To try to stick it out for two more days? (Illness related)

[OfAlltheFlowers]

I have something very wrong with me. 111 said to get to A&E. I can't really tolerate 4 hours in pain waiting to be seen. I don't want to go to Hospital A, as I was admitted for 5 days and they did nothing to resolve the problem.
I know nothing about Hospital B.
The alternative is trying to wait it out for another 48 hours and seek treatment in my home country.
I'm not an ambulance case (yet) at least.

What would you do? You know A did nothing, so don't know whether they will do anything now even though condition has worsened.
You know absolutely nothing about B.
You don't know exactly how serious condition is and whether trying to wait it out is wise.

What would you do?

BumpowderSneezeonAndSnot

How come you've posted under 2 different user names?! 🤔

Well us being cunts has made you see sense and go to hospital.

I wish you a speedy recovery

sillysausage, because I felt like it.

In too much pain now to care.

Well stop arguing and go and get seen. Sooner seen sooner home again

I'm not the one arguing. I asked for advice and all I get is abuse. FFS. Some supportive website this is.

Come on OP. Get yourself seen. If you live overseas do you have appropriate insurance or EHIC?

I'd google it to see what the potential complications could be.

It's really hard to advise without any detail, so without sounding harsh, it's little wonder that the advice you've got is a bit short at times. From a medical point of view, if your symptoms are 'just' pain, and your general vital signs are stable, that's much more reassuring than if your heart rate is abnormal, temperature is high (or low), or your blood pressure is affected. That, along with whether you are passing urine normally, having normal bowel motions, etc., can be very informative. Then symptoms such as pain or sensitivity to light, stiffness in any limbs or your neck, etc., any rashes or skin changes, bruises, etc.

So a vague 'symptoms unspecified but definitely worse' really doesn't help to narrow the options of hospital A, B or wait.

I think it would be very irresponsible to knowingly fly, though.

Blood pressure high (for me). Heart rate 130. Temp normal but feel very cold. Urine not passing is 90% of the problem (discharged with diuretics). Can't eat as stomach swollen. No normal stool in about a month. Maybe a squirt here and there. (sorry for that piece of info). Pain in abdomen ranging from top of stomach to bottom of stomach i.e. down at the very bottom. Lower back pain and pain radiating up spine and into right hand shoulder. Basically ascites but they wouldn't drain it. Now I'm twice the size. I've gone from a size 8 to looking 9 months pregnant (no exaggeration) in 10 days. Bloods are 'deranged' is the word they used. They stabilised bloods apart from potassium which is low.

Go to A&E sounds serious

Discharged with diuretics and potassium tablets. Paracetamol was hitting the pain, now cocodamol not hitting it. Feel like my body is about to rip apart.

Also vomiting occasionally.

I hope you're on your way to hospital

Liver failure? My dad died from that, go to hospital

Sounds like faecal impaction

OP you are clearly in a lot of pain, in the nicest way possible if you are feeling like you might faint sitting down and can barely walk to the loo you will not make it through the airport onto a plane anyway. You have said its something that could cause internal damage if not treated soon, Christmas is not worth damaging your health over, you can always have Christmas at a later date, or next year.

Snot - you haven't a clue. I've had CT scans, abdominal scans, pelvic scans. There is no food in there to be impacted. As I said, it's ascites. They sort of stabilised me in hospital where I was at least peeing (hadn't peed for 3 days before I went in), but that's it. LFTs all normal on discharge as far as I know (in that they didn't tell me they were not normal).

You're right I don't nor does anyone else which is why we are saying go to hospital

This all started early November. Liver not producing albumin, so kidneys can't work. Was admitted for 10 days then. Now it's just come back again in the past 10 days or so.

And I have said that I am going.

Oh you're THAT poster!!