Appendicitis and symptoms

Two weeks ago after a stomach upset that got progressively worse, I ended up being admitted to hospital and having emergency surgery to remove my appendix. It took quite some time to diagnose appendicitis, as I didn't have a fever, was not vomiting, and did not have acute enough pain in the right-side abdominal area. In the end they operated to investigate and see if the appendix was inflamed, and when they did they fond that it was very severely infected.
Before my hospital admission I do remember by GP saying to me that sometimes people with diabetes who develop appendicitis display 'less severe' symptoms that non diabetics. It certainly seems to me that that was the case in my situation!
I just wondered if anyone else has had a similar experience of a 'lack of typical symptoms' with appendicitis, or if any HCP's have heard of this before and know why this could be?

Hi,

Did they say why Diabetics should have less severe symptoms? Just curious? With diabetes we normally tend to get a rough deal with illness even from a cold

Hope you're feeling better now though.

Phil

Much better now thanks.
I saw my GP just now as follow up and asked her. She said that sometimes people with diabetes just don't seem to experience the typical symptoms that non diabetics get. (Although she didn't explain why). In any case I would say that it was still a rough deal, as it took so long to diagnose that by the time they operated the whole area was a disaster zone, really badly infected, and instead of doing a simple keyhole procedure as they would normally do, they had to do 'open surgery' which is more invasive and has a longer recovery time. So I would have rather had the worse symptoms and got it diagnosed promptly!