It’s personal and I hate posting on here for advice about it but it’s 10:45pm, I have nobody to call and people on here seem to be straight-forward and honest.
I have ulcerative colitis, have had my large intestine removed five years ago. Have had non-stop problems on and off but the past two months it has been quite bad.
I am struggling massively. Working mum with a six month old baby.
Most nights I am spending around 3-5 hours on the toilet with bad diarrhoea, I think I am suffering a prolapse and I am bleeding most times. Every other night for the last few weeks I have been up all night and then falling asleep throughout the day and feeling like a crap mum for it.
Last month I noticed heavy bleeding with large blood clots so I went to A&E who said I needed to see my consultant as I was flaring, and prescribed me steroids. I tried to get an appointment with my consultant but they didn’t have any. Over the next few weeks I was just deteriorating with constant diarrhoea and bleeding and fatigue. After a particularly bad night last Thursday I went to the GP the next morning who took my observations and said they were bad (high pulse around 120 and low blood pressure & low grade fever) and that he wanted me to go to the hospital. He sent me straight to the surgical team.
After a couple fingers up the butt, a couple of assessments and 6 hours of waiting, I was told the consultants wouldn’t be able to see me. But that I needed urgent investigations and they would be in touch on Monday. I asked whether it would be possible to have some steroids or enamas to tide me over and they said they didn’t want me to have anything as they preferred I stay in this condition so as not to mask any symptoms. But they would definitely be in touch Monday.
The weekend was hell and I have heard nothing until today in the form of a letter saying that I have an appointment with my consultant on 2 November.
Last night I was up until 9am with a bad stomach and today I’m bleeding heavily again.
There is absolutely no point going to the hospital, but does anyone know how I can speed things up or at least get any other help in the meantime? It’s really affecting my mental health and I’m just feeling like a shit mum right now.
Thank you x
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bluedonuts · 26/09/2020 22:50
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