Dave Davenport
Guru
I had mine out 25 years ago, they thought it was a large, cancerous growth and did about an 8" incision up my stomach. It was quite a relief to wake up and be told it was just the largest swollen appendix they'd ever seen.
Has anyone here had appendicitis?
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Beebo
Firm and Fruity
Circumcising?
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
I'll raise you... part of my left shoulder drilled away - 10 grams maybe, half an L1 vertebrae, 20g, and part of a left nut, 1g.
Jody
Stubborn git
Had mine removed in January. It had been an ongoing issue for a quite a few years but the doctors couldn't pin point it as it didn't follow the usual script. I knew it was my appendix but it's difficult to argue with a trained professional.
The surgeon who removed it said it looked quite nasty and surprised it hadn't caused any issues before
classic33
Leg End Member
Hope it settles down soon for you.
itboffin
Legendary Member
42 hours without food or water whilst waiting for emergency surgery or so they said, 12 of which I had no bed just a chair in the waiting room (not A&E) three bed a ward changes in one day then finally the op at about 1am I was discharged at midday the same day with a bag of codeine.
What I observed in that time was the overly free handing out of morphine to anyone and offering it to pretty much everyone as a first option.
What I observed in that time was the overly free handing out of morphine to anyone and offering it to pretty much everyone as a first option.
itboffin
Legendary Member
Ohh morphine...
When I arrived at the surgical unit about 5pm this lady waiting kept asking for more and more codeine until she maxed out what she could have, but oh no that didn’t stop her, she switched to morphine until that too maxed out and then get this she left saying she’d be back in the morning for her op as her daughter lives across the road. You could not make it up.
Friday night in Swindon who knew
classic33
Leg End Member
It's only Thursday night up here!
Jody
Stubborn git
It's definitely painful and then the sore abs after. Takes a few weeks for that to settle.
I was impressed where they remove the drain pipe and it didn't need stitching. A couple of days later and you couldn't see any incision marks.
Ohh morphine...
Top stuff. Took as much as I could
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
Top stuff. Took as much as I could
I suspect they were dishing it out in ITB's case as it has a 'calming effect' - especially if there are bed shortages and stressed staff trying to attend to all the patients. I 'lost' about 3 weeks of my 6 1/2 week hospital stay to morphine - just kept passing out mid sentance.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
I was going to tell you a great joke to cheer you up, but laughing might hurt more than sneezing...
I hope it stops hurting soon!
lazybloke
Ginger biscuits and cheddar
Might have posted this previously, it happened about 3 years ago.
I knew a 10 yr old kid (not one of mine) who feigned abdominal pain as a means of getting out of school.
The GP didn't take any chances, and sent him straight to A&E with suspected appendicitis. A&E booked a theatre for an emergency appendectomy.
It was only when consent forms and a surgical gown were provided that the rather scared lad whispered to his mum "I was only pretending"
That wasn't the end of it. The doctors thought he might be saying that just through fear of surgery. They couldn't be sure if his appendix had just ruptured or not, so he was kept in all day for bloods and other observations, and they only let him go home that evening on the strict condition that he return the next morning for a further assessment.
I can only imagine how relieved, mortified and utterly furious his parents must have been. He's probably still grounded now.
I knew a 10 yr old kid (not one of mine) who feigned abdominal pain as a means of getting out of school.
The GP didn't take any chances, and sent him straight to A&E with suspected appendicitis. A&E booked a theatre for an emergency appendectomy.
It was only when consent forms and a surgical gown were provided that the rather scared lad whispered to his mum "I was only pretending"
That wasn't the end of it. The doctors thought he might be saying that just through fear of surgery. They couldn't be sure if his appendix had just ruptured or not, so he was kept in all day for bloods and other observations, and they only let him go home that evening on the strict condition that he return the next morning for a further assessment.
I can only imagine how relieved, mortified and utterly furious his parents must have been. He's probably still grounded now.
