Appendicitis

So my experience was I was in seventh grade and I had a really bad stomach ache. It just kept getting worse and it was really bad like nothing I'd experienced before. So I went down the office and I was basically just doubled over. I couldn't really find any position to relieve any of the pain. It was just pretty bad and then eventually we went to the ER and they did all these tests. I think we got multiple opinions and they were ready to send us home. That day actually my mom was like let's just get one more opinion. I just want one more and then we talked to another doctor. We did an ultrasound or some type of scan. I'm not quite sure what it was and they were like oh we need to get your appendix out like right now and then a few hours later like by the morning I had it out.

So I had appendicitis a couple years ago and my symptoms did not match up with the stereotypical symptoms. And so generally speaking, your pain is in your lower left quadrant and my pain started in my upper right quadrant. And so when I went to the urgent care, they did not think it was appendicitis because of that. But over the next 24 hours, the pain slowly moved down into my lower left quadrant. And I went to urgent care again and they said, no, you need to go to the emergency room. And so I did have my appendix taken out and I would just recommend trusting your gut. If you feel like something is wrong, then go get it checked out.

So I had appendicitis when I was doing a mission trip and I woke up in the middle of the night, pretty bad, like stomach pain, tried to use the bathroom, like nothing, like super helped it go away. And so it was just like, must've just ate something. So in that night is when I tried that stuff and then the next morning I woke up and I was like, my stomach super, super hurts. And I did this quick little test where you stand up on your toes and dropped it under your heels. And I had appendicitis. I went to the hospital. They removed it. They removed my appendix and I was in and out the same day. They gave me some painkillers. I didn't end up using them, but just treatment for it. And then just had to wait out the pain.