Went to the doc-in-a-box. told them about the blood. The doc did an "inspection" and a sample. The blood is NOT from a 'roid or a fissure which means something is going on further up. She gave me the number of a GI doc, so I'm calling on Monday to set up the dreaded colonoscopy. I'm at the age to have one any but I've been putting it off because I know what it entails. Anyway, it would have been nice if it was a fissure that caused the bleeding b/c it would be simpler.
also, my head's been pounding at night (not in a headache-y way) lately, plus I've had heart flutters and some of them have felt "squeezy", plus my blood pressure's way up more than it usually is. Today it was 128/80 and normally it's 100-ish over 60-ish, so I'm supposed to call a heart doc on Monday too to set up an appointment. They did an EKG on me, a chest x-ray, plus CBC.
I feel completely fine, but she told me if I keep having the bloody stuff again to go to the ER.
There you have it for now. Thank you for the concern. : )
P. S. It was sunny earlier and I was preparing to plant the rest of my flowers when I had to red toilet incident. Now 2 hours later it's clouded up and starting to rain, so I'm a wee bit irritated I'm behind schedule. lol
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
I hope everything is OK. Ask them about the slow prep for the colonoscopy. My mom has to get them more than the usual since her father passed away from colon cancer and says this prep compared to the other is much more tolerable.
I hope everything is OK. Ask them about the slow prep for the colonoscopy. My mom has to get them more than the usual since her father passed away from colon cancer and says this prep compared to the other is much more tolerable.
Thank you for the tip, Cleo. I will definitely ask about that.
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it was pretty shocking to look down and go WTF? i'm due for a hysterectomy in September and my gyn said they needed to get the fibroids out before my body pushed 'em out, so I thought at first that's what had happened, but that wasn't the case.
At least I'm not in pain and I haven't...ummmmm...voided anything since then. lol
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
I hope everything is ok! I've had a colonoscopy for the same reason as you. There is a very good chance it's nothing! I was miserable during prep - but when H had one, he literally was FINE. Drank the crap, crapped the crap, like no big deal lol. So hopefully you can breeze through it!!
Yeah, not looking to eating weird stuff and crapping the crap, but what can ya do? It beats the alternative which could be something much much more unpleasant, KWIM?
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"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
I had to do a colonoscopy this last year and I was absolutely dreading it and dreading the prep. The prep wasn't NEARLY as horrifying as I thought it would be. Not too bad. I was expecting horrifying pain w/ it.
Colonscopy - not bad at all. They put you out and you wake up and it's over. I was pleasantly surprised by the whole experience.
One more thought that might be reassuring in the meantime. GI doc couldn't tell if mine came from internal hemorrhoids w/ the manual exam, so there's still a chance you just had internal ones?
Anyway. I'm sorry, I hope everything turns out alright for you. And get someone to drive you to/from, my place required it or they wouldn't put you under.
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
Rule of Thumb Bright red blood more than likely points to internal fissures/hemis Dark almost black looking blood is something to worry about.
As for your BP that is on the normal side (keep in mind that you were freaked about the blood so your pressure will be elevated) I would recommend seeing your regular doctor before headed to a specalist.
I am not a doctor so take everything above like a grain of salt.
Rule of Thumb Bright red blood more than likely points to internal fissures/hemis Dark almost black looking blood is something to worry about.
As for your BP that is on the normal side (keep in mind that you were freaked about the blood so your pressure will be elevated) I would recommend seeing your regular doctor before headed to a specalist.
I am not a doctor so take everything above like a grain of salt.
I hope you feel better.
The doc I saw today couldn't see any fissures and there was no blood in my stool, hence the referral to the GI doc. And I've had the pounding in my head for over a month so even though my BP was elevated today, I've suspected my blood pressure has gone up recently.
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
Hi Edith! I was thinking about you and your poor butt today. Luckily I'm in no pain whatsoever. Even when I did the poo there was no pain involved. Weird.
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
Rule of Thumb Bright red blood more than likely points to internal fissures/hemis Dark almost black looking blood is something to worry about.
As for your BP that is on the normal side (keep in mind that you were freaked about the blood so your pressure will be elevated) I would recommend seeing your regular doctor before headed to a specalist.
I am not a doctor so take everything above like a grain of salt.
I hope you feel better.
The doc I saw today couldn't see any fissures and there was no blood in my stool, hence the referral to the GI doc. And I've had the pounding in my head for over a month so even though my BP was elevated today, I've suspected my blood pressure has gone up recently.
Doesnt mean there are not any, some can be very high. Hope it works out for the best.
The doc I saw today couldn't see any fissures and there was no blood in my stool, hence the referral to the GI doc. And I've had the pounding in my head for over a month so even though my BP was elevated today, I've suspected my blood pressure has gone up recently.
Doesnt mean there are not any, some can be very high. Hope it works out for the best.
That's good to know that there may be fissures that are just out of arm's reach. lol I'm not too terribly concerned about what's going on right now. It probably isn't anything serious. I'm content to wait and see what the GI dude says before I start getting super concerned about it. : 0
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
MWS, it was total bizarro to look down and see the mess. I'm at the age where things can start to go wrong so don't want to be one of those people who let things go and then have to deal with the dire consequences later.
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny