WARNING: The following blog entry contains explicit info regarding non-sexual bodily functions. If you are skeeved out by natural bodily emissions do not read any further!
It started with intense stomach cramping and constipation around 4:30 PM Monday afternoon. By 7:00 PM or there abouts I was no longer constipated, I now had diahrrea, nausea, and intense sweating. I sweat through my cotton sweater and had to take a shower! Only I was sooo weak I had to lean on the shower wall. :frown1: I put on my jammies and went to bed.
This is the gross part.
Mind you from 4:30 PM on Monday until about 1:30 PM Tuesday I was in the bathroom about every 40 to 60 minutes. From approximately 11:30 PM Monday night on I had rectal bleeding. This is not to be confused with traces of blood in a bowel movement. What I had was just blood flowing from my rectum like Niagara Falls. :yuck: So around 4:30 AM I decided this wasn't going away and went to the ER. Since I have no insurance, all they did was take blood and send me home.
They did refer me to a gastrointernist who was able to see me later that day. The doctor was royally pissed to hear they sent me home with such severe symptoms. He scheduled a colonoscopy for Thursday at 8 AM and set me up with a 3 month payment plan.
In the mean time I haven't expelled any blood since about 1:30 PM Tuesday. However, I have been having the most God awful gas pains and stomach cramps. :frown1:
Right now the doc thinks it's either ischemic colitis or diverticulosis; the colonoscopy will determine what is actually going on with me. Neither one is appealing to me.
I am such a wimp about this stuff. Say a prayer and light a candle. I expect I'll be offline for a bit.
It started with intense stomach cramping and constipation around 4:30 PM Monday afternoon. By 7:00 PM or there abouts I was no longer constipated, I now had diahrrea, nausea, and intense sweating. I sweat through my cotton sweater and had to take a shower! Only I was sooo weak I had to lean on the shower wall. :frown1: I put on my jammies and went to bed.
This is the gross part.
Mind you from 4:30 PM on Monday until about 1:30 PM Tuesday I was in the bathroom about every 40 to 60 minutes. From approximately 11:30 PM Monday night on I had rectal bleeding. This is not to be confused with traces of blood in a bowel movement. What I had was just blood flowing from my rectum like Niagara Falls. :yuck: So around 4:30 AM I decided this wasn't going away and went to the ER. Since I have no insurance, all they did was take blood and send me home.
In the mean time I haven't expelled any blood since about 1:30 PM Tuesday. However, I have been having the most God awful gas pains and stomach cramps. :frown1:
Right now the doc thinks it's either ischemic colitis or diverticulosis; the colonoscopy will determine what is actually going on with me. Neither one is appealing to me.
I am such a wimp about this stuff. Say a prayer and light a candle. I expect I'll be offline for a bit.