Well Sunday night approx. 10 pm I started having abdominal cramping, It felt like hunger pain so I ate a little snack, threw everything up.. I figured maybe some pepto would help... Nada.. So I go lay down for a while thinking I will feel better in the morning.. Wrong again, I woke up about every 30 minuted - 1 hour up until 4:00 AM.. I started cramping really bad and I got a glass of water.. Threw up again, pure blood. My RLQ and side started hurting REALLY BAD.. I called my aunt in the ER and told her my symptoms and she said I needed to come in immediately..
So my wife and I both LPN's drive to the ER. I get there and they have to stick me x3 to get the IV. First time blown vein, second time branched vein, slow flow little return, third stick did the trick.. The run my labs comes back with an elevated WBC, and by this time my temp is slowly rising 99.6 after I recieve IV Zofran and Tordol I feel NO RELIEF... Pepic and more Zofran no relief.. Doc comes in and says I feel like you have gastritis im going to send the Cat scan to the radioligist and have him call you if anything looks bad.. Oh yeah you have inflamtion in your bowel and I want you to see a gastrointeroligist and get a colonoscopy.. I AM 22 years old dad has hx. of diverticulitis. I have to use the bathroom immediately after eating, so im think IBS.. ANYWAY doc decided to feel around on my abdomen and after mashing my right side i starting crying.. He says maybe we need to go ahead and get the radioligist opinion now.. 1 hour later Im told i have appendicitis. Now im getting really sick i have never had a surgery before.. Low and behold they take me up for surgery at 10 am and by 11 the doc steps in to the consult room and told my wife it was good I came when i did, he said it was so inflammed it would have ruptured very soon.. Some of my spelling is off guys im sorry i just had to tell everyone, Im still sore and the meds are really hitting me... Im off work untill the 22nd..
I had an attack similar to this in one of my classes in August. I was admitted on Monday and by Weds. I was non-stop vomiting and they did surgery. I was back in class on the following Monday. Not really sore at all. I have to say the LAP procedures ROCK>>>>>>
Good luck with your recovery.
Yeah the Lap. is much better than trad. The only problem im having is the pain control... Im not too sore now since it has been a few days but Mond, tues, wed were rough... I have officially decided that Percocet is the devil.. I had an Rx. for 1 - 2 q 4 - 6 hours PRN Seems like every time I take it, I feel like my sugar has bottomed out.. I feel like Im going to throw up, i get shaky, and have a cold sweat, forgot to mention the dizziness... So today i relied on plain Tylenol.. and im feeling much better.. Thank you all for the nice words and concern.
ocb_dave_ocb, LPN
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Yeah the Lap. is much better than trad. The only problem im having is the pain control... Im not too sore now since it has been a few days but Mond, tues, wed were rough... I have officially decided that Percocet is the devil.. I had an Rx. for 1 - 2 q 4 - 6 hours PRN Seems like every time I take it, I feel like my sugar has bottomed out.. I feel like Im going to throw up, i get shaky, and have a cold sweat, forgot to mention the dizziness... So today i relied on plain Tylenol.. and im feeling much better.. Thank you all for the nice words and concern.