When I was a child around the age of 9... I remember being curled up on the couch crying in pain whilst clutching my lower right abdomen. However, the pain went away after a couple of hours.
In my later teens I remember waking up with some god-awful pain in my stomach... With this I was accompanied by nausia and vomiting... The pain moved to my lower right abdomen. I was rather sick for a day, but again - the case resolved itself.
I am now 20 years old... A couple of months ago I went to the hospital with the same symptoms. However while my LONG wait (god bless the NHS) the symptoms began to go away. By the time a doctor had gotten around to seeing me I felt I was wasting his time. After a series of tests and examinations, I had another 2 hour wait. By which point the pain was pretty much gone, as were the other symtoms that accompanied it.

I was eventually diagnosed with appendicitis but because I felt much better and I had a motorcycle test the following day, I didn't want to go under the knife to have it removed. That was quite a while ago... But I can't stop worrying about it. Although I feel fine, every stomach rumble... Every little abnormality that wouldn't bother me in the past has me worrying "what if it's my appendix, what if it's going to burst?!"..... Again, I have no real symptoms, but after reading up on chronic / mild appendicitis, a patient may not necessarily have any apparent symptoms....

I notice a slight hardening at my lower right hip almost... It's pretty far down, not sure if that is related.

Has this diagnosis turned me into a hypochondriac? Or should I have my appendix removed ASAP?