FOLFOX is given directly into the bloodstream through an intravenous line. It can be given through a thin, short tube (a cannula) put into a vein in the arm each time one has a treatment. It may also be given through a central line, a portacath, or a PICC line.
Left untreated, an inflamed appendix can burst. The infection can then spread throughout the abdominal cavity and into the bloodstream. The appendix hangs from the lower right side of the large intestine. If your husbandâs pain is predominantly on his left side, itâs probably not appendicitis.
Rarely â if the appendix is long or located on the right side (situs inversus) â pain can be felt in the lower left abdomen. Loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting occuring after the onset of pain. Vomiting before onset of pain speaks for bowel obstruction. Diarrhea or constipation may sometimes occur.