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

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Mar 14, 2021 3:00 PM EDT

Let this guy's harrowing tale about ignoring an unimaginably gnarly stomachache be a lesson to us all. If you have a stomachache, and the waves of pain have progressed to literal tidal waves of pain, then something is definitely not right. You might already know someone who has had to confront the unfortunate reality of having a ruptured appendix. The key with those occurrences is to be proactive in the response, and not let things escalate to a life-threatening extent. 

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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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