Hi Sher, glad to hear that you are going to U of Chicago and since I live in Michigan, I will be anxious to hear how it goes for you. Iwas going to go to Mayo but things have gotten a bit better so I will wait. I am 48yrs old. I guess I have had bowel problems for years but blamed it on Lupus. The weakness,nausea,dizziness and just feeling plain sick are the worst and I never linked them to bowel stuff. I was actaully C most of the time because I took codienne for pain. Looking back I see 6that stress really made everything worse although I never wanted to admit that! I have never taken Probiotics and I have stopped taking Lotronex because it made me have so much C with severe abd pain. I will take it again though if the D gets bad. Now I take Citrocil every night with success. It must be so hard to try and take care of your little girl when you just need to lay down all the time. I cant imagine, my 5 kids are grown and a great help to me. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Please take care and keep in touch, Pam