So, as some of you know I was in the hospital in December for abdominal pain.  They told me that my pain was due to an intestinal blockage and IBS.  Well, I continued to have a lot of problems and pain in the abdomen even after the blockage was supposedly cleared out after having a colonoscopy.  My IBS has been under control and no problems in that area for quite some time.  On Monday I went to my general doctor and to my gastroenterologist for the continued pain.  They really weren’t sure what was going on.  My general doctor thought it could be my gallbladder, my gastroenterologist thought I pulled a muscle in my abdomen. He wanted me to heat, ice and take some muscle relaxers and see if my pain improved.

Tuesday rolls around and I am racing around getting ready for my auditions.  I decided to put the heating pad on the right front side of my abdomen just as the doctor has recommended.  I had it on for about 5 minutes and stood up to go to the bathroom when BAM…holy hell…the most excruciating pain.  I was screaming crying in pain and I could move.  I felt like I was going to vomit.  Thank goodness my husband was working from home that day.  He immediately rushed my over to the hospital. 

Once again the doctors seemed unsure as to what was causing my pain.  They thought it might be an ovarian cyst that ruptured and was bleeding.  I went in for an ultrasound of my ovaries.  The ultrasound didn’t show any problems, my ovaries looked good.  Then I had to drink this horrible contrast and get a CT Scan to take a look at my appendix, gallbladder, etc.  Once again the doctors tell me we can’t find you appendix on the CT Scan, this was the same thing they told me in December.  The doctors examined me again and then brought in a surgeon to examine me.  They said that all my pain was showing that I needed my appendix removed, but they were still unsure since it didn’t show up in the scan.  They gave me two options:  Continue to be watched for the next 24 hrs. and be put on antibiotics or go in for surgery immediately.  I picked surgery.  I knew that it was my appendix. 

I was immediately hurried off to surgery.  When I woke up they informed my that my appendix was at the early stages of going bad and removed it.  They also found 2 ovarian cysts  and removed them and sent them off for biopsy.  

So, it’s now Thursday and I am back home trying my best to rest and recover.  Although I am in pain from my surgery, I am not in pain anymore in from my appendix.  Thank goodness.