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IBS-D Diagnosed Today

After years of pain and discomfort and most recently bleeding, I had a colonoscopy today. IBS-D with a capital D. I have taken the first step towards helping with this by quitting my high stress job. I could go from normal to complete colon dump in minutes. NO MATTER WHAT WAS IN MY COLON! Now, I have HEMORRHOIDS. They just came out yesterday after the prep work for the colonoscopy today. I know if I get "regular" they will go away. I have printed a lot of things from this website and hope that I can learn to live with this better than I have in the past. I was given levison and told to take ammodium and eat better! Fiber foods I am guessing we really did not get into this deep with the Doctor. I ran right out and bought some Metamucil. I will take it back in the morning. I have fiberchoice tablets that I have taken off and on for years. After reading some posts I wondered again if I should just take an ammodium every morning. What I hated was the hardness that came afterwards. That I am guessing will be taken care of by the fiber. So what is your favorite fiber method? I hope not to have to waste a lot of time and money on stuff that tastes bad and causes me to swell up like a balloon. Thanks in advance, Derek

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IBS -D since about 1984. Its stress not food that kills me!

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