My fun adventure in pain started this past Friday the 4th.
I thought it was gas pain so took a Beano and went to bed about 9. I woke up at 11:30 in serious pain and was up all night till I got my boys up Saturday morning and had them drive me to the urgent care. While waiting there for 3 hours I called my wife who was out of town. She started to make plans to drive back Saturday evening. Meanwhile the PA at urgent care got to me and confirmed it was something with the appendix (not gas or a hernia.)
So my boys drove me to the emergency room, I was able to walk in and be seen instantly gave them my papers from the PA and off I went to an bed to be prepped for a CT scan. After about an hour I was moved to the CT and they got very concerned. They contacted the ER surgeon who showed up about an hour later about 7:30 pm. I was set for surgery about 8 pm and out by 8:30 but those details are really fuzzy.
Once I sort of recovered I was moved to my room my wife did come to visit Sunday. I stayed till Monday 7th at 1:30 I was released. Once I got home I sat in my chair I was glad to have my meds. There is still some pain and stiffness but it's much less I just can not do much which is the most difficult because I'm used to always moving and working on projects.
So anyway I'm pretty much off work now till next year to recover. Oh and I was negative for Covid because the hospital has to check everyone.....

Glad it worked the way it did for you. I had the same thing happen when I was 10y/o. Not a fun time. Good thing you had your boys to drive you to UC, and ER. Funny how it just sneaks up on ya.

Glad things ended up well for you. My appendix ruptured when I was 16 years old. That would have been 1963. I had a side ache on a Friday but hunting season started the next morning, so of course I went hunting all weekend. I felt like crap. Couldn't get out of bed Monday morning so mom got help from a neighbor and drove me to the Emergency Room. They operated that morning on the day before Halloween and I was in that damn hospital until the day before Thanksgiving.

Yep, 1963 for me too. I started getting sick the first day of 7th grade. I puked when getting off the bus and my folks tried to push some food down my throat later that night. I basically went down later that night and my folks hauled me to the hospital. I had surgery later that night and was in the hospital for about a week with a tube coming out of my incision with nasty shit coming out. I missed about a month of school and 3 months of gym class.
Things were different then.

Glad you're on the mend.

Glad they caught it and that you decided to get help. Hope for a speedy recovery.

Yep me also summer 1963 family vacation sleeping in a flip out tent top trailer (Nimrod). Woke up about 1 am in extreme pain. Dad took me to hospital (Ardmore, Okla.) while mom stayed at campground w/ 3 younger brothers. Next day the doctor took out the appendix and next day crawled in to back of station wagon for a direct ride back home to south Louisiana. Prior to discharge they gave me a shot of something for pain and I felt like getting out of the wheel chair and running down the hall. After arriving at home it took 1 1/2 hours to get out of car/ into house/ and into my bed. Would not let anybody help/ touch me. Not a happy camper but no problems followed. .................... drill sgt.

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~3ish years ago I was there. My stubborn self went about 3 days before I couldn’t take the pain anymore. Once the morphine hit, I could not have cared less.

Glad you’re on the recovery now. It’s amazing how much those 3 little cuts can hurt. Hope you don’t have to sneeze anytime soon

1973, I was 18. Woke up one morning in pain. My mom was an OR nurse and diagnosed the problem in about a minute. Off to the ER. Doctor confirmed my mom's diagnosis. The doc administered something that immediately mitigated the pain and made me think, "this is great and LEGAL".

I heard my mom ask the ER doc "Who is on call". The response was Dr. X, my mom said "he will not touch my family, get Dr. T in here". My mom was a force to be reckoned with, Dr. T arrived in short order.

My appendix burst on the table, a week in the hospital. My roommate during that stay also had a burst appendix. He had been there 2 weeks when I left. His Doc? Dr. X.

Thanks mom.

Here’s to a quick recovery. Feel better soon

Yup. Congrats and welcome to the club. Glad to hear things turned out well.

Had mine removed in 2012. Thought I had indigestion and couldn’t sleep all night. Tried Tums, warm milk, making myself throw up, nothing works to stop the ache. Couldn’t sleep and ended up getting a brief nap sitting up in a chair.

My wife was headed to the gym at 6:00 and I told her I should go to the ER and she told my to suck it up, I’ll be fine. Well, when she got back we went to the ER. Got to the ER before 8:00 and had to endure another 4 hours of pain and discomfort before I got a CT scan and they diagnosed the appendix going bad.

Finally, I got drugged up and the next 5 hours before surgery I didn’t have a care in the world.

The appendix was caught in time so I only spent a couple nights in the hospital. My roommate was not as lucky. He let the symptoms fester and ended up poisoning his body with the gastric acids.

Enjoy the rest of the year off while recovering.

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Originally posted by mcrimm:
Yep, 1963 for me too. I started getting sick the first day of 7th grade. I puked when getting off the bus and my folks tried to push some food down my throat later that night. I basically went down later that night and my folks hauled me to the hospital. I had surgery later that night and was in the hospital for about a week with a tube coming out of my incision with nasty shit coming out. I missed about a month of school and 3 months of gym class.
Things were different then.

Glad you're on the mend.

That's my story, right down to the year. Minus the incision issues. Biggest side effect was a really raw throat from the ether.

I lost mine when I was 10. I was in a pull-up contest with my brother in our back yard and couldn't manage to hang onto the bar. My Dad took me to the family doctor who sent me to the hospital where, with very little fanfare I was anesthetized with Ether.

My Mom was furious when I came home from school and she checked the incision and saw I had ripped the stitches out while playing at recess. It's a really cool scar.

1964, Camp Geiger, I did not go off base that weekend due to a twisted knee. Woke up Sunday morning sick, decided eating breakfast would make me feel better. Nope, decided that loosing breakfast would be better. After I reached the dry heave stage I went to sickbay, from there I got an ambulance ride to LeJeune. About 1400 hours I was on the operating table. Woke up Tuesday with 104* temp and a knot under the incision the size of a golf ball. Back to surgery and then a month in isolation while my incision healed up from the bottom. Bet my scar is uglier than yours.

Glad you’re ok, and on the mend.

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1964, Camp Geiger, I did not go off base that weekend due to a twisted knee. Woke up Sunday morning sick, decided eating breakfast would make me feel better. Nope, decided that loosing breakfast would be better. After I reached the dry heave stage I went to sickbay, from there I got an ambulance ride to LeJeune. About 1400 hours I was on the operating table. Woke up Tuesday with 104* temp and a knot under the incision the size of a golf ball. Back to surgery and then a month in isolation while my incision healed up from the bottom. Bet my scar is uglier than yours.

Yeah that would be an ugly one.

I had laparoscopic surgery probably no cool scars..

Glad your surgery went smoothly but I do not envy you the wait for treatment.

So out of curiosity what causes the appendix to rupture?

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Originally posted by calugo:
So out of curiosity what causes the appendix to rupture?

The appendix expels fluid and when the hole gets plugged with a seed or feces or whatever the fluid builds up and eventually something has to give. In my case my appendix ruptured necessitating surgery and week long stay in the hospital complete with a tube attached to a vacuum pump to suck out the infected bile or whatever it was in my gut. Fun times.

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Originally posted by berto:

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Originally posted by calugo:
So out of curiosity what causes the appendix to rupture?

The appendix expels fluid and when the hole gets plugged with a seed or feces or whatever the fluid builds up and eventually something has to give. In my case my appendix ruptured necessitating surgery and week long stay in the hospital complete with a tube attached to a vacuum pump to suck out the infected bile or whatever it was in my gut. Fun times.

Thanks for the explanation