Man Acts Like Tough Guy, Ignores Horrendous Stomachache, Crisis Ensues

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    Rectangle - r/tifu u/ObscuraNox•6d + Join 1 26 e 17 3 16 31 O 1 TIFU by almost dying because l'm a big tough (stupid) guy who doesn't need to see a doctor because of some "stomach ache". M Happened 2 weeks ago, been in the hospital for 6 days and still recovering.
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    Handwriting - It all started on Thursday with a sharp pain in my stomach. At first, I didn't think too much of it, maybe it was just something I ate. So I ignored it. The next day, my stomach still kinda hurt - However, not bad enough to skip work because of it. I have a pretty high pain tolerance and at this point it was pretty annoying and unpleasant, but I wouldn't say super painful.
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    Font - "Eh, whatever... If it doesn't get better by Monday, l'll go see a doctor." I kept telling myself. Then the pain got worse, to a point where I couldn't properly sleep during the night. At first, I considered just waiting a bit more since the pain was still tolerable, and I didn't want to "waste my weekend" sitting in the hospital for several hours just to be told that it was a stomach ache, but a friend of mine urged me to go.
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    Font - So I went to the hospital - But since I don't have a car, I walked there. It's only 2 miles after all. The pain was getting worse and once I finally got a chance to see the doctor it didn't take long for him to realize what was wrong - You probably already guessed it, it was the appendix. I was told that they have to remove it Immediately and that l'll get send to the operating room as soon as possible.
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    Handwriting - Well, as it turns out... By the time l've finally ignored my pride and went to the hospital, the appendix already ruptured. So instead of having a relatively "standard" appendicitis, I was now the proud owner of a fully fledged peritonitis and was rushed to the operating room shortly after.
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    Font - I woke up several hours later and despite being under strong painkillers, I was still in extreme pain. And when I say extreme pain, I mean that I didn't even know you could feel so much pain, it was that felt like a chunk of glowing red-hot metal was stuck in my stomach. So, operating room again. Apparently the inflammation spread further than anticipated and in addition to that, a 3-inch purulent hematoma formed that was causing the pain. painful. It
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    Font - When I woke up the pain was still there, but it was tolerable again. Doctors told me that it was a pretty close call and that I got lucky and that if I had stuck with my original plan to wait until Monday, things would have turned out different. It's been almost two weeks since the two operations and I still feel super weak - l'm tired all the time, I'm not allowed to lift anything heavier than 10 pounds, moving around & standing up still hurts pretty bad and l'm terrified of sneezing. Bu
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    Font - tl;dr: Ignored stomach pains, walked around with a ruptured appendix, suffered from a severe peritonitis and now have the strength of a 3 year old with the energy of 105 year old man. 4 25.7k 3 1.3k ↑, Share

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