Well since my last post at the end of march i did change my diet around and cancelled my surgery. Now i take fiber twice a day and take 2 stool softners as well and that helped about 60 to 70% and then i had a banding in April and now im about 85% cured. Im scheduled for another banding next week and im hoping that will at least cure it to 90% which i can definetly deal with. My bm's are much better and i rarely swell at all and if i do its very minimal. I also wanted to say i have been in physical fitness training my whole life which includes weight lifting and cardio and i think maybe that played some part in my condition but i havent changed my training much (learning to breath better when lifting is about it) just basiclaly my eating habits and the fiber intake. Just wanted to check back in and let you all know my status. Hope the folks out there get some help from my advice and good luck to all.