Last Friday I attended an early Christmas party and moderated my food an drink intake. We left early and turned in for the night, only to wake up on Saturday morning feeling as though I had been run over by a buss.

Within hours my stomach was on the move and I spent the next three days in bed, feeling as though I was at deaths door; or sitting on the toilet also feeling as though I was at deaths door. My temperature reached 38 deg and I awoke soaked in sweat.

The temperature has now come down but I have eaten very little over those days and have lost 10 pounds in weight. Also, what little material I am presently passing is black!

I am slowly feeling better but am concerned about the black material that I am passing; more like gel than a stool!