Gross (also urgent)

Al_wat

Ok, so my girlfriend has abdominal pains, and has been having black diarrhea. I remember hearing that if you get these symptoms, you should get checked out IMMEDIATELY, and not wait for any period of time. (I'm not sure if this is true)

So, basically my question is: should I take her to get checked out right NOW or do you think we can wait until the morning?

The problem with this is I have to work in the morning, and she has 2 fucking hard exams in a couple days and going to the emergency ward at this hour will make things more difficult for her with studying and all that.

If I dont hear back in time I guess I will just take her. But I would rather her go in the morning. That way she can go to student health services on campus, which she lives right next to. It's just that now (Its after midnight) its closed.

Trillian

It sounds like an upper GI bleed. Has she had ulcers before?

Hospital. Now. Before it gets worse.

If it hemorrhages bad enough she won't have to worry about exams tomorrow...

Al_wat

Fuck it. We're going now.

shortest help thread ever

ALocksly

http://ibdcrohns.about.com/cs/otherdiseases/a/redblackstool.htm

go see the doc

Thanatos

If you end up out of the hospital by tonight/tomorrow, ask the doctors for a pre-emptive note. Any professor that won't let her re-take her finals because she had to rush to the emergency room due to potential internal bleeding is a fucking douche.

Heir

Thanatos wrote:

If you end up out of the hospital by tonight/tomorrow, ask the doctors for a pre-emptive note. Any professor that won't let her re-take her finals because she had to rush to the emergency room due to potential internal bleeding is a fucking douche.

Even if he is a horrendous douche, having that note gives you leverage when you talk to his superiors.

A-Rod

Ya get the doctors note, she should be able to push back the exams a bit.

drinkinstout

:shock:

I hope she's okay.

LondonBridge

Yeah. black anything is bad. Let us know how it goes.

Al_wat

Yeah, 7 hours waiting in the hospital later, and thank god shes ok.

It didn't turn out to be blood, probably just caused by peptobismol.

I'm glad we went though because there was the possibility of it being really bad.

Thanks for the replies.

Dr_Keenbean

Al_wat wrote:

Yeah, 7 hours waiting in the hospital later, and thank god shes ok.

It didn't turn out to be blood, probably just caused by peptobismol.

I'm glad we went though because there was the possibility of it being really bad.

Thanks for the replies.

Awesome to hear man. Never let shit like that go. If something's wrong get it taken care of and deal with the bills later.

iTunesIsEvil

Al_wat wrote:

probably just caused by peptobismol.

That's always freaked me out. First time I noticed I got all worried "OMGWTF is that color doing there?! Mooooooooooooooooooom!!1!!1!one"