Last night I went to the out of hours on call doc after calling 111 with my symptoms. The pain wasn't that bad, but it was keeping me awake and I had a hunch all was not right; it was like a tummy bug pain, with a stitch-like pain in my right hand side that hurt more when i coughed or pushed it. But it wasn't awfully excruciating.
Anyway, the on-call doctor said it was appendicitis, and my options were to go the hospital or come home and go to a & e if it got worse. It was very late and i was exhausted from the day feeling rotten, plus i had left my EBF baby at home and didn't want to be admitted to hospital without preparation, plus i had the family car so the husband and kids would have been stranded at home if i had gone in. So I came home and fell asleep, shattered i think from sleepless nights as well as earlier pain.
Anyway, i have woken up and my symptoms are a lot better; no nausea or general tummy pain; pain in my side is a little better if anything. Can appendicitis ease off like this? Or do you think it was something else? And what should i do about it today? I do not want unnecessary surgery, or to leave my BF baby without sustenance if it is not really appendicititis. The on call doctor gave me a letter for thehospital if i got worse and had to come in, but he didn't say what to do if i was feeling better; don't want to ignore this either....
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I think i probably have appendicitis
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Monkeyandanimal · 07/06/2014 06:23
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