Abdominal Pain Filter: My girlfriend woke up last night with an excruiating stabbing pain throughout her lower abdomen. Thankfully, that's gone, but there is still a tender spot about 1 inch up from her belly button, and two inches to the right. I think it's too far up to be the appendix. What could it be?
posted by fvox13 on Oct 13, 2007 - 28 answers

Should I go get the CT scan or not? I've had a stomachache for 10 days and my doctor thinks it might be my appendix; the blood tests are all negative; should I still go through with this? [more inside]
posted by mygothlaundry on Oct 4, 2007 - 29 answers

How long does it take for one to completely recover from an appendectomy? [more inside]
posted by Scottk on Mar 24, 2005 - 5 answers

Has anyone here had their appendix removed? If so, what were the symptoms leading up to it? How long were you out, and was it painful at all? (a little more inside) [more inside]
posted by mathowie on Mar 4, 2004 - 27 answers