I have Crohn s disease and am taking Imuran (3 tablets.. I think 150mg). I take a natural supplement (just a multivitamin ), as well as vitamin D , E, Omega-3 fish oil, chlorophyll. I used to take a pro-biotic, but I ran out a few weeks ago. I am 25 years old, diagnosed at 16 years old, and have been relatively stable. 5 9 , 165lbs. According to my specialist, I have a fistula near my terminal ileum (the small bowel has just gone into itself), but this is becoming less intense as treatment continues on. About a week ago, I have started to each a lot of red cabbage as I have been finding myself constipated. I have been feeling GREAT and I have been super regular, although my stool has changed: Sometimes, the stool has very dark, but normal consistency pieces interwoven throughout the normal brown colour. Sometimes, the stool is light and brown (a movement from earlier), but just now, there was a normal coloured piece of stool, followed by longer pieces that were black. I would describe the texture as normal, but relatively flaky. Over the past few days, the stool has been flaky (in that, when the toilet flushes, the stool dissolves readily in water). With the black stool, the entire water goes charcoal when I flush. The stool does not smell at all (at least as close as I get to the toilet), and I have never had a tarry stool. Since Thursday, I have been drinking alcohol a bit more than I should be (today I did not drink more than a glass of wine), and so I wonder if this is just dehydration , or if this could be an upper GI bleed. Normally, my GI symptoms are accompanied by a deep fatigue . I just had a meal of roasted vegetables, quinoa, and lentils, and my body got EXTREMELY tired while digesting it (although that s the biggest meal I ve had in a few days). I feel like I am fine, but black stool is concerning, even if it is completely flaky and falls apart. I am moving provinces in the next couple of days, and I am sort of wondering if I need to hit a hospital now or if this is the sort of thing I should play with over the next few days and wait and see. Any recommended course of action is appreciated.