LOL @ cat turds. Thanks for the much needed laugh. Because the pain is predominatly around my appendix area, my OBGYN ordered me an MRI which came back normal, so luckily we ruled that out so far. I did have a friend of mine whose appendix went bad for months (some doctors will argue that chronic appendicitis doesn't exist), but an ultrasound confirmed that's what it was and she was sent off to surgery pronto.
For some reason, the hospitals here just SUCK when it comes to ordering tests. I was told by one doctor that (before my MRI) that he didn't want to give me a CT scan because of the risk of cancer. Uh, how about the risk of a possible bowel obstruction or rupturing appendix?!? After the second visit, I decided to go to the county hospital where the doctor smirked and smiled while telling me I needed to have an ultrasound done, but felt it was unnecessary because "it was probably nothing". Gag me, please.
Until recently, I had felt completely hopeless. While I'm not happy at ALL that others on this board have been brushed off by imbecile doctors, I'm glad to know I'm not alone. Sometimes I feel like I'm in a room shouting as loud as I can and no one can hear me. I even had a relative recently suggest to me that it sounds like I 'just have gas'. Puh-lease.