OT question about hemerrhoids

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I've had internal ones for years, and sometimes they bleed. I've been doing

great on the diet, slowly advancing and adding new foods....and having formed

stools, but now that I'm eating more and things are formed, the 'roids act up.

I'm pretty sure that's what it is, but it really scares me. It's not all the

time, mostly a little bit after using the bathhroom a few times, seems to

respond some to Preparation H- goes away for a while, but any straining can

bring them on.

I am completely new to this, having a colonoscopy in Feb'09 which showed

colitis, and on SCD for a few weeks. The original symptoms- D, more bleeding-

seem to have improved a lot. But seeing any blood scares the daylights out of

me, and I still don't feel " normal " yet.

So my question to those with more experience here- how do you know when you are

going into a flare vs just hemerrhoids?

Thanks,

PJ