OT: My cautionary tale.

[Inferno]

Saturday morning I started feeling sick, and by Sunday I stated feeling very sick...thought it might have been a stomach bug. Monday morning they had to use an ambulance to get me to the hospital. My appendix bursted and spewed all sorts of unspeakables all over my abdomen.


If you're feeling unwell, don't assume. Doctor said it was bad enough where if I waited any longer I could have died from sepsis.

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[Jayan]

That sux dude.. get better

 

[True Blue]

Feel better and back to full health soon

 

[nevesis]

Saturday morning I started feeling sick, and by Sunday I stated feeling very sick...thought it might have been a stomach bug. Monday morning they had to use an ambulance to get me to the hospital. My appendix bursted and spewed all sorts of unspeakables all over my abdomen.


If you're feeling unwell, don't assume. Doctor said it was bad enough where if I waited any longer I could have died from sepsis.

Damn dude, glad to hear you're doing ok. Did you have any symptoms leading up to it?

 

[sbjnyc]

Hope you're doing well and make a full recovery. A similar thing happened to me and I spent the week at a hospital. After they pump your insides full of antibiotics, be careful with dairy once you can eat solid foods.

 

[kovazub94]

Feel better, @Inferno ! The worst is behind you (Rangers rebuild excluding)

 

[Lion Hound]

Saturday morning I started feeling sick, and by Sunday I stated feeling very sick...thought it might have been a stomach bug. Monday morning they had to use an ambulance to get me to the hospital. My appendix bursted and spewed all sorts of unspeakables all over my abdomen.


If you're feeling unwell, don't assume. Doctor said it was bad enough where if I waited any longer I could have died from sepsis.

Damn...Feel better man!

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Saturday morning I started feeling sick, and by Sunday I stated feeling very sick...thought it might have been a stomach bug. Monday morning they had to use an ambulance to get me to the hospital. My appendix bursted and spewed all sorts of unspeakables all over my abdomen.


If you're feeling unwell, don't assume. Doctor said it was bad enough where if I waited any longer I could have died from sepsis.

You just lived through one of my biggest fears.

Glad you’re alright brother. You’ll be back on your feet before you know it.

 

[Blue Blooded]

Saturday morning I started feeling sick, and by Sunday I stated feeling very sick...thought it might have been a stomach bug. Monday morning they had to use an ambulance to get me to the hospital. My appendix bursted and spewed all sorts of unspeakables all over my abdomen.


If you're feeling unwell, don't assume. Doctor said it was bad enough where if I waited any longer I could have died from sepsis.

Good to hear that the worst part seems to be over *knock on wood*, all the best wishes to you and your family and I hope you have a speedy recovery!

My girlfriend is super vigilant about health issues, but without her influence I'd be likely to make the same mistake myself!

 

[Inferno]

Damn dude, glad to hear you're doing ok. Did you have any symptoms leading up to it?

General sickness. Nothing like waking up in the emergency room with a doctor telling you they saved your life.

Was...scary.

 

[Calad]

Feel better man. I had my appendix out when I was in high school. My stomach was feeling a little off over the weekend but nothing out of the ordinary, just felt like I had to take a big shit. I got home from school monday afternoon and tried to use the bathroom to no avail, but when I tried to get up i could barely walk because I was in agony. My mom drove me to the ER and they pegged it almost immediately. It was going to burst at any moment and I was lucky to have gotten to the hospital when I did. The only things I remember from that night was watching Fellowship of the Ring on TV while drinking that awful contrast stuff, and the doctor waking me up as I'm being wheeled into surgery quickly explaining whats going on. Like you said... scary.

 

[Inferno]

Feel better man. I had my appendix out when I was in high school. My stomach was feeling a little off over the weekend but nothing out of the ordinary, just felt like I had to take a big ****. I got home from school monday afternoon and tried to use the bathroom to no avail, but when I tried to get up i could barely walk because I was in agony. My mom drove me to the ER and they pegged it almost immediately. It was going to burst at any moment and I was lucky to have gotten to the hospital when I did. The only things I remember from that night was watching Fellowship of the Ring on TV while drinking that awful contrast stuff, and the doctor waking me up as I'm being wheeled into surgery quickly explaining whats going on. Like you said... scary.

Yeah apparently there are degrees of bursting. Some just have a small hole, he said mine looked like someone chucked a grenade in there.

 

[Lone Ranger]

Saturday morning I started feeling sick, and by Sunday I stated feeling very sick...thought it might have been a stomach bug. Monday morning they had to use an ambulance to get me to the hospital. My appendix bursted and spewed all sorts of unspeakables all over my abdomen.


If you're feeling unwell, don't assume. Doctor said it was bad enough where if I waited any longer I could have died from sepsis.

