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alekth on 27 January 2009

Yeah, diagnosing yourself is far from reliable. All three times I felt like that it was food poisoning for me.

Here's something from Three Men In A Boat on the occasion:

I sat for awhile, frozen with horror; and then, in the listlessness of
despair, I again turned over the pages. I came to typhoid fever - read
the symptoms - discovered that I had typhoid fever, must have had it for
months without knowing it - wondered what else I had got; turned up St.
Vitus's Dance - found, as I expected, that I had that too, - began to get
interested in my case, and determined to sift it to the bottom, and so
started alphabetically - read up ague, and learnt that I was sickening
for it, and that the acute stage would commence in about another
fortnight. Bright's disease, I was relieved to find, I had only in a
modified form, and, so far as that was concerned, I might live for years.
Cholera I had, with severe complications; and diphtheria I seemed to have
been born with. I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six
letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was
housemaid's knee.



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akuma587 on 27 January 2009

Panic!



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Seraphic_Sixaxis on 27 January 2009
skip said:

diagnosing yourself with the internet is never a good idea.  Appendicitis shares symptoms with many different conditions of which a few examples are constipation, crohns disease, colon cancer, certain pregnancy situations, certain food poisonings (both chemical and biological), and pretty much anything else that irritates a good portion of the intestine.

By no means should you forgo getting a proper diagnosis as appendicitis left un-treated to the point of rupture has a high probability of death via septic shock or septicemia. The best path for diagnosis is to request an ultrasound or a ct scan of the region.

If you get a positive diagnosis for appendicitis be happy that they are now able to carry out the procedure through a tiny hole as opposed to the three inch scar that I wear.  The modern method can have you out of the hospital in the same day compared to the 5 days it took when I had mine done.

 

 

 

 

 

I see, well i did a Cat-Scan yesterday, they also took blood from me and some urine, it turns out i was Negative for  Appendicitis and i was fine, but why do i have its symtoms then?

and @ Izz, thanks man just freaking out quite alot here and, i think i may be being a little paranoid but meh...

Atm, though what else might it be? since the pain type i have is a Dull Numb-ish pain to the lower right quandert of my stomac.  :L

 



Tyrannical on 27 January 2009

If you think you have appendicitis, you need to get to the hospitol NOW!

If it bursts, you are looking at two weeks in intensive care hooked up to tubes detoxifying your blood. Assuming it doesn't kill you.



Yet, today, America's leaders are reenacting every folly that brought these great powers [Russia, Germany, and Japan] to ruin -- from arrogance and hubris, to assertions of global hegemony, to imperial overstretch, to trumpeting new 'crusades,' to handing out war guarantees to regions and countries where Americans have never fought before. We are piling up the kind of commitments that produced the greatest disasters of the twentieth century.
 — Pat Buchanan – A Republic, Not an Empire

Galaki on 27 January 2009

Hospital. Cut. Done.

Probably need to stay at hospital for a few days.



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Seraphic_Sixaxis on 27 January 2009
Tyrannical said:

If you think you have appendicitis, you need to get to the hospitol NOW!

If it bursts, you are looking at two weeks in intensive care hooked up to tubes detoxifying your blood. Assuming it doesn't kill you.

Update: I had a Cat-Scan, blood test, and urine test yesterday and it all turned out to have Negative results for Appendicitis they said i just had some sort of muscle torn or something like that.

 



highwaystar101 on 27 January 2009

right, here is what you do to perform an appendectomy on yourself.

1x Kitchen knife
10x Shots of Vodka (snorted)
3x Torniquets (although string tied in a slipknot will do)
1x plaster (colourful cartoon character optional)
1x Vacuum (it's gonna make a mess)
1x Apple

step 1: Snort shots of Vodka, wait until pissed so you don't feel pain.
step 2: Create small incision over appendix. Enter incisionand place torniquets around the base of the appendix.
step 3: Cut appendix out of body.
step 4: Place plaster over incision, try and use a scooby doo one.
step 5: Vacuum up mess... There may be a lot of it.
step 6: You may be hungry after all that hard work, eat the apple now.


Good luck



Riachu on 27 January 2009
Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
Tyrannical said:

If you think you have appendicitis, you need to get to the hospitol NOW!

If it bursts, you are looking at two weeks in intensive care hooked up to tubes detoxifying your blood. Assuming it doesn't kill you.

Update: I had a Cat-Scan, blood test, and urine test yesterday and it all turned out to have Negative results for Appendicitis they said i just had some sort of muscle torn or something like that.

 

 

That's good.  I'm glad you're fine.  I really thought you were going to die there.  I know what you went through.  Every now and then, I have plans on the right side and I tend to suspect that I have appendicitis.  Fortunately, I have been alive 16 years and still haven't gotten my appendix out nor did I need to(unless of course my mom and brother lied to me).



 

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O-D-C on 27 January 2009
highwaystar101 said:
right, here is what you do to perform an appendectomy on yourself.

1x Kitchen knife
10x Shots of Vodka (snorted)
3x Torniquets (although string tied in a slipknot will do)
1x plaster (colourful cartoon character optional)
1x Vacuum (it's gonna make a mess)
1x Apple

step 1: Snort shots of Vodka, wait until pissed so you don't feel pain.
step 2: Create small incision over appendix. Enter incisionand place torniquets around the base of the appendix.
step 3: Cut appendix out of body.
step 4: Place plaster over incision, try and use a scooby doo one.
step 5: Vacuum up mess... There may be a lot of it.
step 6: You may be hungry after all that hard work, eat the apple now.


Good luck

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