Nearly Four Months Ago I Had Two Surgeries For A

Nearly four months ago I had two surgeries for a Sepsis knee. In the beginning the meds, pain pills etc blocked me terribly and I also have henmroid s that protrude. I quit taking pain pills because of this. Sometimes my system works fine. I eat well because I was put on a high protein (lean) diet, lost 20 lb,, eat a salad and veggies everyday and lots if fruit. However my stool tends to harden. I try not to go. Three days without a BM and use stool softeners and finally last time a suppository for releif. For awhile I was coming on my in. But whenever I add new foods it hardens. Is it damaging to take stool softeners daily? Or how often can I use a suppository. I drink prune juice when I'm blocked.