Hi, almost 2 months ago I was admitted into the ER because I suddenly had some horrific stomach pains and a horrible painful diarrhea episode. Now, I've been known to have stomach aches every now and then, but usually I can attribute that to some bad eating habits or they're not terrible enough...

So I finally went to see a GI office, where I was seen by an NP. When talking to her about my symptoms (which I no longer have since being on VSL3) and mentioned that twice in my life I've seen blood. I was diagnosed with IBS this year, and the symptoms that I used to have were: narrow stools...