I’m a 62 yo male in good physical shape due to years of physical exercise .
But I’ve run into some health problems and ended up in emergency the other night due to severe chest pains .
So far they don’t know what it is .
It started about 6 - 8 weeks ago with unusual constipation for myself , took laxatives multiple types but didn’t really work that well . Still having bowel issues to this day . Also been suffering from bloating and severe gas .
Had an MRI for my benign prostate cancer and they detected diverticulitis as well .
I do also have Ulcerative Colitis but never had constipation or issue’s like this only diarrhea and mucus and blood in stools . At present I have none of those issues .
I have also had my gallbladder removed about 3 years ago .
2 weeks ago severe chest pains started and 3 nights ago I ended up in emergency . A ECG scan was taken as well as 2 full bloods 6 hours apart and the results were all normal except for elevated liver enzymes .
The hospital said from here I have 2 options , one I go have further heart Echo stress test for the heart and the other I go see a Gi doctor as it maybe connected to something else going on ?
Things are starting to move in the bowel but last 2 days my stools have turned very unusual dark green and I haven’t been consuming anything much in the way of greens like spinach etc .
I did fail to tell the doctors at emergency I take quite a few supplements like saw palmetto , zinc , B vitamins and others .
The other possible problem is I’ve been addicted to sugarless energy drinks the past 6 months 1 - 3 cans a day , 1 - 2 cans mostly .
I don’t smoke or drink alcohol much maybe 1 - 2 glasses twice a month .
I am going to cut right back if not give up the energy drinks completely now .
One hour after being released from hospital after having my gallbladder 3 years ago out I ended up back in hospital for 1 week with severe chest and upper abdomen pain but they couldn’t find anything .
This pain I have now feels a fair bit like what I went through after having the gallbladder removed .
Does this sound like Liver issues or something due to having the gallbladder removed ?
Hospital said my pancreas blood markers seem ok too .
I am also concerned I may have done some damage to my Liver re the supplements or energy drinks .
Is there any particular test’s I should be focusing on ?