Yesterday in the ER was a nightmare! I arrived at 1:30pm and didn't get in a room in the ER until 10pm! Then I had to wait until around 1am to see a doctor! He ordered abdominal x-rays, I gave him a urine sample, couldn't give him a stool sample, and he did blood work. He said the x-ray showed a lot of stool in my colon and a lot of air. Blood tests and urine specimen were normal so no infection. He said maybe the hard stool is irritating the lining of my bowel causing the bleeding but he can't be sure. He referred me to a gastroenterologist and said they would call me. He said to come back if the pain gets worse and spread around my back. I had three pieces of pizza earlier before I left. They were small pieces from a party sized pizza. I had a little to drink. They wouldn't let me drink or eat the entire time I was at the ER in case they needed my stomach to be empty for certain tests or surgery. I only had a little water when they gave me some tylenol and once when a nurse gave me a small cup of water. They wanted to use the vein on the back of my hand for an iv line and to get blood. They could get blood from it but not use it as an iv. Another nurse tried to get an iv on the inside of my arm but the vein blew causing an immediate bruise, she tried further up in the same arm but that vein blew as well. She also tried on the inside of my right arm but it wouldn't work either but at least it didn't blow and bruise. Finally another nurse put an iv line on the side of my left wrist which worked but they never needed to use it so all of that pain from blown veins for nothing! I finally was discharged from the ER at 3:00 am but didn't get home until after 3:30am! :( I'm eating slowly and drinking today but I feel sick, my head is pounding, abdominal pain is back, and I feel very weak. I hope the gastroenterologist doesn't take long to book an appointment. I'm so worn out! I was going to clean the bathroom but I'm going to take it easy.

It's very frustrating not knowing the exact cause this bleeding and the pain. I've suffered with constipation on and off for years now so I don't think it's just hard stool irritating the lining of my bowel. Even when I've been constipated I've never had pain like this nor the maroon colored blood in my stool.