Thanks a lot!
tinyE: That is a relatively minor operation, and I know it sucks, but you are lucky it didn't burst and that now you are done with it.
However, the lack of need for surgery is much better than even a relatively minor operation.
This time I was lucky. Of course, if you can call "luck" pain in the spine, which is transmitted to the right side (where the appendix is). But it's still better than a knife in the stomach. (: