Abnormal BM

I know that this whole website is TMI friendly but I still feel the need to preface this with an apology for the graphic BM discussion to follow

So I've been pretty constipated this past week as well as other flare-type symptoms like a lot of pain, bleeding when I do go, nausea, etc. Thrown back on prednisone and prevacid. I was actually starting to do a lot better, but my abdominal pain came back with a vengeance last night. I probably haven't had a BM for 2-3 days until today.

So today I had a lot of abdominal pain associated with needing the bathroom so I got up. I had a LOT of pain and when I looked it was two reasonably sized long formed solid pieces, both a normal light brown with streaks of blood and mucus. I then suddenly had a wave of more severe pain and realized I wasn't done. I sat back down and had a lot of lower abdominal pain/cramping while I went, my heart was racing and I was really really hot.

This is where it gets pretty gross and weird. When I was actually done, I looked and there were literally four more long formed and solid pieces, except these were really, really dark with almost a greyish tint. The color threw me and also the fact that I literally produced six times what an average person would.

Again I know you guys might tell me not to apologize and that we've all seen it all but I feel bad for talking so graphically about stool Lol. Any thoughts on this? I'm just really shocked by the volume. I'm still having lower abdominal pain/cramps now so I'm lying with a heating pad. I called my GI office because I had to check in and see how much to taper on prednisone in the coming days (I'm at 10mg right now) so I told them about this too, but they were on lunch and I'm still waiting for a call back.

So sick of being sick!!!

Stool color can vary a lot. Sometimes it's nothing and other times it can be something. Browns and tans are normal. Light red to dark red are blood from rectum to large intestine. Black stool is from stomach bleeding or high up in the small intestine or it can be just iron pills or charcoal pills you're taking.

Here's something on grey stool. "Pale or clay-colored stools are not normal. If your stools are pale or clay-colored, you may have a problem with the drainage of your biliary system, which is comprised of your gallbladder, liver, and pancreas. Bile salts are released into your stools by your liver, giving the stools a brown color."

You're just saying slightly grey. The above is grey stool with no ambiguity.