Seeking comfort/support from others. Freaking out about what looks like dark stool

Hi Everyone, 3 weeks ago while having dinner I felt a sharp pain in my stomach...I didn't stop eating. Soon after I finished my meal my stomach started to bloat/swell and I felt extreme discomfort so I just sort of stayed sedentary and wait for my stomach to calm. The next morning I woke up with so much acid going up my throat and my stomach wouldn't stop making noise. I had a regular BM so I just took some tums for the acid reflux.

This continued for the next 3 days (bloating and discomfort after every meal). The 4th day I decided to get some Prilosec OTC (Omeprazole) once a day 14-day course of treatment. The prilosec seemed to work for a few days, my mistake was I never made any changes to my diet. I kept eating whatever I felt like, lots of bad/processed food. On the 10th day, I noticed that the acid and bloating came back and was worse than before so I called the doctors office to schedule an appointment and was able to see him two days later.

The night before my appointment was the worst...I couldn't sleep from stomach pains, excessive acid reflux coming up my throat and into my mouth, bloating and what felt like liquid boiling in my stomach. Told Dr the whole story and he prescribed Pantoprazole 40mg (PPI) to take once a day and  Carafate 1MG/10ML suspension to take four times daily before meals. He also gave me a referral to get an endoscopy and blood/lab order.

The next day I got result for my bloodwork, he said everything looked normal except something about the number regarding my liver was elevated. He said I should lose weight and do another blood test in a month, something about possible fatty liver.

Two days into PPI and carafate I started to feel much better than I have in weeks, even though I could still feel a little pains here and there in my stomach. I went out to enjoy the sun, walked along the water and went for a drive. On my way home I started to feel pain, like dull pain on my back, like back pain but I kept wondering if it was backpain or not.

When I woke up this morning I had a BM and it was dark. Some pieces were greenish but had dark parts. I freaked out as soon as I saw it  

I went out again to get my mind of things and now i'm feeling tired because of lack of sleep and I haven't eaten a regular meal in days because of stomach pains and bloating when I eat. When I came home an hour ago, I told myself I need to eat to get some energy so i did. I ate two pieces of toast and 4 pieces of sardines that I completely rinsed off to remove the tomato sauce and oil (I din't want it to trigger acid reflux). A few minutes after eating I felt the urge to go to the bathroom and when I did it was another piece of dark stool. Now I'm freaking out

I wonder if it's from the blue berries and banana I ate yesterday and or a combination of the effects of the Prilosec I was on and the new PPI Pantoprazole and or the carafate. 

Is it the elevated liver numbers my doctor was worried about? Was the backpain yesterday from liver problems? Was I bleeding internally hence the pains and cause of dark stool?

Or is the dark stool from a bleeding ulcer? Or from the blueberries and bananas I've been eating? 

I'm just venting out and looking for comfort

I hope everyone here is well.

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