Quote Originally Posted by Samantha. View Post
My first post on a herp forum and it has nothing to do with reptiles, hah!

I actually had quite the opposite experience than most people noted. Mine was about to burst, though, and had an emergency surgery the day of. I stayed in the hospital for two days and was off of work for almost a month. Pain was tolerable, but pretty bad the first week, I also had a pretty hefty painkiller prescription so it helped out a lot.

I know I'm the minority here, but I had mine taken out a bit over a year ago and still deal with problems caused by it.
Thanks for this! Although you are the minority I appreciate hearing it. Turns out my initial consultation isn't even for 2 more weeks, and then surgery can be scheduled after that. After having experienced 3 attacks in 2 weeks, this makes me very nervous for the next 2 weeks. I'm not only worried about more attacks, but also worried about something like what happened to you. Even if during the ultrasound 2 weeks ago they did not see any inflammation or infection, that doesn't mean something hasn't changed, and especially after my last attack which was the most painful. And besides all of that... my diet is now extremely limited to try to prevent another attack, which is leaving me extremely hungry and without much energy or strength at all. I've also felt some level of pain almost constantly, just not always a higher level of pain. Today I'm feeling better than I have for the last 2 weeks, but I'm still able to feel twinges of pain now and again in my right side.

So again, thank you for sharing your experience too!

And welcome to the forum!