Mucus and black pieces in stool

Hi, does anyone know what this could be?


I was on antibiotics for a few months for lyme disease and stopped cause of digestive issues. I was really getting bad d for a while which got a bit better after stopping antibiotics and taking probiotics and floraster.

Now I still seem to get little black pieces in my stool and also mucus which seems fairly consistent, along with having discomfort in the left side of my chest sometimes.

I have gotten stool tests two seperate times for c diff, blood and parasites and on the tests nothing has come up which makes me wonder if that rules at the black pieces being blood related.

Also I'm not sure if this could mean a mild case of c - diff although it didn't show up on the tests, parasites or something IBS and inflammation related.

My GI doctor suggested if I have further concern that I could get a colonscopy but I'd prefer to avoid that if possible, although if need be I would do that if it was the only way to resolve this.

Has anyone heard of something like this before?

Thanks

I'm not sure cause it's been going on for weeks. I do eat chicken and cereal sometimes which have iron but I'm not sure if I could link iron to it or not.

A little d but it's calmed down and isn't as bad as it was before. My bm's have also gotten more normal. After using florastor a few days it went from lacking consistency to looking more normal.

I do have discomfort on the left side of my stomach regularly. It seems worse at night but I do feel a pressure there kind of. It's by the lower middle left side of my stomach. I've been to e.r. before a while ago for it when it was worse but the tests there showed up normal.

Post Edited (Xelaetaks) : 1/22/2013 9:44:25 AM (GMT-7)