Thanks for your reply Scott. I was eventually admitted to hospital on Monday June 17th. Spent 4 nights as inpatient came home last night.
My pain has reduced significantly since last weekend, my usual dose of OxyContin is 40mg twice a day (slow release) and additional 10mg immediate release for breakthrough pain. In the short term until the pain is more manageable I’ve been increased to 40mg immediate release every 4 hours.
I had an ultrasound and CT scabs which showed nothing significant, however my consultant, based on past medical history and the fact I have substantial adhesions has diagnosed that I probably had a twisted small intestine, he thinks the gradual increase of pain ending in the intense, acute pain was the bowel beginning to twist. By the time I had my scans- 3 days after admission to hospital the acute pain was more bearable and the twisting of the bowel had most likely resolved itself. I’m not convinced, however short of any other suggestion I will just go with it! I’ve been advised it may well re-occur and on that occasion I should go straight to A&E (that goes against my ethics - as I always feel a bit of a fraud just presenting myself there - I would prefer to speak To GP first and only go to hospital if he advised it as I hate to think I am using the NHS services unnecessarily- in the UK we kind of get it drummed into us to ONLY go to A&E if a true matter of life or death!) however ole ty folk still present themselves looking for urgent help for basic cough, earache, stomach upsets. Anyway I digress, so I will go straight to hospital if I ever have the misfortune to experience the same pain as at least I’ll be able to report what has occurred this time and hopefully get the correct treatment sooner - especially if I got there early enough for a scan to detect the bowel when it was still fully twisted.
I’m hopeful to start reducing the dosage of OxyContin tomorrow and be back to my usual dose by next weekend.
Now I just have to hope it never happens again and get my stamina back up so I can return to work - I’ve had several supportive messages from my manager advising me that she ind one of my coworkers have been attempting to clear some of my “in-tray” oh dear - although I appreciate the sentiment I kind of wish they’d just left well alone as I think I’m going to be faced with a mess of epic proportions upon my return 😀.
Mall the best to you and kindest regards xxx