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Appendectomy
by: SJ on Fri, Oct 05 2007

Two weeks ago, I started getting a small pain in the center of my stomach in the late morning. It almost felt like hunger pains, so throughout the late morning and early afternoon I ate a few items. The pain did not go away. By the time I was ready to leave work that evening I was very weak and shaky. I called my husband to come pick me up. All I could think about was going home and going to bed. About halfway home, I thought I needed medical attention. Sure enough, I went to the Emergency Room and within 2 hours they diagnosed me with early appendicitis. Late that night I went in for surgery. I never would have guessed appendicitis. I was not a strong sharp pain you always hear about, and it centered in the middle of my stomach, not on the right, even though when the doctor started poking around, I realized the lower right was where the pain was generating from. I’m just very grateful I decided to go to the hospital instead of home to sleep.

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Early am ER - by SS - (Wed, Oct 31 2007)
I was ready for bed and had slight pain in the middle upper part of my stomach. I started vomiting at 11 pm and it was so bad that dry heaves incurred. 3 am EMT was called because the pain was so extreme. Never pain on right side only vomiting. [more..]
Appendectomy - by SJ - (Fri, Oct 05 2007)
Two weeks ago, I started getting a small pain in the center of my stomach in the late morning. It almost felt like hunger pains, so throughout the late morning and early afternoon I ate a few items. The pain did not go away. By the time I was ready to leave work that evening I was very weak and shaky. [more..]

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