I had my appendix removed >.>

[bassist 4 life]

Blah yeah, I got back from the hospital yesterday. I felt this sharp pain on the right side of my stomache like 10 minutes after i was done working out. It took the crappy doctors 22 hours to finally operate on me, i was iin the emergency room with other screaming sick people the whole day.

It started hurting at around 8PM, took some pills and waited, i thought it was just gases. I went to a medical center at 11PM and they gave me some meds, told me to go to a bigger hospital if the pain didnt go away in an hour. I came back home and went to bed, i woke up at around 3 because i was hurting alot.

I went to the hospital at 3 AM, it took 4 hours for the doctors to arrive and they still didnt have any info. They came back 3 hours later and checked, they were sure i had appendicitis. I had to wait 7 more hours until they finally operated on me.

blah, free healthcare comes with a catch i guess.

So yeah, its my 4th day after surgery, I lost 8 pounds from the surgery, kinda funny because i was trying to work out and gain weight before my appendix hit me. I'm a person who has trouble gaining weight so will it be hard for me to get those 8lbs back? Oh and is there anything i can do to speed up my recovery?

You know what the worst part is? I spent 4 days off-of TB !

haha

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Those 8lbs wont have been muscle, so dont worry too much

And paid for healthcare doesnt mean it is instand, I have had to spend time sitting for hours in a US hospital before.

[tplyons]

Advice for speeding up your recovery? Try not to speed it up.

Attempts to speed recovery usually slow it down. Do what the doctors say and don't push it.

[peaveyuser]

no surgery and removed appendix without pics

[bassist 4 life]

Originally Posted by i_got_a_mohawk

Those 8lbs wont have been muscle, so dont worry too much

And paid for healthcare doesnt mean it is instand, I have had to spend time sitting for hours in a US hospital before.

Thats strange because my abs have mysteriously disappeared
bleh im like a twig now rofl.

[Joe Gress]

Sell it on ebay.

[EagleMoon]

I had my appendix out 7 years ago and also lost around 10lbs. during the time I was in the hospital. Trust me, there's no quick way to speed up healing. You just have to take your time and only do what you feel up to. I was out of work for 3 weeks, but when I went back I had to be really careful and not do much.

[bassist 4 life]

So do you regain that weight pretty quickly or?
I heard getting up and walking around every once in a while is a good thing to do.

Bleh, sadly i dont have the actual appendix thingy so no pictures >.>.
I do have a scar though rofl, not that big, 5 stiches. 2.5 inches long.

[*smb]

I went into hospital for an appendectomy. Turned out my gut had burst. It was a big deal.