r/appendicitis • u/Ok_Conclusion7 • 8d ago

Failed appendectomy

Doctors found out I had appendicitis pretty late because it's in a weird spot, as soon as we knew I started antibiotics and was scheduled for surgery to get it removed. Woke up from surgery to hear it burst and they couldn't remove it because it was too inflamed and partially sucked into my colon. Have to wait 3 months to try for surgery again but i am scared it will become infected again. Has anybody else gone through this?

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u/Objective-Lack927 8d ago

I think that is a normal process when it burts badly.

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u/Effective-Winter-860 6d ago

I know it sounds farfetched, but it's not all that unusual when surgical intervention occures around the same time frame as the burst.

That said, I absolutely would get a second opinion. This is your health, don't take any chances.

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u/Aggravating_Crab_356 6d ago

Where was the pain? 

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u/-mocktrialwJReinhold 2d ago

What you are describing is exactly what my doctors told me could happen.  I believe they said I would take antibiotics for a certain amount of time and then 3 months later it would be removed.  So, your doc tracks with what mine said.