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**praboobolbode** · 04-13-2010, 07:38 PM

I think ruptured/burst appendixs are uncommon. A ruptured appendix is a dangerous surgery. The scars from peritonitis are inches long, the scars from a simple removal are tiny. When it ruptures, one must be pinned open like a frog and vacuumed. The pain after rupture is amazing; within a couple hours of rupture, I lost feeling in my arms and legs and had tunnel vision nearly to the point of blindness before the emergency surgery began (no pain killers allowed prior to emergency surgery and it took them ~an hour to prep the table after I got to the ER). I was ~18 years old.

Perhaps there is such a thing as a minor rupture? Dunno. My scar is ~6 inches long, I had a drainage tube from by abdomen for weeks. Perhaps mine burst, not ruptured, and this is a matter of semantics.

04-13-2010, 07:38 PM	#9
praboobolbode Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 437 Senior Member	I think ruptured/burst appendixs are uncommon. A ruptured appendix is a dangerous surgery. The scars from peritonitis are inches long, the scars from a simple removal are tiny. When it ruptures, one must be pinned open like a frog and vacuumed. The pain after rupture is amazing; within a couple hours of rupture, I lost feeling in my arms and legs and had tunnel vision nearly to the point of blindness before the emergency surgery began (no pain killers allowed prior to emergency surgery and it took them ~an hour to prep the table after I got to the ER). I was ~18 years old. Perhaps there is such a thing as a minor rupture? Dunno. My scar is ~6 inches long, I had a drainage tube from by abdomen for weeks. Perhaps mine burst, not ruptured, and this is a matter of semantics.
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