UPDATE***Opinions please, appendix or something else?

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Hi everyone, I am just going to get straight into this. I know you guys aren't all doctors, but I just need opinions. On Monday morning I woke up feeling not so great, I had a bit of an upset stomach twice that morning and afterwards felt better. Then at around 11am out of no where developed the most intense painful stomach cramps, crippling stomach cramps...which dulled down as the afternoon went on but didn't go away completely. By the time I got home at 5pm I took 2 buscopan thinking that would help, but that did nothing and I ended up on the couch with a heat pack trying to get some relief. At this point I notice the pain is in my lower right abdomen and in the centre of my stomach.

Eventually it got around 9pm and my boyfriend took me to hospital, I was seen to; had a urine test, blood test and a physical exam. In the exam the doctor would press and I would writhe in pain. He put me on an IV for the pain and gave me buscopan and something else through the IV too. After this I felt a little more relief but my stomach was still very tender. He checked the blood tests and said my white blood cell count was high meaning I have an infection that my body is trying to fight. He prescribed me mild pain medication and antibiotics, and I went home at about 1am and slept. Leading up to yesterday, I still have stomach pain (it's not as intense and Monday but my stomach is still sore) when I walk with each step my tummy hurts. In the car, if I hit a bump it hurts.

Now at this present moment, I have pain in the centre of my stomach still and when I press the right of my abdomen I feel a sharp pain....which actually sends the pain to the centre of my stomach. I also haven't gone to the toilet since I had an upset tummy on Monday morning.

I feel like I need to go to the doctor again, maybe even for a scan, just something? I don't feel like just telling me I have an infection really suffices, and I'm not better 2 days after seeing the doctor. I just need opinions on wether this could be my appendix, as I don't have the nausea, fever or vomiting etc. I was actually quite irritated when the doctor was doing his checkup on me, because he gave me the impression he thought I was faking it or didn't need to be there. However, his tune changed when he saw the results of the blood tests.

If anyone has experienced something similar or has heard of something like this, please let me know. Thank you! I will be going to the doctor today in any case.

***UPDATE***
Hi everyone, thank you to those who commented I appreciate it! Just to let everyone know, I went to the doctor yesterday and she sent me for a scan. The scan showed that my appendix was swollen and inflamed, she sent me for an operation straight away and I had my appendix removed. So it turned out to be appendicitis after all, I'm still in a lot of pain after the operation and I am staying another night in hospital. I am just really glad that they found our what it was and that it had been treated. 🌻😊 I feel that this may explain why I have been so on and off with my health for over a month now.

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Nurse here. If you're still having those symptoms then you should go to the ER immediately. If it is your appendix and it bursts then it could kill you. In all seriousness I would go get checked out ASAP!

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This exact same thing happened to me and it wasn't noticeable to most of the docs

I had catscans done and they said nothing was wrong- pain continued- went back to hospital again- told them they need to do something- finally a very good doctor came in and told me it was probably the beginnings of appendicitis and that they could remove my appendix if I wanted, I had them do it. That's what it ended up being. Just be persistent and go back again.  It very well could be that.

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Look up ovarian cysts-you may have had one burst.

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I was like this when I had my ovarian cysts. It was so bad one morning when I got out of bed I didn't even make it down the stairs, I couldn't move at all and in the car on the way to the er every single bump or turn or anything I was in so much pain. It took 2 doses of morphine to dull it down. Apparently I had a cyst that ruptured and that's what the pain was. You should definitely get checked out, they did an ultrasound for me and they could see the fluid in my abdomen from the cyst and they said if it wasn't taken care of that it could lead to infection. That's a possibility of what might have happened to you, definitely go see a doctor. Ask them to check your ovaries along with your appendix because it could be either of those.. I hope you feel better :)

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When I had appendicitis the pain was so bad I thought I would die. I was vomiting bile, had intense diarrhea, and cramps that almost felt like labor but were in my whole stomach. It started at night and lasted overnight. In the morning the doc that I saw told me to wait a day and see if it gets better. It didn't sound right so my mom took me to a hospital where her cousin was a doctor. I was examined (doc pressed on my belly) and rushed to surgery a half hour later. My appendix almost burst. No blood tests. Appendicitis is no joke and I've given birth twice- it's just a little more painful than appendicitis.

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This sounds exactly like when it happened to me.. went to the hospital, high wbc but nothing else after a bunch of tests/scans. Gave me a painkiller and sent me home. Went to the regular doctor the next day for a follow up and when he pressed on the spot it also hurt in the middle but it was the worst pain of my life. So he gave me a shot of dilaudid and sent me to a different hospital where they told me if I had waited a few more hours I'd be dead and had emergency surgery.. took my appendix and untwisted my ovary that did not show up on ultrasound. And the time inbeteeen the hospital and doc apt my stomach felt very sore and raw like what you described so please get a second opinion! Don't mess around with that if it turns out to be nothing then great but it could be serious

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It's probably the appendix like others have examples... However- I passed a kidney stone, and had a kidney infection. It took FOREVERMORE for the ER to figure it out because I don't have blood in my urine. They only found it with a ct scan. It manifested as pain in my lower right side- similar to appendix pain, just wanted to mention the small possibility it's kidney related. Please go back and get checked out

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With my appendix I had gastro like symptoms

But if your not feeling right you should get checked again... You don't think you could have constipation?

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I did the same thing when I had my ovarian cyst! You should see your ob and let him/her see if they see anything. My cyst was the size of a golf ball and they thought it was my appendix but couldn't tell anything from X-rays and other tests. They did surgery blind sided and found mine

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