Sharp pain near appendix.. now gone :S

Appendix pain is pretty constant, when I had it, the pain never went away.

Do you have any other symptoms like nausea or vomitting?

Well it was probably nothing serious then! If it comes back (and stays), gets much worse or you get other symptoms- go to the docs or phone nhs direct.

ok well i'm not trying to **** on all the positivity here but i personally suggest you don't ask people on a forum about this when you can easily make an appointment with your gp

seriously i worry about the idiocy of some people in this world...

a family friend of ours died three weeks ago because of pain like yours. he booked an appointment with the doctor (FINALLY) but collapsed and died on the way there.

i don't want to scare you and i'm not at ALL saying that's what will happen to you (lol that would be a crazy assumption) but will it hurt to see the doctor about it?

jeeeesus.

I seriously wonder about some people who would call their GP at midnight on a Monday to talk about a pain that isn't there anymore. I'm sorry for your loss but that's not a reason to flip out over a stomach pain that's already subsided, and you say you weren't trying to scare the OP but if that's the case why refer to a completely obscure scenario? Obviously it doesn't trivialise the fact that your family friend died but what were the chances of that happening, and what are the chances that the OP has something even remotely threatening? Do you know what the actual cause of death was?

yeah. he had it for a few months. just kept coming and going and then a couple of days before he died it came back really badly. and that's when he finally decided, hey, i'll see the doctor about this

Ok, but the OP has only had a stomach pain for today. If it kept recurring over several months then I'm sorry but your friend was very foolish not to see a doctor. What was it, an ulcer? Gastric torsion?

This isn't something that's coming and going - it's come, and gone. Lots of people get twinges every so often, doesn't mean we should run to the doctor every time.

yes because i clearly suggested the op call their gp right this second didn't i.

i wasn't flipping out, i was merely giving (what i thought to be) obvious advice. to book an appointment with the gp asap.

if you have to ask why i referred to the family friend... then you'll never know to be frank.

and i doubt chances have much to do with this to be honest. i doubt the gp will be highly pissed off if there turns out to be nothing wrong with the op. but it's better to be safe.

and yes i do know what the actual cause of death was. don't patronise me.