Thanks Dave! Steve Sande (of TUAW) already used up all of the good (and most of the bad) puns upon my return, so it's probably best to let that one slide :).

I'm amazed at how many people can relate to this, must be something really nasty in the international waters…

Glad you're back Brett! I had something eerily similar happen to me earlier this year. It took two weeks of antibiotics and many tests I don't want to think about but it all ended well in the end (should I explicitly make the pun? na, I'll skip it!)

Stay well my friend.

Thanks, Tony.

It took things being stuck in every hole but my ears before they determined it was Colitis, and I still have the colonoscopy to look forward to in order to figure out the "why." I sympathize with Geri as well :).

I'd never had a catheter before this. That's not something I look forward to doing again.

Geri may or may not have had colitis I believe in 2008. She was in the hospital for 3 days. The doctors were never able to confirm the diagnosis. That was really rough for her so I have an idea what you went through.

Good to see that you're home and on the mend.