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In response to "So I am wondering this because it has been coming up. Saying you go to the ER with appendicitis like symptoms. The surgeon says "it looks like you " by James Bond (aka Igor)

aren't there other than surgical options appendicitis?

Posted by Beaker (aka anniebecca) Apr 29 '12, 12:51

I ask, cause when my father was fighting cancer he got appendicitis and they didn't want to cut him open so they treated him with pills or something....

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You can do medical management (antibiotics) but it isn't really the standard of care. So in someone who you really don't want to take to surgery you - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 29, 13:11 1
- cool (we've always kinda questions the cancer treatment my father received so it is good to know. Thanks.) -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 13:19
When I was 12 (and docs still made house-calls) I was diagnosed with appendicitis. The doc treated me at home and - MojaveMeg Apr 29, 12:58

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