Epiploic appendagitis
I just returned from a week in San Francisco, where I intended to relax at my brother's house and catch some of the LitQuake events.
Unfortunately, Saturday I started feeling pretty bad pain in my lower right abdomen. By Sunday it was really bad, and my googling of symptoms said "appendicitis, surgery probable". So I went to the Sutter Health ER. Four hours and a CT scan later, diagnosed with epiploic appendagitis. Basically there's some fatty tissue around the appendix that gets twisted around, and pain! Not appendicitis though. This cures itself after 3-4 days. So I left with some painkillers.
But that pretty much meant I was laying up in the house until Wednesday. I did catch the Nasty Women reading event at Bookshop West Portal last night, so the week wasn't a complete bust.
Unfortunately, Saturday I started feeling pretty bad pain in my lower right abdomen. By Sunday it was really bad, and my googling of symptoms said "appendicitis, surgery probable". So I went to the Sutter Health ER. Four hours and a CT scan later, diagnosed with epiploic appendagitis. Basically there's some fatty tissue around the appendix that gets twisted around, and pain! Not appendicitis though. This cures itself after 3-4 days. So I left with some painkillers.
But that pretty much meant I was laying up in the house until Wednesday. I did catch the Nasty Women reading event at Bookshop West Portal last night, so the week wasn't a complete bust.