
My DH has his appendix out in July last year and his symptoms were very much like yours...the pain started over a couple of days and he went to the doc and was told if it gets worse go to hospital - that was on the Tuesday afternoon. By the wednesday morning we were at the hospital and he was in the operating theatre by that same evening (about 8.30pm).
If you're concerned, id go straight to emergency, thats what we did with DH.
Some people can also get a grumbling appendix which is low-moderate level issues that come and go kind of like tonsillitis....this may be why it was suggested to see if it gets worse...believe me if your appendix is gonna go you will know about it in a big way....if you start to get a fever or the pain intensifies or you start vomiting etc get thyself to a ED straight away....it is also possible it may resolve itself overnightish.....my appendix had grumbly episodes for years before it finally needed to come out.....
My DD had a rumbling one for a few years which has now settled down. She had blood tests to see if it really was it.
Go to emergency and get it checked out if you are in pain or ring nurse on call.
I hardly had any pain but mine were ready to burst when they took them out.
TD, I had appendicitis when I was 17 weeks pregnant with DS. I had all the symptoms you had for 3 days before I went to the GP who sent me to the hospital. The ob and the general surgeon were stumped because I had no other classic signs such as fever and vomiting - just pain. They decided to take it out just in case, as a precautionary measure I guess because I was pregnant. It turned out that my appendix was actually starting to rupture, so luckily they got it out when they did.
If you are not happy at all with the pain, or get a fever or feel sick, definitely head straight to the hospital.
i don't have the vomiting or the fever as you said Eluned either. But what i don't is why they make you wait until you are in soooo much pain or it has ruptured to do something about it.
What is putting me off from going to the hospital is the looooooong wait time at our local hossie. The pain is not that severe and i know that i'd be waiting for hours to be seen by the drs there. i do have a letter from GP which states that i have appendicitis, so that might make my wait a little shorter, maybe??
I might go on Oz day. I have too much on before then! Oz day is a quiet day for me.
Is the surgery a day stay thing? Or is it an overnighter? have to check my schedule to see if it fits in I am such a busy lady these days!
A friend of mine had to have her appendix removed a few months ago, she too had pain for a while and eventually went to the docs. In the end it turned out it was a rupture not a burt appendix so it was a slow process rather than sudden pain...IYKWIM?? She was told the pain was slowly bleeding internally pria to it bursting! She was in for three nights but she is quite delicate (read:skinny) so i think that contrbuted to her not recovering as quickly.
I would think you should go to the hospital or at least ring them and see what they say. Hopefully the letter will get you in quicker. Hope it turns out to be not too bad!!! hugs to you
My friend didnt feel much at all until it had actually ruptured so by the time he got to hospital it was an emergency.
You dont always get all of those symptoms early enough, Id be going to the hospital sooner rather than later.
Last edited by Pandora; January 23rd, 2010 at 08:22 PM.
Appendicitis - what do i do now?
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