Right, the Bristol Stool chart. What a fun when doctors ask you to keep a stool record.

> It's likely whatever was wrong with me was brewing for awhile, and just triggered into something severe when something pushed it over the edge.

I can't back it up with any evidence but my feeling is that a combo of stress and too healthy food (for me) triggered my gut crisis.

What I mean is that I started to eat food that was too rich in GOS, and also fructose, just before my problems started.