Hi! I think I might have crohns/UC but I'm not sure.
Since my mid teens I've struggled with bathroom issues. I would get in trouble for spending too much time in the bathroom and always felt like I am wrong for having issues. I am very embarrassed. I never told my family about all the mucous in my stool or the occasional bleeding. They just thought I was reading or something.
When I was 19, I decided to go to the doctor. I didn't have family doctor so I went to the walk in. I told the doctor my symptoms and he sighed and said "do you realize how much work this is going to be for me?" So I never did the tests he ordered.
Then I went to another doctor who told me I had ibs and never ran any tests. I didn't do anything different.
Then at 22, I got pregnant and for the next four years and another pregnancy, I spent considerably less time in the bathroom. More than the average person, but my quality of life wasn't affected.
Now at age 27, I have a 4 year old and an 18 month old. Things have been going downhill a lot. I have a good family doctor now and I went to her about 7 months ago because I was having many urgent bms a day and a lot of mucous. I was put on an 18 month waiting list to see a gi specialist and a colonoscopy.
Then last month, I had a bad stomach virus and had severe vomiting and diarrhea. During this virus, I had two gushes of just blood without any stool. I called a nurse line and they said to go to the ER. They ran some blood tests and my CBC was normal. Also my C-reactive protein was normal last spring. No tests have been abnormal for me to date.
After getting fluids, I was sent home from the ER. Since then I have had mostly diarrhea, some days of constipation, my stool has been mostly dark green but there's been some blood and a lot of mucous. I've had a few fevers of 39 C. On Friday night and Saturday morning, my stool was quite bloody, as in bloody throughout and not just on.
I've had some episodes of cramping that feel like menstrual cramps but they radiate down to my knees. I do not feel like my pain is "that" bad. I've read stories on here where people say they thought they were going to die. I don't feel that sick. That being said, I literally didn't feel labour cramps until pushing time with my kids and I have a really high pain threshold.
I followed up with my doctor yesterday and did a blood test and stool sample which it's too early for results now. What if they're normal? Then I am not sure if ill get moved up the waiting list for a colonoscopy. I'm very worried. I've got bloody diarrhea today and I've lost count of visits to the bathroom.
Since my mid teens I've struggled with bathroom issues. I would get in trouble for spending too much time in the bathroom and always felt like I am wrong for having issues. I am very embarrassed. I never told my family about all the mucous in my stool or the occasional bleeding. They just thought I was reading or something.
When I was 19, I decided to go to the doctor. I didn't have family doctor so I went to the walk in. I told the doctor my symptoms and he sighed and said "do you realize how much work this is going to be for me?" So I never did the tests he ordered.
Then I went to another doctor who told me I had ibs and never ran any tests. I didn't do anything different.
Then at 22, I got pregnant and for the next four years and another pregnancy, I spent considerably less time in the bathroom. More than the average person, but my quality of life wasn't affected.
Now at age 27, I have a 4 year old and an 18 month old. Things have been going downhill a lot. I have a good family doctor now and I went to her about 7 months ago because I was having many urgent bms a day and a lot of mucous. I was put on an 18 month waiting list to see a gi specialist and a colonoscopy.
Then last month, I had a bad stomach virus and had severe vomiting and diarrhea. During this virus, I had two gushes of just blood without any stool. I called a nurse line and they said to go to the ER. They ran some blood tests and my CBC was normal. Also my C-reactive protein was normal last spring. No tests have been abnormal for me to date.
After getting fluids, I was sent home from the ER. Since then I have had mostly diarrhea, some days of constipation, my stool has been mostly dark green but there's been some blood and a lot of mucous. I've had a few fevers of 39 C. On Friday night and Saturday morning, my stool was quite bloody, as in bloody throughout and not just on.
I've had some episodes of cramping that feel like menstrual cramps but they radiate down to my knees. I do not feel like my pain is "that" bad. I've read stories on here where people say they thought they were going to die. I don't feel that sick. That being said, I literally didn't feel labour cramps until pushing time with my kids and I have a really high pain threshold.
I followed up with my doctor yesterday and did a blood test and stool sample which it's too early for results now. What if they're normal? Then I am not sure if ill get moved up the waiting list for a colonoscopy. I'm very worried. I've got bloody diarrhea today and I've lost count of visits to the bathroom.