Check in. Shred didn't work for me after all. The bathroom problem turned into a major GI sickness and I was screaming in pain by the end of it. My doctor and I are getting to be such good friends. So now I am on a really strange eating program that is making me gain weight again but is supposedly going to help my GI tract heal (chicken, fish, eggs, cooked veg, cooked fruit, white rice, clear juices). Sigh.... It doesn't feel like I am actually eating much but each day I am gaining a half pound. But my intestines are feeling better. Going back in a month for more tests. I am supposed to slowly introduce foods and if they cause pain, remove them from my diet, go back to the plain food for 3 days, then try again. Forbidden are any non-nutritive sweeteners and fiber additives.