HELP! PLEASE

[cookiemonster60]

Hi well to start this out I have acid reflux have had it since about 16? I am now 20 female,in good shape 120 ib has gotten worse and worse over the years have lost a job over it,also key factor I was a vegetarian for 8 years,( please don't lecture me on it I know all too well lol) after 8 years I went from not eating meat nor cheese to slowly eating cheese again found out I am lactose intolerant so again stoped eating cheese as well as all dairy...after a year or 2 i started slowly eating a little meat again because i cant eat dairy my menu is limited I will eat tuna and very few red meats maybe once a month during all of this I have always had acid reflux on and off its not all the time but when it does happen its usually due to stress,I am a very easily stressed out person,when it comes it is HORRIBLE I cannot eat for almost 3 days throwing up cant keep down even fluids...nothing helps...I have tried prilosac many different anti acids and they use to work....but now it has gotten to the point were only prilosac helps but you cant take it more then every 3 months....so I am **** out of luck when it comes back sooner... also after slowly eating meat I started eating orange chicken from panda express I had never eaten there before and hadn't eaten chicken in about 8yrs....now being stupid i fell in love with it and kept eating it every week....i couldn't get enough....then not just orange chicken but chicken in general...not thinking about my stomach because how good it tasted it got to me....i randomly started having constipation AND diarrhea alot of  wet mucus in my stool,along with small traces of bright red blood, now I know i should have gone to the doctors but I don't have health insurance and I just got out of a car accident ( which didn't help the stress may even be a cause) now the diarrhea has been going on for about 2 months i don't know if it has to do with the chicken or not,i am in severe amount of pain any time i make a bowl movement it feels like i am  in labor I start crying it hurts so bad it starts out as wet liquid then turns into diarrhea then i will pass a small hard stool then its diarrhea again....from what i have read sometimes diarrhea will follow constipation to help push it out...i have tried adding more fiber I am not eating chicken nor greasy foods or oily drinking more water,have cut everything that hurts acid out of my diet TOTALLY i am sleeping on a schedule and not eating before bed it has only gotten worse now its not even normal diarrhea its just pure blood kinda brown red and what looks like mucus rapped in blood almost my insides are coming out  I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO NOTHING HELPS it hurts when i sit feels like someone stabbed my rectum....i'm at a loss i am going to the doctor on my weekend but i need a specialist and i cant afford one ........PLEASE HELP!

[selmaS]

  I am so sorry u r having issues getting help.....please post what u  find out at the clinic.

Good luck

[cookiemonster60]

Thank you so much for letting me know I. Was always afraid I couldn't take them more then that.

And we do have some problem is they all told me to get a Gi doctor because most low cost clinics only cover minor or common illnesses  but GI drs they are out the roof

I did get ahold of a hospital that have clinics open inside walmarts that will do physicals for only $65 so I'm gonna get that done then see what they say from there.

Its just so hard I am on my own work part time but fulltime hrs with a job who refuses to add me to full time with benifits to save money and my parents refuse to help me out when I'm in so much pain even thu they have money & I've never asked for anything.....very difficult to get medical help

[selmaS]

  Hi and welcome to the GERD forum.

U can take the prilosec longer then 3 months, it is recommended  if u do take it longer that u have reg check ups and blood labs so if ur Dr is monitoring u while on it u can take it longer...the issues that can develop is low calcium as it can deplete it from ur system, but if a Dr is watching for the levels  he/she can use supplements.,...etc....so if it works take it.

If u have bloody stools  u may have hemorrhoids....so see a GI Dr....what u do not want is black tarry stools which indicate bleeding up higher.....

What u r describing is not a bloody stool...u need to see a Dr asap.....do u have clinics out there?....they tend to be better then an ER....

[cookiemonster60]

What did't you understand about it?

[cookiemonster60]

I have gone a few years back when I was in pain and vomitting & bloody stools from the lactose intolerance they charged me 5000 dollars kept me in the er for 10 hours and said they didn't know the cause of my pain and sent me home... I can't stand the er's here

[Flycaster305]

Your post was impossible for me to follow, but did understand you don't have insurance.  If you have bloody stools, go to the emergency room.  You won't be charged if you can't afford it.  Bloody stools is an emergency situation.