Hi, im 19 years old and I have been experiencing on and off pain in my lower right side and sometimes underneath the belly button. A few times I have went to the bathroom and had blood on the tissue paper, but none in huge amounts all very very little, like a tear maybe from pushing. I also have been seeing yellowish-white strings floating on the top of the water and sometimes connected to my stool.
I recently went to the ER because I had a burning/stinging feeling in my lower right abdomen and they took a blood and urine test. My urine came out clean, they just told me to eat more bananas, and my white blood cell count was a 12 (the average is between 8-10). With the 12 blood cell count they knew that an infection was just starting but I have been having on and off pain/soreness in my right side for about 6 months now. The doctors gave me a CT scan and they said I might have appendicitis but they didn't sound too confident in their results. I stayed overnight and they gave me antibiotics. They took my blood again early in the morning and my white blood cell count had dropped to 9 which is in the average, and my pain was gone in my side, just a little tenderness. They told me they could do unnecessary surgery or send me home on antibiotics and have me come back in for an appointment. The antibiotics were Cipro and Metronidozole.
Now it has been 12 days since I left and 2 days since I finished up all my medicine. I have had very little pain in my side, I had an episode right before I went to bed after having a big chicken dinner one night and that is it. I also seen a spot of blood on the tissue twice in those 12 days on the same day both times. I am also still seeing the yellow stringy mucus in the toilet bowl though and it doesn't happen every time I use the restroom.
I just basically want to hear your opinions on this and what I should do. I have been eating a lot of bananas and it seems to be working and I have been trying to not think about it so much.
Hope that helps... Sorry I don't know much more.