Shitting Blood: Am I going to die?

apparently ymmv but any quantity of blood that could be described as being akin to the blood flood from "The Shining" would count as an emergency for me

NOT A DOCTOR BUT

ENBB is probably right: bright red blood means the blood is likely coming from somewhere perianal, not from your gut (which would make your shit black). which likely means: hemorrhoids. yr not gonna die, so don't go rushing to the ER. make an appt with your GP if yr concerned, or sit (lol) it out.

nah emergancy is like losing a limb or something

according to the orthopod that gave a lecture a month ago, even that isn't an (orthopedic) emergency: like keys into a molten river of lava, once you lose your limbs they're probably gone, man

:/

so other than repeat prescriptions i don't really need to see a gp.

stopping the bleeding: emergency
putting it back on: enh

real talk: if you lose a limb the government should provide you with free jetpacks for life

^^worthy of jimmy carr

a hoy hoy, one other possibility is you may have a polyp on yr colon, which is not a serious as it sounds but shld be addressed sooner rather than later

be prepared for the vv. worst if the doc prescribes a barium enema as part of the procedure

Barium? Barium? I haven't even rectum yet.

advice: no more chipotle

^^worthy of jimmy carr

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ohhhhhh some things should not be said even in jest

^^ review of jimmy carr

collect the blood in a tin and use it to paint a masterpiece titled "Ass Menses"

(jk, go to the doctor)

god DAMNIT

maybe a particularly large bumple poppaged during shart

fucking a

I use to think I was a sick fuck but this thread is like sick fuck delta force

sick fucker; delta farts

Just wait until one of you guys has ass surgery, this bleeding issue becomes REALLY REAL let me tell you.

be prepared for the vv. worst if the doc prescribes a barium enema as part of the procedure

If I hear the words "barium shake" ever again I will barf.

hmm lots of positive input...errr exput....

Went to the doctor Monday after a weekend of it still happening, had to buy suppositories. Not been a fun week for my clenched buttocks. (Have stopped bleeding since Monday though.) (Did not assplode in interview.)

what was the verdict?

'Roids.

heh from doctor or at interview, d'you mean?

there was this one indian buffet near work, which has this special tray that has a sign saying "EXTREMELY HOT" and i ate a load of that stuff and FUCK it was hot. anyway a couple of days later bled like a motherfucker while pooing. shat myself thinking holy shit what the fuck.

thought it might have been the curry, so to isolate the problem a month later (no bleeding since) I tried that curry once more, and HOLY SHIT BLEEDING LIKE A MOFO again. and i was content that it was just the curry burning out my ass. if i don't work in IT support i would have probably approached this whole thing quite differently.

Putting the "sh" in "IT".

I applaud your application of the scientific method to your digestive tract, ken.

the time i dealt with this the doc said "stop drinking so much coffee and whiskey and cut back on the sriracha" and i did for a while and it quit, so the occurence of this may be a digestive thing

But I've become a part time nn, so I don't think it is. Anyway, it stopped and I am fine so

This is, like, the #1 questions I get when people find out I'm a nurse.

Wait, coffee, whiskey, and sriracha can cause that? I live off of those three things!

check yr next poo

might have to start a poo log?

ENBB is probably right: bright red blood means the blood is likely coming from somewhere perianal, not from your gut (which would make your shit black). which likely means: hemorrhoids. yr not gonna die, so don't go rushing to the ER. make an appt with your GP if yr concerned, or sit (lol) it out.

― everybody's into weirdness right now (gbx), Thursday, January 14, 2010 4:03 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

pp had this and it turned out to be colon cancer requiring a colon resection and 6 months of chemo. it probably IS hemorrhoids but you're going to be pissed (oh and dead) if its not and you left it too late to fix.

sorry dont mean to be scary but its an easy enough check. just go to the doc.

check this:

TMI: Colon Cancer

aaaaaaaaaand this is why i should stop posting about medicine on the internet

eep

I went to the doctor and it cleared up. Is pp ok? Oh man ilxers shouldnt be dying, we are better than that.

he is at the 2.5 years post-all clear diagnosis point. they dont consider you 'cured' until 5 years have passed but he is just peachy so far.

Yay, high fives all around.

or i guess high 2.5s

it's so good to be reminded that pp is doing well. my father just got diagnosed this week, so it's scary and :( right now but i do know most people get past this, even though the treatment itself is pretty awful.

hey hey estela

http://commontragedies.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/polar-bear-funny-dog-death-hug.jpg

thank you <3

um, so this just happened

try not to worry because it will most likely be fine but do get it checked out.

I'm not too worried. Kind of morbidly curious. If it doesn't go away within a couple days I will go to the doctor (I don't even know how though, I have no insurance).

bright red or dark red? if it's the former, nothing to worry about unless it persists

Corey - read through the last revive if you want - some good advice there but essentially Estela OTM. It's prob nothing (esp if it's bright red blood) but if it continues you'll want to get it checked out just in case.

yeeeech at both

y'know applying prep h is kinda icky but damn if it doesn't work

god why do roids show up at precisely the worst moments. tho I suppose there isn't a 'convenient' time since one always sits

wanting to try the hardcore medical probiotic VSL3 for my slowly worsening crohn's but jesus how can I afford it