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antibiotics done. pain gone. lab work back to normal. sometimes I feel a little pressure in the appendix area but otherwise I feel back to normal. now it's the question of surgery or roll the dice with recurrence. in the research trials, even the patients with mild appendicitis who's appendix probably went back to a normal size after antibiotics still had recurrences. they can't figure out what factors put you at risk of recurrence, even normal follow-up imaging doesn't mean you are protected from recurrence.

just frustrating overall and i'm worried about a recurrence happening in a dangerous way like a rupture. by 5 years you are looking at around a 50% real world chance of recurrence. not sure which path to take.