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appendectomy
by: Nate on Tue, May 12 2009
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I had been on antibotics for a couple of months for my acne to begin. One night I was walking and I felt a huge pain in my lower right side. I got really light headed and came seconds from passing out. My mom says it could be the bodies response to a huge amount of pain. The antibotics hide a lot of my symptoms from the doctors. Most people get a pain that travels from the top of there stomach to the lower right side. Also people normally get sick like the flu symptoms. From other people I know they say the pain is unbarriable. The antibotics hide all that from me and the doctors.

I went to the ER the next night to get it checked out. They took my back at 7:00pm to do an Xray and take some blood work. The doctors thought it could have been a hernia or constipation. They told me to come back in a few days if it continued. My mom insisted on a CT. They did a CT at 11:30pm and a few minutes later a 4th year Surgerical resident came in to talk to me. They told me there appeared to be a stone in my appendix. The next morning they took me to surgery. When I woke up in my room the doctor was doing his rounds and told me there was swelling in my appendix and said if I would have waited a few more days it would have ruptured. I stayed the night and left to go home the next morning. The pain was not to bad surgerical wise.
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May 2009

  • stones. - by Kimberly - (Wed, May 27 2009)
    I had my first stone when i was 17 and ended up in the hospital after dealing with the pain for over a week. [more..]
  • kidney stones - by sarah - (Wed, May 27 2009)
    i am now in my fifth week with the stent in place after having kidney stone removel. [more..]
  • 2 CM stone - by bw - (Wed, May 27 2009)
    So, I was 30 weeks pregnant with my second baby. All of a sudden I am doubled over in pain in my left side with terrible pain. I get this wave of nausea that I have never felt. I take the pain/nausea for 4 hours before I go into labor and delivery only to be told I pulled a muscle. [more..]
  • Kidney Stones - by LeAndra - (Tue, May 19 2009)
    I learned for the first time earlier today I have kidney stones…I’ve had bad allergies recently, so when I woke up at 7 in the morning unable to breath out of my nose I took benadryl and went straight back to bed. [more..]
  • 87 stones later - by sheila - (Fri, May 15 2009)
    I had one kidney stone removed in 1976 it had been there since birth it was quite big. [more..]
  • kidney stones appear and disappear - by sue - (Thu, May 14 2009)
    I have only one kidney and I have developed a 7mm stone between my kidney and bladder. [more..]
  • Kidney Stone are the Worst - by ME - (Thu, May 14 2009)
    I thought I had a bad case of gas, that later that evening turned into a gut wrenching side pain that sent me to the hospital screaming appendicitis. [more..]
  • appendectomy - by Nate - (Tue, May 12 2009)
    I had been on antibotics for a couple of months for my acne to begin. One night I was walking and I felt a huge pain in my lower right side. I got really light headed and came seconds from passing out. My mom says it could be the bodies response to a huge amount of pain. [more..]
  • Still mild pain after 3 months - by Artemis1 - (Fri, May 01 2009)
    I had a 9mm stone removed with surgery back in February and still have mild to moderate pain on my right side. [more..]

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