Fiss,
Are you glad that you had that skin tag removed? I find it amazing that you could go through the prep for colonscopy while having an active fissure. I would think that would have been quite uncomfortable. I didn't particularly like the enema they gave me at Mayos prior to my manometry test.
Cheryl

why cant i see the new posts?

Thanks Kim.even i want to stop movicol once i heal and eat healthy.have you completely gone off junk food?do u never eat chips or coke or cakes?even i dont want to depend on stool softeners but ill have to do it slowly.ill continue taking it till i get back from india.dont wanna try anything new now.

Fissy-what all were u taking and how did you stop everything?can i know ur diet?
hope u'll never have to take any supplements to make ur poops soft again.

my BMs were really mushy too lately so i've gone down to just fiber, 1 stool softener, and a vitamin e pill. i'm still going twice a day, but at least it's soft enough. i know what you mean about feeling like you'll never be truly healed fiss. i feel the same. i think it's been so long for both of us that we'll probably feel pains down there for a long time to come. i've kind of given up hoping this will go away for good. at this point i wouldn't even mind feeling the pains as long as the damn thing is healed inside!
i am still holding onto my high from last week

Cheryl - I am glad I removed my skin-tags - especially one that was on 6 o'clock position - it was not "normal" skin tag - it was thick and going in-and -out the anus and at the end started to bleed . I had to remove it ! I did not have a choice - it was making things worse down there :( Yes, I also wonder how I survived many of the things that happened in the past 12 months - but somehow we all do LOL - it is not easy to die, even when we wish to
Pinky- I went off supplements because I did not need them any more , but you have to keep in mind, dear Pinky, that I NEVER was constipated to begin with. I went to the bathroom 2 times a day my whole life. With supplements I ended up going 4 times a day and I had to cut back at this point since going too often was irritating my butt. Iron supplement was a "last drop" by giving me really mushy poop and I just decided to "drop it all" and see. My diet is now as it always was - Mediterranean - I eat a lot of veggies and fruit but the only difference now is that I again also eat breads and pastry without a fear. I can again eat cakes and chocolate and cookies - but I always choose high quality ones. I do not eat "Oreos" (sp.?) or other pre-packaged and processed sweets . I never loved sodas - especially not any kind of Coke - just not my thing. I drink Orangina for example if I want something "bubbly" . It is carbonated water
and citrus juice and citrus pulp combo - just fantastic - at least I LOVE IT, I used to drink it for years before I got a fissure - so basically - my diet was always "fissure friendly" and I was never constipated , not even for a day - so it is hard for me to give advice because my diet might give constipation to somebody else :( . My GI just was always very efficient and meats and pasta and all of that jazz never slowed it . That is why I can eat all of it now without dire consequences . I do not eat chips - never did Just too greasy and salty for my taste. Good luck Pinky - don't rush anything yet !!!
Juney - yes, I know LOL. But I still hope . I kind of try to accept having not so perfect butt any more , just to save myself from disappointment. I had 3 weeks of no irritation or pain whatsoever - so I know it is absolutely possible It is wonderful to see you in control again Juney - do whatever is needed to make life easier - why suffer needlessly more than you already do