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I can so relate to your pain! One of my many surgeries was for my hemorrhoids. I struggled for many years not realizing I had IBS and not knowing that it was not normal to not be able to have a BM every day. I have had times when I have gone for as long as a week without one. It got so bad that I developed such bad hemmorhoids I had to have surgery. Even if you do not strain, constipation IBS makes your BMs so dry and pasty and large that they cause the problem.
I had learned that drinking lots of water helped with movement but did not soften them. Many of the laxatives available have whole wheat germ in them which just makes us worse and so does pysillium which is in many of them too! If you have not tried Heather's Acacia Fiber it is a God send for us. It takes a little while to completely end the problem but it does the trick. Before I found the acacia I was using Fiber Laxative caplets made from calcium polycarbophyl. They ensured a BM but did not always help with making them easily passable. After my surgery I did a Dr. Natura colon cleanse to make sure I did not have parasites and to get my system running better. I was amazed that I could easily go 3 times a day! The acacia is much better though because you can take it regularly and it does not have any of the ingredients that cause triggering like the other supplements do. You really need to be cleaning out your system every day to feel your best and to heal up those pesky (very painful) hemmorhoids.

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