Postby DarknessEmbraced » Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:11 pm
Last night I had horrible cramping, sweating, liquid diarrhea lasting several hours, and dry heaves. I saw blood today in little specks of stool like the last time and blood on the toilet paper. I was also dehydrated with orange urine. I went to the ER. I was given a shot of dilaudid, fluids by iv, buscopan by iv(made my vision blurry for an hour or so), and zofran. I had chest, abdominal and pelvic x-rays. I also had an abdominal CT scan, blood work and a urine test. I was told that I have gastroenteritis which is inflammation in the GI tract. I was told to eat bland foods, stay hydrated. use Advil, tylenol and heat. Also to use buscopan for cramping. The buscopan shortage here is going to last until December 15th or longer. I only have 9 left and have to use them very sparingly. Heat and tylenol don't help. I can't take Advil or any other NSAIDS because they make my high blood pressure worse. I'm planning on going back to liquids only. I wish they had done a colonoscopy at the ER because that would have shown more than the x-rays and CT scans. I have to wait until November 21st to see the GI. I'm in a lot of pain right now with cramping and starting to feel nauseous again. I hope I can convince the GI to a colonoscopy. These symptoms are like what I had with ischemic colitis. To me it doesn't make sense that this is gastroenteritis because why would I get it at the end of July, in October and now? This is very frustrating!
Diagnosed 10/28/14, age 36
Colon Resection 11/20/14, LAR (no illeo)
Stage 2a colon cancer, T3NOMO
Lymph-vascular invasion undetermined
0/22 lymph nodes
No chemo, no radiation
Clear Colonoscopy 04/29/15
NED 10/20/15
Ischemic Colitis 01/21/16
NED 11/10/16
CT Scan moved up due to high CEA 08/21/17
NED 09/25/17
NED 12/21/18
Clear colonoscopy 09/23/19
Clear 5 year scans 11/21/19- Considered cured!