Denial

I first felt it in that first half hour after falling asleep.  My stomach was burning, this wasn't my usual stomach pain that happens during the day and gets better once I'm horizontal.

In my drowsiness, I ignored it just fine for about 30 minutes.  It kept waking me up though. Okay, I decided to get up and drink some water, sure that the burning would subside and I would rest easy.  But that didn't happen.

The pain radiated throughout, and settled into my RLQ.  It must be appendicitis but it just didn't feel quite right. The fever soon came and so did the er visit.  The ct scan showed lots of inflammation around the appendix but the appendix itself was not swollen or enlarged.

I was diagnosed with Right-sided Colonic Diverticulitis.  I was in denial and was sure that an appendectomy would have been easier to deal with.