hello. ive had some stomach problems for 3 or so years now. About 6 months ago i found out i had h.pylori and was put on a prev pack? Believe it was 4 antibiotics morning and night for about a month and which eased but didnt get rid of all my symptoms and i havent been back to the dr since. Over time since i first had this problems my symptoms have gradually changed, stopped and became different. Which makes me wonder if this may be due to more than one problem...or one major one!? I had already had started having trouble making a bowel movements 1-3 months before more alarming problems started. My beggining symptoms were extreme upper abdominal pain, i wanna say the first few days and then gradually decreased to tolerable, uncomfortable, and eventually none at all. This continued for the first year, give or take, and also during that year went back and forth between upper and lower pain in stomach that which flip flop between how severe the pain was. Continued having trouble with bowel movements that became more extreme had several occasions of 30+ days, sometimes even closer to 45-60 days of not having one at all and when i finally could it was very difficult which lasted probably 1yr or so. It became to where i would sit for almost hours trying to push what i could feel needed to be releases but couldnt, and eventually was where when I KNEW it was time i would have to go right at that moment or would not be able to for hours, days, sometimes even weeks longer for the next GLORY DAY . for summary i will not just list in consecutive orders my symptoms by this time i had already been diagnosed with h.pylori No longer have stomach pain(upper or lower),bowels movements became more frequently. noticed in times when i should have had for sure diarrhea because of the feeling in your stomach u get before running to the restroom, even the burn from the stool coming out, but would not have diarrhea it would be solid but when i would wipe it would be liquid, sometimes would have solid/loose/smooshy piece in toilet paper. unfrequent pain would return from time to time mostly in lower stomach. bowels started becoming various in frequency ex. 3 days before next bowel then 2 weeks, 4 days, 1mth, 2-3 times in one day 1 week, 18 days, everyday for 3 consecutive days, 25 days, 2 days, 2-3 times in one day 15 days, 7 days and so on, no consistent pattern. i also started noticing that on days of eating heavily, i would like to mention i smoke marijuana from time to time maybe once a week or every few weeks sometimes even a few times out of the week(which would cause my heavy eating), it would induce bowels to possibly once a day for a few days or even possibly a few times a day. but in days of light or normal eating habits it could take 3 days, 1 day, 1 week or however long. all of these symptoms starting in the new paragraph i still have and very rarely have most from up top. my new discover of my symptoms i had 2 days in a row of what looked like coffe grounds, i have not seen this since which was about a month ago. i know have noticed white slim strands in stool and have also seen what looks like pieces of rice, and one time only have seen a white thick what looked like might have wrapped all the way around, aprroximately 1 to 2 inches thick with wat looked like was hairy or even moldy? and i have not seen that again yet, not that thick or moldly looking either