Severe stomach pain for 10 hours +

Sambostar

Drew_fx said:

Just get it sorted dude, we're supposed to be finishing off that KY jelly next week.

Will not the guy from PlentyofFish be jealous?  Shit, didn't he tell you about him?

Drew_TNBD

Ah we sorta pass him around, like a naughty pinata.

VimFuego

mike_l said:

VimFuego said:

why's he calling you names?

Cos you're pretending to be a doctor now?

I'm not qualified, merely an enthusiastic amateur.

musicegbdf

Pain is your body warning you, let us know how it goes. Also don't take the first diagnosis as gospel. If they say it is nothing serious ,but the pain continues go back.
Women go to the doctor fairly early ,men are known for leaving it too late
get yourself sorted.

Sambostar

I was gonna lol that, but on reflection, considering it may well be true, I wow'd it instead.

imalone

TTony said:

You have 2 choices.

The first is A&E where there are trained medical professionals, experienced in the diagnosis and remediation of bodily ailments.

The second is theFB where there aren't.  (We have some dentists, obviously, but no actual doctors).

Flip that coin again ....

Just so we're clear, now that LoLs have to be properly declared so they're not construed as passive aggressive bullying, I thought the "some dentists obviously" was funny.

As for severe stomach pain for 10 hours +, no a tubescreamer can't help you now, but sounds like antique is taking other measures now, so good luck.

holnrew

Have you managed to poo? Have you been farting at all?

Keep us updated.

Chuffola

General update, yes.

Update on poo and farting, not really required. 

chillidoggy

I thought a 'Tubescreamer' was the reaction when you finally manage to give birth to that backed-up turd.

TTony

I see a "last active" time for @Antique_Guitars being 9.37AM.

So, he's clearly got wifi access in A&E.

Or the nice people at 111 sorted him out.  Hope you're OK mate?? 

daveww

Get well soon Sheldon.  Hope they're sorting you out.

equalsql

As with all the other posts old bean, I really hope you are OK.  Keep us up to date if you can, you know what a bunch of worriers we are.

Antique_Guitars

Hey everyone,

Thanks for your concern I have mostly been sleeping and feel a lot better now just a bit tender.

Yeah I phoned NHS 111 and they got a doctor to call me about an hour later which I think was at about 10.30pm. He basically said just take pain killers and let the sennakot I had taken do some work. I wasn't sick and didn't have the squits so he wasn't too concerned but did say he would book for me to see a Dr in person if I wanted but I said I thought the sennakot was working so I would see in the morning.

Felt not great at 4.30am but feel ok nowish and had some movement so I guess he was correct.

Have to say in my 29 1/2 years on this earth I have never had a stomach issue like that before that lasted that lenght of time and that didnt have the squits or throwing up. Very weird!

Very fucked off those as was supposed to go with my friends family to thevcountryside this weekend and now im stuck in London feeling crap arghhhhh.

VimFuego

it must've been, jeez, 8 years ago now, mrs f had horrendous lower abdominal pains. We phoned 111 (or whatever it was back then) and the doc said it was probably a bowel infection, take some painkillers and it would pass. It didn't and turned out to be a rare form of ovarian cancer and the specialist we saw said it the pain was probably the tumour leaking. So don't take any shit from them and get them to book you an appointment to see a gynaecologist specialist.

Lixarto

Antique_Guitars said:

Very fucked off those as was supposed to go with my friends family to thevcountryside this weekend and now im stuck in London feeling crap arghhhhh.

Yes, I'd be annoyed if I was in London too.

Hope you're feeling better soon.

badlydrawnbanjo

Go and see your doctor and have them do an ultra sound to check for gall stones.

Emp_Fab

Doctors' Rule #1: Can I get this person off my list without something happening I could be held accountable for ?

Patient: I have this pain see Doc....

Doc: (Asks questions for obvious signs of nasty diseases x and y, no obvious signs) - right, take some generic painkillers and fuck off - NEXT !

Patient six months later: I've still got the pain and now this lump has appeared....

Doc: Oooh shit....  that's 'Yourfuckeditis' - I'll refer you to a Yourfuckeditis specialist - his waiting list is 12 months but I don't expect you'll last more than 6.  At least I'm in the clear..  NEXT !

scrumhalf

Had my own mini-drama today.

I've had a pain in my side since Wednesday, woke up with it. I thought it was either a kidney stone waiting to do its damage, something appendix-related, or something muscular. The pain was constant, not hellish but uncomfortable.

I'd had enough today. It wasn't a kidney stone, it would have made its way down to the bladder by now and I would have been crying with pain. Since I'm off on more travels in a couple of weeks I thought it best to try and resolve it. If it was appendicitis I would in all likelihood have to cancel my travels and hope the insurers would pay up, I really didn't want to get a burst appendix in the backwaters of south-east Asia.

At noon I called 111, I spoke to someone who took some details down and said a GP from my local out-of-hours service would call within an hour. The call came within 10 minutes, we spoke for maybe ten minutes and she booked me an appointment at my local walk-in centre (about mile up the road) for 13:10. I was seen about 13:30, prodded and poked and thankfully they think it's muscular as everything else checked out okay.

I know a lot of people bad-mouth the NHS, I can only say good things about them from this experience (hopefully they haven't mis-diagnosed and I don't end up lying in a pool of my own making).

Men have a tendency to ignore pain and medical troubles, it's a really stupid thing to do and should be discouraged at all costs.

mike_l

Drew_fx said:

mike_l said:

You sound quite like me*, get some proper medical advice.

 

*I laughed at the bloke who booted me I the side and cracked some ribs....

Sheesh! Must've been a funny joke Mike!

Close, it was his size 11 rugby boot......

chillidoggy

Kidney stones do not automatically get passed. I know this because I have three of the bastards, and am waiting for the kidney stone panel at the hospital to decide what, if anything, they're going do about them.