James!!! So good to hear from you! I'm glad to hear for the most part you've been doing well, but I kind of understand what you are feeling. Sometimes I get the really hard stools, and it feels like the colon is "bruised." Here's my analogy for what it's worth: When I'm under stress or eat something my system doesn't like, I think that whatever the Remi does kicks in so I don't flare, but it gives me hard rock and pebbly stools. It's almost like I have constipation. I just went through a horrendous week with my aging parents, and I've had those hard stools and now butt pain. I'm thinking hemmoroids are coming about
. So, could it be sort of the same since we are both on Remi? I don't know. It's funny; I was just thinking about
you yesterday -- so glad you posted! How is everything else in life? ;-)