PSA on appendicitis that almost burst
Yesterday I had emergency surgery for appendix that was perforated-ready to burst. Two weeks ago I went to ER for stomach pain that I thought was UTI since pain was in that area.
The CT scan showed appendicitis, but I was allowed a course of antibiotics-I was told by both docs in the ER that I must come back if a)pain gets worse b) I have a fever.
The antibiotics seemed to work until 2 weeks later. Then had some fatigue for 2 days and then some nausea for half a day.
At 3 AM I had diarrhea-and hadn't eaten all day- and decided to go to ER-thinking ONLY that I'd been misdiagnosed on the first visit and something else was going on. If there's no pain and no fever it can't be appendicitis, right? That's the criterion explicitly explained by 2 ER docs-one is the surgeon. I thought that would be sorted by a new CT scan-and I would know more about my condition.
Turns out appendix was perforated-I needed emergency surgery. Was told white blood cells were "sky high" which probably accounts for the fatigue.
While in the ER I saw the surgeon from 2 weeks ago, and told him I had NO symptoms he mentioned.... he said there are lots of possible symptoms that mean it's getting worse....OK, why wasn't I told any of those symptoms?
This is my PSA to you-find out all the possible symptoms. Stay in touch with a good doctor. In my case fatigue & nausea only until the diarrhea hit. Those can be symptoms of so many things!!
I'm telling this bc this could have been much, much worse-and apparently some docs are not -willing to explain all that.