Well once I finshed the course of antibiotics...it was within 7 days mine went acute and according to the ER nurses it had ruptured while i was in the ER waiting for surgery. Glad I had such a good outcome because I have heard of others that take months to recover from the surgery or have to deal with the pain because docs are afraid to remove it.
I can well relate and I’m glad you had such a good outcome.
Last year I was hospitalized for a kidney infection and they kept a little longer because they thought the appendix might have been involved. The surgeon said that it was swollen but just borderline of where they would remove or not. This was in the states.
I’ve had continued off-and-on pain with it, but never anything to double me over. The intermittent pain is enough to get my attention though.
The chronic diagnosis came here in New Guinea at a little hospital called “Dian Harapan.” It was somewhat funny when the doc began mentioning appendix. Because we were talking in my second language and my understanding isn’t always great, I interupted and said I needed to call another ex-pat who was a nurse.
I called and said, “Judi, I think they may want to remove my appendix.” I had gone in to get a chest x-ray to determine if I had merely bronchitis or perhaps pneumonia. It was during the doc exam that led to the abdomen. Anyway, she quickly replied, “DON’T let them do that!”
I was not althogether thinking clearly and my major thought was, “how in the world am I going to manage riding my motorcycle home (about 15 kilometers) after an appendix operation?