Thank you. I will try your suggestion. I really appreciate your responses. This has been a tough couple of years, especially as young as I am (22). I have also had a lot of bloating and sometimes get awake at night because my colon has hurt so bad. I say colon because the doctors call my problem "post-infectious" and have reported that I've had inflammation in my colon after a colonoscopy but not slong with any colitis (they even checked for microscopic colitis). They also told me I had a small amount of fat in my stool and mild-gastritis of the stomach at one point, but no doctor can figure out whats wrong. I am also aware of parasite testing not being done well in the U.S. because they wait too long to test the stool. Sorry I left those out. I thought about all of this this morning. Thanks for offering an alternative method to if anything, try.