Anyone awake?? Severe abdominal pain

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I have been in agony for 3 or 4 hours, pain started in lower stomach and now moved to behind belly button and slightly to the right. Have taken paracetamol which has slightly taken the edge off but still very painful, slightly loose stools but nothing too major, not been sick bit feel sick due to the intensity of the pain. Have been wondering around, trying to poop in hope it will help bit not easing.

I'm a single parent and my dc's are asleep, I have no one to call to sit with them as it's stupid o clock. I don't think it's a big as I haven't left the house in 3 days, could be something I ate. Dr Google is saying appendicitis and NHS direct online tell me to call an ambulance. Do I just ride it out until kids are up and off to school? I don't know what else I can do. Also stuck as I have a new dog/puppy who won't leave my side and has not yet been left alone.

What a dilemma - you poor thing. I think you have to wake the children and go to hospital. Do you have any neighbours who could take on the puppy? The ambulance arriving will probably wake them anyway, so why not ask the medics to help you find someone who could take the dog on as an emergency measure until you can get a friend or family member over to help you with children too.

You need to follow the advice you’ve been given and get to hospital.

Ring 111, see what they reckon. They've been pretty good the times that I've rung them. I'm no doctor, I do hope it's not appendicitis and it's just one big bubble of gas/poo that needs to dislodge itself! Constipation/gas can be ridiculously painful, but I'd definitely ring 111 for peace of mind.

Ignore my last message, I misread, OP! Sorry and hope you feel better!

Ring 111. They must deal with this all the time, people who have kids and pets, so will be able to advise on what to do. Please get seen to! Good luck.

The dogs my main worry, he's a rescue and extremely nervous, he's only been with me 3 days and is glued to me 24/7 (has led with me now), an ambulance coming would scare him to death. My mum is the only one I can leave him with but I don't want to wake her with a call as she is unwell herself. The pain has eased a little bit is now more on the right side and hurts when I breathe or cough. I am exhausted, I want to sleep bit it's too painful. Feels like I need to poop but when I get to the loo I can't go and the pain gets worse.

I think I will have to ride it out for a few hours until I can call my mum to puppy sit.

If you are in that much life please call an ambulance and your mum. Don’t wait.

It has asked, I would say it's gone from a 10 to a 7, maybe because I am led flat or maybe it's because I'm running out of energy. At first I thought it was a bug but I think of it was I would have been sick by now? Same if it was good poisoning?

I do get ovarian cysts which occationaly burst and I thought it was that at first as they are very painful but the pain is now higher up, too high to be my ovaries. It's now literally a stabbing pain in my right side when I breathe in bit not as intense as earlier where my whole stomach and lower stomach were cramping.

You have gone to the right place for advice before posting here. You have a responsibility to your children, particularly as a single parent, to look after yourself.

Please take their advice and go to hospital. The dog will survive a few hours alone until other arrangements can be made one way or another, but you may not.

Both my dc's have sn's. One will be awake soon and gets a taxi at 7.45am to school. I don't think my mum will answer if I call before 7am. If I can ride it out until my youngest gets in the taxi it will make things much easier. I know I need to be seen but I don't want to upset my dc and I need to find someone to sit with the dog.

I hope you’re ok until then - but if it gets worse, please do call the ambulance sooner.

I will. Trying to get comfortable, pain coming in waves with a ache I between. I feel awful. I'm clock watching waiting for an appropriate time to call my mum. She will probably think I'm making a fuss.

NHS website says if the pain eases for a bit then gets worse it can mean your appendix has burst, which is an emergency.

I think you should call an ambulance now. They won't leave your children alone.

I'm going to send my mum a text so when she wakes up she can call me.

I have most the symptoms for appendicitis but no fever so maybe it's not?

My son and have both had appendicitis and we both didn't have fevers. Mine had nearly burst.
Please go to the hospital!

Sweetie, ring 111 NOW. Please. I won't give you a scare story but you need medical advice now. I understand your worries about the children/dog but it could get a whole lot worse.

I've just noticed you've had the runs. Please call. I'll give you my story if it makes you phone

Does the on-call gp for the night do house calls anymore? That would be ideal really - someone to assess whether you need a&e.

Otherwise - could you really not leave the dog until your mum would wake and could come round? Even give it your pillow to sit on so it has the comforting smell of you! A&e would be vvvv quiet right now if you could get there. I expect you'd either be in and out quite quickly or there will be something to investigate further/admit you. Is there a next door neighbour you could knock for? I'd happily sit with the kids of a neighbour, even at 4am, in your circumstances if they came knocking!

Good luck with whatever do, I hope it turns out to be nothing but a horrible pain

dona kind of had the runs but not tummy bug type runs (sorry if too much info) I feel like I need to go again but can't go, when I did go it wasn't much bit loose.

I'm trying to get hold of my mum bit she probably doesn't have her phone near her. There's a pain on my right hand side bit occasionally getting a pain on the left side too and behind belly button.

You really need to phone. By the time you have been triaged and phoned back (as is the system near me anyway) you'll be another hour. To be honest with your symptoms I'd be advising you to call 999 but if you don't feel you can do that at least start with 111. The symptoms you describe sound liķe appendicitis. My friend dithered and ended up with peritonitis. She was gravely ill. I understand how worried you are about the children/dog but it could get so much worse.

In her opening post, she says, NHS direct online tell me to call an ambulance..

Isn’t that the same as 111?

Please ring for an ambulance now. They will know what to do with your children and dog. Don't wait, please.

I called my mum, she told me to take more pain killers and to wait a couple hours (once the dd's have gone to school) and if I'm still in pain she will come and dog sit. I don't have anyone else I can call, my dc's need help getting ready for school.

I've no dog but I'm a lone parent with to SN children too. One night I was trapped in bed unable to move with chest pain. I rang 111 who were trying to send me an ambulance they were worried about my heart but I was worried about the children. Anyway after a long night with no ambulance available I did manage to get to the GP. It turned out I'd torn muscles in my chest wall.
The point of my story is I do know how worrying it is to be the sole carer and how wonderful the health service were. They were fantastic and reassuring but very very busy. I've no doubt that if my symptoms had differed slightly I would have been seen that night.

Grr. You have 111 to call. I'm trying to be measured in my response because you are frightened but you could die if its appendicitis. Who will look after the dog and children then? You need to phone NOW

By the way, my mother told me to stop making a fuss when I was ill a few years ago. I had pneumonia as it turned out mum isn't always right.