Current Events > Anyone else here ever had their appendix removed?

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Holy fuck man
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No. Is there a way to keep it healthy and happy?
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No, I use mine too much.
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Dark_SilverX posted...

No. Is there a way to keep it healthy and happy?

I don't think so, this past year is the healthiest I've ever been, no drinking, no smoking, no fast food, and it still swole up smh

SlashmanSG posted...

No, I use mine too much.

oh yeah what do you use it for?
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I had pains in my side for years. Almost like a stitch from running, but they also burned and made it feel like there was fire in my gut. I'd usually get them doing any mild physical work, but sometimes I got them just laying down. It sucked.

I went to endless doctors. Had gallons of blood work done. Xrays, CT scans, the works. The only thing any of them discovered was that I had really high calcium. Which, of course if you look on the internet, like every other symptom, means you have stage 10 cancer of the everything.

After four years of this shit, one doctor said he believed I had intussusception, where part of the intestine telescopes into itself. He even scheduled for me to have fucking surgery to correct it. He sent my scans to the surgeon.

A few days later the surgeon called me. "James, you don't have intussusception. You have appendix stones. You're going to have to have it removed. This is much better. I don't understand how this has been missed for so long". I didn't even know appendix stones were a thing!

The surgery was nothing. In fact, the air the pump into you for the laparoscopic procedure caused the most discomfort afterwards. Felt like my shoulder was going to explode. I still had minor pains where the appendix was removed for the next six months to a year, but nothing near as bad as before the surgery.

So....yeah, I had mine removed.
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JlM posted...

I had pains in my side for years. Almost like a stitch from running, but they also burned and made it feel like there was fire in my gut. I'd usually get them doing any mild physical work, but sometimes I got them just laying down. It sucked.

I went to endless doctors. Had gallons of blood work done. Xrays, CT scans, the works. The only thing any of them discovered was that I had really high calcium. Which, of course if you look on the internet, like every other symptom, means you have stage 10 cancer of the everything.

After four years of this shit, one doctor said he believed I had intussusception, where part of the intestine telescopes into itself. He even scheduled for me to have fucking surgery to correct it. He sent my scans to the surgeon.

A few days later the surgeon called me. "James, you don't have intussusception. You have appendix stones. You're going to have to have it removed. This is much better. I don't understand how this has been missed for so long". I didn't even know appendix stones were a thing!

The surgery was nothing. In fact, the air the pump into you for the laparoscopic procedure caused the most discomfort afterwards. Felt like my shoulder was going to explode. I still had minor pains where the appendix was removed for the next six months to a year, but nothing near as bad as before the surgery.

So....yeah, I had mine removed.

shit man the air in the shoulder isn't getting me right now but my stomach is sore as fuck, it is still only 24 hours since the removal though
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Yeah, it wasn't bad. The first night after I had to sleep in a chair because it felt like it felt like my insides would tear apart if I tried to lay flat, but after that I agree that shoulder pain was actually the worst part.
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Yeah... I got it from bad water.
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BignutzisBack posted...

JlM posted...

shit man the air in the shoulder isn't getting me right now but my stomach is sore as fuck, it is still only 24 hours since the removal though

I don't think I ever had pain in my incisions. One of them got a minor infection, and the surgeon squeezed the pus out with his massive Punjabi fingers, which hurt, but that's about it.

The air though. Fuck. It felt like what I assume a heart attack feels like. They were pumping me with fucking Dilaudid and it still didn't help.

Then they wouldn't let me leave the hospital until I had a bowel movement, but all they would feed me was fucking jello and broth. After three days I was flipping out. I ripped my contact lens and only had really old glasses that I had to wear at an angle to see well. I just wanted to go home and watch the World Cup on a screen bigger than 10 inches, without the constant beeping of the IV machine. I finally convinced my doctor to give me the shittiest turkey sandwich ever.
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JlM posted...

BignutzisBack posted...

JlM posted...

shit man the air in the shoulder isn't getting me right now but my stomach is sore as fuck, it is still only 24 hours since the removal though

I don't think I ever had pain in my incisions. One of them got a minor infection, and the surgeon squeezed the pus out with his massive Punjabi fingers, which hurt, but that's about it.

The air though. Fuck. It felt like what I assume a heart attack feels like. They were pumping me with fucking Dilaudid and it still didn't help.

Then they wouldn't let me leave the hospital until I had a bowel movement, but all they would feed me was fucking jello and broth. After three days I was flipping out. I ripped my contact lens and only had really old glasses that I had to wear at an angle to see well. I just wanted to go home and watch the World Cup on a screen bigger than 10 inches, without the constant beeping of the IV machine. I finally convinced my doctor to give me the shittiest turkey sandwich ever.

I haven't shit in almost 3 days I am getting very nervous about that, I usually go once a day but I know it's going to be thrown off by this. If I make it to 5 days I will porbably go back to the doctor and ask wtf to do. I'm scared to even try to rip ass right now and it feel like I'm going to get a hernia from it smh
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Yeah mine almost burst but I got it removed. Was hospitalized for 5 days after to recover, it was beyond painful to move around for the first week, it took some months after to fully regain movement. For a while it felt like if I clenched certain muscles in my abs I would totally get a hurnia.

Dont push it too soon. It will heal eventually but itll be a while. In the meantime, enjoy the painkiller IV drip, youll wish you had it once its gone lol
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