I've decided to go to the hospital by transit today to get checked out for some increasing abdominal pain and digestive swelling that I've been getting ever since the fall I had a few days ago. Plus I think I'll also get a urine test because it looks to me that the UTI that recently calmed down due to drinking water has become a bladder infection. I now just have bad bladder pain and it's not a burning pain but it's deeper inside. The abdominal pain has been increasing and getting worse than before rather than better in the post-surgical recovery — and that seems somehow triggered by the fall, but the timing could be a coincidence. I've had some very mild nausea, as well, but it was small enough to ignore until the abdominal pain got worse now.
The abdominal pain could potentially be some kind of simple gastrointestinal sensitivity, perhaps triggered by stress due to the fall. But the concern is, it could also be an adhesion in the intestines (problematic scar tissue caused by the surgery) or an internal abscess. If it's a problematic adhesion, they start the treatment gently and just give fluids and gentle observation — but in a severe case, rarely, it can lead to surgery due to the fact that it seems to be blocking the intestines from functioning. Thankfully I've been having gas and stool, so it doesn't really look like a problematic adhesion (except just the digestive bloating and pain). If it's an internal abscess, they'll use local anesthetic (and possible additional IV pain medication) to do a CT guided needle incision to drain it and prescribe antibiotics. Either way, what they'll do is give me a CT just to check what it is, if there's any surgery complication.
As well, I'll ask for XRays for a possible hairline fracture to my ribs or shoulder, and although they won't be putting me in a cast if it's that, it's still interesting just to know if there's a fracture, so that I can be aware of the extent of the damage and understand the severity of any risk over the next 6 weeks while it heals.
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