I went to empty my colostomy bag and found firmly formed (almost hard), followed by soft, almost runny stool. Then bright red blood starting dripping out (like a fast IV drip), and would not stop. I've had radiating cramping pain across my abdomen for quite some time. I've also had blood (blood clots, too) when I urinate. The bleeding from the stoma did not stop until I'd probably lost 1/2 pint of blood (there was no pain at the site) and packing with towels. I was going to go to the ER, but when the bleeding stopped I rested and decided to call the surgeon in the morning. When I urinated this moring, there was no blood (there had been clots yesterday) in the urine, no bleeding from the stoma, although there is the chronic abdominal radiating pain, but most often from the side where a stent had been removed and another replaced. During my colostomy, stents were placed in my ureters because I had lost alot of bladder from necrosis (not invading cancer tissue - from ischemia caused by the size of the colon tumor pressing against the bladder). This was a recurring colon cancer operation. I did not have to have an stoma placed the first time -five years ago. The surgeon realized he'd forgotten to remove the two stents (I had developed what appeared to be urine infection systems) When he was reminded that the stents had been in place for months, I was scheduled for removal of them. One was permanently removed, another was replaced. That one is to be removed in a couple of weeks. That's on the right side, and that's where the pain has primarily been, radiating across the abdomen. I take a pain pill almost every day, and the pain does subside or resolve all together. I have spoken to my urologist in the past about the pain and bloody urine. A cystocopy showed nothing. I called the on-call surgeon this a.m. and described episode from last night. He said to rest quietly today, but if the bleeding reoccurs from the stoma call to the ER. I don't have an ostomy nurse. What should I do at this point? I'm frustrated.