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Originally Posted by pavulon
As stated above, might be that the fuse on your gall bladder has been lit...upper abdominal pain (especially right upper quadrant) after a meal high in fat. Much better to get checked out electively (vs emergently). good luck!
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I had some discomfort on my right side once, just under my last rib...went to doc and he thought it was too high for appendix, and thought it might be gall bladder...told him i was going on a business trip to Germany in a week and need to be sure. I was leaving that Sunday, so he scheduled me for an ultrasound on Friday...Friday came, my side was feeling fine, and the ultrasound showed no gall bladder issues....since i was feeling fine, got on a plane and went to Germany on Sunday...on the following Thursday in Germany, started feeling really bad, right side hurting badly this time...I was scheduled for a 6am flight on Friday to come home, son's 2yr birthday party on Saturday. I toughed it out on Thursday, got on a plane Friday....felt a bit better on the ride over, but when i got to Chicago for my connection, it hit again, really started feeling wierd. A friend with me called my wife, she met me at the airport and took me to the emergency room where i find out I have a perferated appendix that is so infected, they couldn't operate ...stayed in the hospital over the weekend (missed my sons party), had my appendix out in 2 weeks. I could have had a serious issue on that plane if it would have ruptured completely. BTW, i called that doc up and told him he royally mis-diagnosed me, and haven't been back to him.
Moral to the story, don't let things go long.