Dawn - well, chicken wings and turkey sandwiches, huh??!! Not to mention hershey bars and ice cream! - Hmmm,... those are some of my favorites too!!
You know your body best, and you have to do things at your own pace. You had such a traumatic time with your AF, I can understand your caution! My thoughts (for what they are worth!) are that if eating white meat didn't bother you before the AF, then maybe just eating a little of it will be ok. Especially while you are taking the Miralax. Maybe it's good to re-introduce a little bit of meat (if that is what you want) like chicken or fish, while you are taking the miralax. I have the impression that it pulverizes nearly everything in my intestines... I have eaten small portions of chicken (1/4 to 1/2 breast) or fish (mainly salmon, which is a bit fatty fish, so not as good for us to eat, but it works ok for me) probably 4 times a week during my AF.
For me, I know my stomach adapts over time to digesting what it's given, so to make a slow change seems like a good idea. And to do it at home, where you have more control over how the food is cooked.
Just a funny story - when I came to Sweden, I was a vegetarian. At my new work, we had a meeting, and the special dinner they arranged was a "Viking dinner" where you wore these viking hats, drank "honey-beer", and the only thing to eat was big, enormous slabs of beef served on a wooden plank, and the only utensil you got was like a hunting knife. Ooooo - I didn't feel well for days after that dinner! Even without an AF!

Bumbutt,
I honestly think most of my fears of meat are psychological! LOL I've never had any problems before my fissure. I'm really not a big meat eater normally but I do miss cheese burgers! My weakness is sweats and I've taken plenty of risk since my surgery and had no problems at all with them. I really miss cheese too! I may take a bite of something here and there but don't have enough nerve to eat much, like the chicken wing! I wanted a whole plate but I ripped it in half and just kept dipping my bone in the ranch. Lol
I'm going to definitely give the chicken a try, especially since I never had problems and most people with active fissures are eating some. I'll wait until my 6 month mark to venture out too far. I know I will always be sure to get my fiber no matter what else I eat :)
Thanks BB

PaulsPain wrote:My BM for the most part are not to bad - still having 3-4 a day which is getting old. The fistula will ache some days - all day. The challenge is trying to keep the thing clean. The drain, which kind of looks like a zip tie, catches a lot. So having the hand shower helps a lot at home. But at work it is tough. I have to wear a pad and tuck a cotton ball to catch drainage and to keep the drain from digging in. I then change this cotton ball often. I get really tired of the drainage......
I still bleed once in awhile from the 6 o'clock position. This then causes spasms, and into fissure pain I go. I am not sure what it is - old problem never cured or new...... I mentioned it to my CRS the last time and he said he didn't see anything other than a severely inflamed rear. He said the inflammation can cause pain.
Thanks for the prayers.

Holy cow Paul!! This has got to get better!! I just wish the meds would kick butt soon and give you some relief!
Hopefully when you hit the 3 month mark with the meds you will see some improvements. You are a strong person! I think I would be insane dealing with what you have.
I will definitely keep you in my prayers and believe that this medication is going to be your healing!

Guest wrote:Hey BB,
I haven't had meat in about 10 months. Crazy, I know! I wouldn't even eat chicken before LIS. I need to get brave and branch out a little more w/ my diet. I swear, the fissure put major fear in me with food. I've ate tons of sweets since LIS and have had no problems at all. I still haven't ate more than a bite of meat here and there.
Ice cream and hershey bars have put 20 lbs back on me,LOL... I honestly think I'm going to get fat if I don't slow down.

I know what you mean -- all throughout February and well into March, all I would eat is a pear or apple for breakfast with 2 tsp of psyllium husk in water, an apple or pear for lunch with maybe 2 oz. of deli turkey, and then a salad for dinner with 2 TBS of fat free dressing, a cut up tomato, and maybe 4 crackers crushed over the top of it. I've dropped almost 30 pounds in two months, and not all of it was healthy weight loss.

I usually eat broiled fish, rice & steamed veggies or soup. That is about all I manage when I am out. Have to be extra careful because I have GERD on top of it all and that complicates things...

It's hard to go wrong with fish. Before my LIS surgery, I didn't eat a whole lot of fish, but since then, I've been eating swai. It is affordable, healthy, and extremely tasty when you cook it in a frying pan with a little butter, olive oil, red wine vinegar, and lemon pepper. Small amounts of those ingredients, but they pack a lot of flavor, and the whole meal (usually have it with cut up, cooked squash and carrots) appears to be very kind to my intestines.

I eat sparingly too, but I have decided to have the odd "treat," like a bit of chocolate last night. I have lost about 25 lbs, and what is even worse for me, I have lost muscle mass in the cheeks of my arse, and wonder if that is the cause of my coccyx pain and flat poop!! Always guessing.