I woke up in the early hours of Friday morning about 01:30am suffering from a really bad 'back' pain. Ever since I had my appendix removed 3 weeks ago, I had this really intense pain in my right hip on the back side which would come and go. Previous to the removal of the appendix the pain had always been on the front side of my right hip. I had also been suffering from really bad night sweats whenever the pain occurred. It was so bad I ended up changing the bedsheets nearly every other day. The pain seemed to come and go for days and it was really unpredictable. I've been trying to figure out what set it off but it seemed to be random. Up until now, I always thought that the pain was sciatica pain. Funny thing is, I now know I wasn't completely wrong about this...
So after waking up in pain at 01:30am, I tried different things to ease the pain. As I thought it was a back pain, I tried to sleep on the floor, and then I tried to put some ice on it and sleep on the ice. The pain was not easing unfortunately and nothing seemed to help, even the mild pain killers I had. I then tried to use some creams such as 'deep heat' and different sleeping positions but the pain was so sever I could not go back to sleep. In desperation, I ended up going on YouTube and looked for different sciatica exercises to ease the pain. Again, nothing was working. I looked at the time and it was after 5am and feeling exhausted with no sleep and still in loads of pain, I decided to go to the nearest Hospital and get this pain checked out. I was being really cautious as my appendix was only removed a few weeks ago. After a few minutes of waiting, I finally got to see a friendly doctor who had time to listen to my concerns and not rush me and I finally felt like someone was taking me seriously. I ended up having blood tests, urine tests and an X-ray which none of them show anything unusual up. I started feeling really stupid as I didn't want to look like a hypochondriac as my pain really was sever. The doctor thankfully understood and believed that I was in pain and suggested doing a CT scan. The wait for the scan was very dull and boring. I had to drink 1.5 litre of a 'special fluid' which I wasn't allowed to just chug and had to drink slowly over a 2hr period. After about midday, I finally had the scan followed by some morphine which was the first time I ever had morphine. I have to say it really freaked me out. It felt like someone sat on my chest and I felt instantly dizzy. I really did not like it. After a couple of more hours of waiting, the doctor came in with the results. I remember her reading the results quietly and not saying anything. As she walked through the door, she shut it behind her which indicated to me this was going to be bad news. She said 'thank god [they] did the CT scan' as it showed up some dark patches inside my bone and on the outside which indicated there was a growth inside my pelvis bone and it was spreading to the outside and damaging the soft tissues. She said that it was most likely a bone infection called Osteomyelitis but it could be something more sinister. The exact condition could not be determined until a biopsy was performed. She then said that I need to go back home to the UK on the next flight as the condition was very serious and whatever it was, it was aggressive and spreading. I asked if I could delay if for a week as my sister came to visit and I wanted her to have her holiday to which she replied with a firm 'No'. I then got discharged, got on the phone to the insurance company and I was booked on the flight for next day in the Business Class. This was my first ever time flying in Business Class and it was a shame the circumstances were not different so I could enjoy it properly and order all the expensive alcohol but I will have to wait for that opportunity to come up next year when I go back to Canada...
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