Hey mums,
27yo female here. Back in December, my appendix ruptured and I had severe peritonitis after my claims of having severe abdominal pain had been misdiagnosed as constipation for almost 2 weeks. I was also 5 months post partum at the time.
Long story short, my appendix formed a mass in order to ‘protect’ other parts of my body from infection, when surgeons got in there they couldn’t even find my appendix because this mass and abscess was so large, they didn’t want to risk damaging my bowel. So, they did a flush out of my pelvic area (not sure of the medical term), fitted a drain into my abdomen and hooked me up to some extremely strong antibiotics for 3 weeks.
I recovered at home the rest of the time, drain removed after 3 weeks and have had a couple of CT scans and an ultrasound which show that everything is luckily settling down nicely. They can see most of my appendix disintegrated and I’m now left with an appendix stump, meaning, unfairly in my opinion lol, I could get appendicitis again in the future. Boo!
Anyway, I’ve developed extreme health anxiety because of my misdiagnoses and how uncertain I’ve felt. And of course, being a new, first time mamma. Luckily, CBT is helping and my LO is thriving :)
Thanks for any advice welcome, anyone who has been through this or someone you know and has come out the other side I’d love to hear from you.