i only just saw this thread right now. yes, a first test is a finger up your ass. i got my appendix removed in march last year. i already had like five situations where i was bending in stomach pain which lasted for days but eventually disappeared. when it happened i wasn't able to sleep, walk, sit, lie - whatever. anyways i never went to the doc to let it get checked for whatever reasons until the last time in last year's march. went to the doc, he told me that it probably is the appendix, the sent me over to do some ultrasound, then this guy sent me to the hospital to get it removed in this very same night. went there, doctor felt my ass, said yupp it has to be removed, nurses fucked up my bloodcannula, then they sent me to the surgery room, shaved me, and waited until the narcotics worked, which did not properly function. mind the nurses fucked up the bloodcannula, the narcs went directly into my arm's flesh/muscles which caused quite a good pain for the next few days. anyways once i was knocked out, the removed the appendix with this fancy new tripod thing method, i forgot what it's called whatever. later i've seen my doctor who told me i nearly fucked up for waiting way too long and how i even could stand the pain so many times before caused by the infected appendix and that it for sure would have been burst this time. kinda glad i went to the hospital in like at the last second before that fucker stained my innards haha.