I've told this several times before, but last fall I was doing a parasite cleanse using Parastroy, plus enzymes and a homeopathic solution from my doctor. After a few days I went on The Master Cleanse and started doing P&B shakes. I had one BM that was three feet long, hard, leathery and hollow. The outside was studded with dozens of white and reddish orange worms. Awful stuff! The next day I passed almost four feet of fecal matter. The first 2 1/2 or so feet was more of the hard hollow mucoid plaque, the remainder was softer spongy pysllium based matter. Bowel cleansing does work and I have done it many times, however, this was the only "big one" I ever had. It may take repeated cleanses and some time to get things softened and worked loose. By the way, I dropped five pounds with the first three foot BM. I had just weighed that morning, and with courisosity, got on the scales again when that stuff passed.