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Misdiagnosed, almost died
by: Brian on Thu, Jun 18 2009

I had a terrible pain in my abdomen behind and around my belly button area. Paced from midnight to 6am before I had someone take me to the Emergency Room. Uneducated doctor in ER did NO tests, guessed I had food poisoning, gave me antacids that did nothing. I asked for a shot for the pain, then was sent home. When pain medication wore off I curled up for ten days until my insurance could get me in for a Catscan. Then the hospital said they couldn’t get me in for the catscan for another week. I insisted I needed to come in right away. They finally agreed. I went in at 3pm (they weren’t even busy). They did the catscan and told me my doctor would call in a few days with the results. I waited in the parking lot of the hospital for my ride home when my doctor called and told me to go back into the hospital lobby and wait for a surgeon. I needed an emergency appendectomy or I was told I would die. Surgeon told me it was a miracle I didn’t die a week earlier.

June 2009

Misdiagnosed, almost died - by Brian - (Thu, Jun 18 2009)
I had a terrible pain in my abdomen behind and around my belly button area. Paced from midnight to 6am before I had someone take me to the Emergency Room. [more..]
Unexpected - by ADS - (Tue, Jun 16 2009)
I had been feeling a little down for about a week and aching just like I had the flu coming, I was also constitpated, but nothing major though I did visit the doctor and say how I was feeling. The doc said I had post viral fatigue following a recent throat infection and so I continued to carry on as usual. [more..]
Laparoscopic Appendectomy - by Roz - (Mon, Jun 01 2009)
Hi! I had a laparoscopic appendectomy on Thursday, April 17, 2008. It was totally unexpected, as I came home from work on Wednesday, April 16, feeling just fine. By the end of dinner, my stomach was hurting. [more..]

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