Lanesra
20-05-11, 11:50
I've been having stomach, back and flank pains on and off since April.
They lasted for 3 weeks, stopped completely for 13 days and have started up again, accompanied by rumbling sounds and rib pains.
I went to the docs after the 3 weeks and he GUESSED that it could be IBS and prescribed me Mebeverine to relieve the cramping - I told him I'd had loose stools just the once the day before and this is what made him think it was IBS.
As if by magic, the next day they stopped. I was happy for nearly 2 blissful, anxiety-free weeks.
And on Tuesday night they started up again. Today was the first time I had been to the toilet in a couple of days and I noticed a red substance in the stool and on the tissue, it wasn't streaky, there were just bits and I really couldn't tell whether it was blood or not as usually I can tell. I had blood in the pan back in March and went to the docs, had a brief examination in that region to be told she couldn't find anything and to keep an eye on it.
I have made a medically urgent docs appointment this afternoon and am trying to challenge my anxiety by telling myself that it can't be anything serious because I had to strain a little so that may have caused bleeding, the 'blood' was not dark so it must have been fairly fresh and if it was something sinister than surely the pains wouldn't have completely disappeared for nearly 2 weeks and suddenly returned again.
However...there was a very small piece of stool that was dark which I know can be indicative of blood but I don't know how dark it has to be. Also there is no pain in my rectum, I've had fissures in the past so usually know when bleeding is down to them as I can feel the physical pain.
I think I'm more annoyed that there's always something going on like this and that feeling is stronger than my fear of it being something serious this time.
Also waiting on results of a urine test as I'd had a UTI during those first 3 weeks of pain and want to know if these pains could be down to a recurrence of that.
Fun times!! Anyone been through the same with the blood in their stools?
They lasted for 3 weeks, stopped completely for 13 days and have started up again, accompanied by rumbling sounds and rib pains.
I went to the docs after the 3 weeks and he GUESSED that it could be IBS and prescribed me Mebeverine to relieve the cramping - I told him I'd had loose stools just the once the day before and this is what made him think it was IBS.
As if by magic, the next day they stopped. I was happy for nearly 2 blissful, anxiety-free weeks.
And on Tuesday night they started up again. Today was the first time I had been to the toilet in a couple of days and I noticed a red substance in the stool and on the tissue, it wasn't streaky, there were just bits and I really couldn't tell whether it was blood or not as usually I can tell. I had blood in the pan back in March and went to the docs, had a brief examination in that region to be told she couldn't find anything and to keep an eye on it.
I have made a medically urgent docs appointment this afternoon and am trying to challenge my anxiety by telling myself that it can't be anything serious because I had to strain a little so that may have caused bleeding, the 'blood' was not dark so it must have been fairly fresh and if it was something sinister than surely the pains wouldn't have completely disappeared for nearly 2 weeks and suddenly returned again.
However...there was a very small piece of stool that was dark which I know can be indicative of blood but I don't know how dark it has to be. Also there is no pain in my rectum, I've had fissures in the past so usually know when bleeding is down to them as I can feel the physical pain.
I think I'm more annoyed that there's always something going on like this and that feeling is stronger than my fear of it being something serious this time.
Also waiting on results of a urine test as I'd had a UTI during those first 3 weeks of pain and want to know if these pains could be down to a recurrence of that.
Fun times!! Anyone been through the same with the blood in their stools?