Sharp pains making it hard to move

If you suspect even in the slightest it’s your appendix, warn your parents you’re concerned incase you suddenly get very ill and phone 111 for advice on whether you should see an out of hours doctor or go straight to a&e,don’t mess about with appendixes incase it is! xx

I’m currently in hospital with the exact same!!!! No one knows what it is and they are hesitant whether to send me for surgery or not!! I’ve been in this pain since Tuesday! I think it’s best to get professional help if you think it may be something to do with your appendix!

If it's your appendix or your ovary and something bursts you could end up with peritonitis, which is a serious infection in your abdomen! A burst ovary can behave like endometriosis which is difficult to live with and difficult to get rid of through surgery. I think you should phone 111 and get advice, or at least be seen by a doctor. Don't leave it! Hope you get sorted out quickly 😊

Ovulation pain for me is agony!!!! Either left or right side. Hot water bottle on your tummy and pain relief xx

Hi! I just want to make sure that, because people are accusing you of the fact that it’s in your head, make sure that you don’t get your appendix taken out when there’s no need either. 15 years ago when my symptoms got as bad as yours sounds hon, I was told it might be my appendix due to the slight deviation in my white cell count which was actually nothing to do with my appendix. So this idiot surgeon, and he was an idiot, told me he was going to do a lap to look. I woke up with a 6 inch scar and he said, there’s nothing wrong with you. I decided to open you up to check properly so I took your appendix out anyway so this pain doesn’t happen again. I was baffled and now angry.

So if the pain gets too much to bear hon, you have to go to the hospital. Like the other ladies say, peritonitis, burst cyst, infection, you have to get it checked out my love. Just don’t let them treat you like you don’t know what you’re talking about. The one thing I say to every single woman is, it’s your body and you know it better than anyone. I’m sorry about ppl accusing you of lying but the Drs also like to say it too. It’s horrible that for most of us, we’re used to being treated like crap.

Good luck lovely

Nads

I hope that you are feeling a bit better today. It's good that you have recognised that things are not OK and that you have sought Drs advice. Use the info from here to be your own advocate. It is tough your parents are not too supportive. My parents, and I'm over 40, didn't grasp how bad things were for me, or maybe didn't want to acknowledge it, until I was prescribed morphine. Back with pain again now I told my mom I have to have a hysterectomy and her response was to ask if it was that bad really. I told her how bad it is and I still don't think she gets it! It's a sad fact that with this condition that people don't know how bad it can be. They think period pain or a bit of tummy ache like with an upset stomach. My in-laws, on the other hand, got context for my pain when my brother-in-law dislocated his knee and was given painkillers which knocked him for six but were what I was taking daily. It kind of woke them up to what my daily pain was like.

Hello Princess,

When I was 16 I had terrible pain in my side and all I could do was curl up in a ball. My parents tried the appendix test (pushing on my right side and then letting up suddenly to see how that affected the pain). My pain wasn't really affected by that sudden release in pressure, but the pain persisted right there in the area of my appendix.

I went to the hospital and the doctors couldn't find anything conclusive so I consented to surgery. It turned out to be an ovarian cyst that was twisting. Technically not life threatening, but they said the pain would've never let up if they hadn't removed it.

I have a friend who walked around for three days with a punctured appendix (she didn't feel so much pain as much as nausea). She was very lucky she didn't die (usually a burst appendix needs attention within hours, not days).

Don't mess around with your appendix. Get it checked out right away.

If it is a twisting cyst, don't get hooked on painkillers when you can stop the pain at the source. I'm afraid you'll have to take your health into your own hands if your parents won't listen to you.

Good luck!

I have been suffering with similar pain on and off for 3 years now.

The pains been so bad my other half called 111 I then got rushed into hospital with suspicion of appendicitis lucky I didn't have it and was able to go home. Cut a long story short I have had a laparoscopy and no endo was found but they did notice my right ovary was stuck to the pelvic flore wall and that's why I was experiencing extreme pain.

Hope you get the pain under control it's really not a nice thing to go through. Xx