I am a 24yr old female. I had my gallbladder out in December 2009. I have GERD and take prescription Zegerid daily. I am 5 4, 154lbs. In the last 6 months I have lost 51 pounds by adjusting my diet and exercising. Over the last week I have had sudden diarrhea within two hours of eating. I have had the diarrhea from last Friday night until this past Friday or Saturday. Then Sunday I did not have a bowel movement and today I had a bowel movement that was pretty solid. Starting last week with the diarrhea there is a HUGE amount of stringy mucus in the stool, around the stool, and I have passed the stringy mucus on it s own as well. I have had a head cold for about a week at this point as well. I put off the symptoms of the diarrhea to maybe it was associated with allergies and picking up this cold. It seems to be always after i eat and I can feel it coming on with awful pain in my abdomen. The pain continues while passing stool and having diarrhea and doesn t subside until about 25-30 mins after. I also get a very hot (temperature like) and almost get cold sweats. I do have hemorrhoids which were confirmed by a GI doctor. I had a colonoscopy done in December 2009 as well which found obvious hemorrhoids but otherwise was unremarkable . I have had mucus in my stool in the past on a regular basis that is visible but nothing to the amount that it is now. I considered calling my GI MD on Friday, but thought I d give it another few days.