If you suspect even in the slightest itās your appendix, warn your parents youāre 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,donāt mess about with appendixes incase it is! xx
I agree, I had appendicitis 5 years ago and it sounds similar to the symptoms I had and I needed my appendix removing. Maybe ring 111 to see what they say? Better to be safe than sorry xx
I told them this morning and they was like āitās just in your head and bet thereās nothing even wrong with youā this is why I canāt tell them anything as they think Iām lying xx
Iām 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!! Iāve been in this pain since Tuesday! I think itās best to get professional help if you think it may be something to do with your appendix!
Have they checked your white cell count? Plus the other tests. Just donāt end up with a 6 inch scar for nothing. I did and itās shite. Hopefully you have a much better consultant than I did. It was endo, I never had appendicitis.
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 š
Thank you, I have to sort of sneak around my parents though as they always shout at me and say itās just in my head.
Normally the sharp pain disappears but Iāve noticed itās ovulation atm which can be painful for me. But the pain is like just to the right of my belly button and just above my pubic bone.
Iāve tried hot water bottle and painkillers and it doesnāt help at all. Iām like sat silently in pain as I canāt tell my parents without being judged or insulted š
Itās just constant sharp pains and feels like something is twisting and being pulled xx
Iāve got 3 hot water bottles of different sizes but Iāve recently bought a heating pad and wow! It has a timer so you can drop off, different heat temperatures. It really helps and they arenāt even that expensive. Itās worth having a look hon
Hi! I just want to make sure that, because people are accusing you of the fact that itās in your head, make sure that you donāt get your appendix taken out when thereās 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, thereās nothing wrong with you. I decided to open you up to check properly so I took your appendix out anyway so this pain doesnāt 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 donāt let them treat you like you donāt know what youāre talking about. The one thing I say to every single woman is, itās your body and you know it better than anyone. Iām sorry about ppl accusing you of lying but the Drs also like to say it too. Itās horrible that for most of us, weāre used to being treated like crap.
Hey, Iām so sorry you went through all that. I think itās just really bad ovulation pains but the pain is slightly higher than usually. Plus itās been the same for 3 days.
I canāt talk to my parents as they think Iām being dramatic and making it up. My doctors just give me painkillers all the time and they donāt help.
Iām so sorry that you canāt talk to your parents hon. Im very lucky that I have the full support of my family. Iād take advantage of the painkillers right now hon because my Drs have suddenly decided to bring me off my dihydrocodeine because theyāre all having their wrists slapped apparently. Iāve spoken to women all over the country, the us, Canada and itās as if they suddenly donāt realise what chronic pain is. Iām in a huge panic and Iām not the only one. Pain clinic had me on morphine which they actually prefer?! 60mg prolonged release. But morphine and I donāt get along. I nearly lost my mind. I want something less stronger because I donāt find that the morphine doesnāt help the pain. Iām terrified of going back to the days of ending up in casualty for pain relief and being accused of being a drug seeker. I canāt go back to those days, Iām too old now! Iām 37!
As for your parents, I wish I knew what to say hon. I donāt understand how they can be so dismissive.
And when you say ā I think itās JUST really bad ovulation pain. It took me years to realise that this pain I was having wasnāt normal. Iād say exactly what you have just said, āitās just my periodā. Itās not normal. The pain is not normal hon. This sounds daft but I think it was strictly come dancing, one of the women had started their period that day and all she was concerned about was bloating. I remember thinking, āhow the hell can you dance on your period?!ā. That was one realisation out of many.
So whatās next for you now? Do you have an appointment with your dr? You say they throw painkillers at you. Why on earth are they giving you painkillers for something when they donāt know what it is?? Itās disgusting and you need to be referred to gynae, if you havenāt already.
Hey, Iām waiting for a lap but I could be waiting until Christmas! Iāve already been waiting 3 months.
My doctors have sent letters to my gynae to try and speed me up the list but he hasnāt responded or anything. Iām petrified for my lap as what is nothing is found. Even though my gynae and doctor think itās on my pelvis and could be on my bowel
I know my pain isnāt normal as itās everyday some months. Most of the time Iām in severe pain during ovulation and my period. Xx
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.
I have still have pain but itās not as bad as the last few days. Iāve never had ovulation pain this bad before.
I think everyone including my boyfriend is sick of me saying Iām in pain all the time so I just decided to keep quiet. I have to go to the doctors secretly otherwise my parents call me dramatic xx
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.
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
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