I'm so sorry to hear that you are unwell, but so glad you got treated in time. Good advice

 

[Blue Blooded]

Feel better man. I had my appendix out when I was in high school. My stomach was feeling a little off over the weekend but nothing out of the ordinary, just felt like I had to take a big ****. I got home from school monday afternoon and tried to use the bathroom to no avail, but when I tried to get up i could barely walk because I was in agony. My mom drove me to the ER and they pegged it almost immediately. It was going to burst at any moment and I was lucky to have gotten to the hospital when I did. The only things I remember from that night was watching Fellowship of the Ring on TV while drinking that awful contrast stuff, and the doctor waking me up as I'm being wheeled into surgery quickly explaining whats going on. Like you said... scary.

Speaking of health scares and having to take a shit, our neighbor at our summer house (who is an MD himself) had to be emergency airlifted to the hospital last summer due to constipation. He was in indescribable pain and IIRC had to have surgery.

Stomach issues are no joke!

 

[Ghost of jas]

Yikes, thank goodness everything is doing better. It’s one of my biggest fears. You get a little ache here or there and you think it’s nothing. My wife had a cluster bumps that looked like a rash on her temple. People at work, (including the school nurse), told her it didn’t look like anything too bad. But one co-worker said she should have it looked at. Turns out it was shingles. If she had waited another day, she wouldn’t have been able to take the medication.

 

[Machinehead]

I blame the Rangers for any stomach issues that happen to members of this forum.

Please feel better.

 

[NCRanger]

Glad you are okay now. That's some scary ****!

Speaking of health issues; I'm about ready to track down my former urologist who is now retired and Colton Orr/Todd Fedoruk this guy.

I've had kidney stones my entire adult life, starting in 1998. So, I know what the pain is, I know the symptoms, and I know where to go and what to ask for. This guy had already treated me for two of them, one in late 2010 and another in early 2013. So, in late January 2016, I'm taking my daughter to school. As soon as I turn to back out of the driveway, BAM! Sharp pain in my side/back, can hardly breathe. School is a mile away. I can get her there and get back home. Best thing to do with one of these is to keep moving around and stretching. The stone just needs to move into a spot where the pain lessens. So I take the dog for a walk. Then I call my wife to get home and take me to the hospital. We get there. I'm now having the worst pain for one of these MFers in my entire life. They finally get me into a room and get painkiller into me via IV. The minute it hit, pain went away. They do a CT scan. ER doc says that he can't see anything, but has me follow up with my urologist.

He doesn't see anything either. Sends me for another test. NOTHING. At the same time, I start experiencing things that older men experience. Urologist doesn't look at them as linked. The past 2 1/2 years, haven't felt right, been easily agitated, been annoyed a bit, etc.

So, second to last week of September, I decide to take a week off FINALLY. On Wednesday, my side starts hurting. Not kidney stone pain, just an annoying pain. Finally can't take it any more and go to the ER on Saturday. Guess what, I have STONES. Follow up with a new urologist. He says they're small and I should pass them. Yeah right. Schedules me for surgery on the 28th of September. He finds a MASSIVE KIDNEY INFECTION that may have been a month away from causing me to lose my kidney or do other serious damage. Gets me on antibiotics immediately, puts a stent in to drain things (all of a sudden, I start peeing right again), and re-schedules surgery in mid-October. Guess what -- my middle aged man problem all but went away too. There was a blockage there for 2 1/2 effing YEARS! Damn retired urologist MISSED IT and refused to treat the other problem as related.

Finally the stones were removed a few weeks ago.

Finally feeling a LOT better.

Can't believe none of this was picked up in any of my physicals or blood work. Lesson - if something doesn't feel right, KEEP PUSHING! I KNEW the ED symptoms had something to do with the January 2016 incident but never forced the issue. Instead, I almost lost my damn kidney!

 

[eco's bones]

Saturday morning I started feeling sick, and by Sunday I stated feeling very sick...thought it might have been a stomach bug. Monday morning they had to use an ambulance to get me to the hospital. My appendix bursted and spewed all sorts of unspeakables all over my abdomen.


If you're feeling unwell, don't assume. Doctor said it was bad enough where if I waited any longer I could have died from sepsis.

FWIW something almost like that happened to my wife the day before the election in 2016. She could hardly stand up and I took her over to the doctor and it was right straight to the hospital after that to get her appendix out and overnight as well. The next day she was wondering whether to vote or not but she didn't feel really up to to it so I told her not to bother.

 

[will1066]

Feel better, man. Sounds scary. And a reminder not to take things for granted.

 

[LORDE]

Same thing happened to a friend of mine. VERY dangerous situation.

Glad to hear you're on the mend and still with us Inferno!

 

[Joey Bones]

Feel better, man!!

I have a similar issue going on, as well, and will reiterate that IF YOU INDEED DON'T FEEL WELL, GO SEE THE DOCTOR. NO JOKE!! IT WILL REALLY MATTER FOR THE LONG RUN!!

 

[Mac n Gs]

Glad you’re ok now and doing better @Inferno!

 

[Fitzy]

We should do what is done with wisdom teeth and just remove the appendix before it causes problems.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

That's something that could happen to me because I'm too stubborn to go see a doctor for things that seem to be flu-like symptoms.

Feel better soon! HFNYR wouldn't be the same without you

 

[Thirty One]

Yikes. Rest up, man.