Liquid Diet

I've been having a really hard week. Monday night I had horrible abdominal pain, cramping, sweating, chills, nausea, a fever and rectal bleeding. I went to the ER because those symptoms are exactly like when I had ischemic colitis at the end of 2015. My white blood cell count was up. The CT scan showed there had been past inflammation. The ER doctor said that he would send my report to the GI I had seen in the past.

We're going on a trip from August 20th to August 31st. I want to be feeling better by then. I was on fluids at the hospital. Had something for pain once and anti-nausea. The ER doctor said liquid diet until I feel better. I tried some solid food yesterday afternoon which made my stomach start cramping and I bloated like I was pregnant so I went back to liquids.

I called the GI's office today to ask if my referral had run out. Apparently referrals run out after 6 months not a year. If the GI triages me as urgent I will be seen right away. If not then his receptionist said they are booking into December. :( I want to be able to eat and to enjoy our trip!