 [ Symptoms ] smelly black tar looking feces for 3 days now i have nausea and upper abdominal pain smelly black tar looking feces im hungry but can hardly eat scared to death to go to er i have no insurance and my last time in hospital i ended up having many complications had to have 3 blood transfusions  will it hurt me to wait what should i do [ Disease ] do not wait you need to go to the er again black tarry smelly stools usually indicate a gastrointestinal bleed stomach esophagus etc  that can be life threatening go now