Hi, Rob -
I think that once I get back on track (after my setback from the killer bm, which caused the bleeding and soreness), I should be okay. That's the hope, anyway. --- I still maintain that my recovery has been a bit slower, because I had both a LIS and a fissurectomy.
I really want all of us to be healed and able to fully live our lives. I feel like I've missed out on six months of living.
I'm glad you're on the mend. Have you eaten anything daring, yet? - like a steak, or something?

Thanks for all the comments and pizza porn guys, apologise for the delay and lack of personal responses but i have been out enjoying myself this weekend.
The weather is warm and sunny in the UK and this only happens once every 2,000 years so we have to make the most of it
Davo

POST LIS – DAY #11 (Sunday)
**The Beer Whore**
What a lovely weekend!! The sun is shining in the UK and this was my first weekend of being out and about and on my feet again. It seems my pinkish staining is reducing all the time and so is the swelling. I am still not 100% but hey I am damn close and it’s still only a week and a half post-surgery. The future (fingers crossed) is still looking promising!
So today I was out shopping and picking up a few extra nibbles that I had never dared to touch during my bad fissure days. I must have been daydreaming a little as I took a wrong turn in the supermarket……. And there it was…….. the Beer section….. Ohhhh my god!!! It just looked at me flicking its eyelashes and playing with its hair!!! I think if it could speak it would probably say, “Hey big boy have you been working out?” WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO??? I have been faithful to this fissure for so long and now and I didn’t want to be unfaithful so soon after it leaves the scene. I felt like I was being violated by this cheap sleazy beer whore – anyway I held my head high and walked straight passed with just a passing glance before leaving. (Come on you must be proud of me for doing that!)
So apart from my close scrape with the beer it has been a fairly uneventful day fissure wise – To be honest things are just gradually improving now so nothing much to report.
Its back to work tomorrow…. Booooooo! (or should that be Yaaayyyyy?)
Davo

Davo, glad to hear you resisted temptation in the beer aisle.
Sweet, no, I have not ventured into the world of regular diet except for that one time when I mistakenly ate some grilled Jalepeno pepper and paid dearly for it.
In fact, quite the opposite. In a bout of depression last night, and nothing that seemed too appetizing hanging out in the fridge, I went to bed without dinner. This morning, I awoke feeling cold and very anxious. I checked my blood sugar and it was at 33. I'm sucking on a piece of hard candy right now.
Take care guys.

Davo wrote:POST LIS – DAY #11 (Sunday)
**The Beer Whore**
What a lovely weekend!! The sun is shining in the UK and this was my first weekend of being out and about and on my feet again. It seems my pinkish staining is reducing all the time and so is the swelling. I am still not 100% but hey I am damn close and it’s still only a week and a half post-surgery. The future (fingers crossed) is still looking promising!
So today I was out shopping and picking up a few extra nibbles that I had never dared to touch during my bad fissure days. I must have been daydreaming a little as I took a wrong turn in the supermarket……. And there it was…….. the Beer section….. Ohhhh my god!!! It just looked at me flicking its eyelashes and playing with its hair!!! I think if it could speak it would probably say, “Hey big boy have you been working out?” WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO??? I have been faithful to this fissure for so long and now and I didn’t want to be unfaithful so soon after it leaves the scene. I felt like I was being violated by this cheap sleazy beer whore – anyway I held my head high and walked straight passed with just a passing glance before leaving. (Come on you must be proud of me for doing that!)
So apart from my close scrape with the beer it has been a fairly uneventful day fissure wise – To be honest things are just gradually improving now so nothing much to report.
Its back to work tomorrow…. Booooooo! (or should that be Yaaayyyyy?)
Davo

Davo, would having a small sip of the beer be considered an absolute indiscretion? I would think it would be alright if you flirted with it, just a bit.
Last night I indulged in a little champagne -- no special occasion, just because I felt like having it.
I think it's good that you're returning to work -- just be careful about sitting for too long a time. --- And don't forget about us!

rasmith3530 wrote:Davo, glad to hear you resisted temptation in the beer aisle.
Sweet, no, I have not ventured into the world of regular diet except for that one time when I mistakenly ate some grilled Jalepeno pepper and paid dearly for it.
In fact, quite the opposite. In a bout of depression last night, and nothing that seemed too appetizing hanging out in the fridge, I went to bed without dinner. This morning, I awoke feeling cold and very anxious. I checked my blood sugar and it was at 33. I'm sucking on a piece of hard candy right now.
Take care guys.

Ah, depression . . . my old friend. I know it well. That and anxiety, too. --- My bout with the AF has not helped with either.
Rob, I wasn't aware you're diabetic . . . ? If so, I hope you're able to eat properly right now and keep that in check.

POST LIS – DAY #12 (Monday)
**Back to Work**
So I decided that Post LIS (Day 12) was going to be my last daily diary update. The reason being is that I don’t really have much to report anymore and things are just moving along nicely.
So basically I don’t have any fissure pain (neither during BM or spasms – in fact I never had them at all Post-LIS), I don’t have any incontinence, the bleeding has stopped (there was very little) and I am generally feeling well.
I did report a lump previously but this was just swelling at the incision wound and the majority of this has settled down now. I do still feel a very slight amount of discomfort if I move suddenly however for what it is it’s hardly worth mentioning.
The pink (blood) staining has now stopped all together. I did think I was experiencing some very slight liquid stool staining but this just actually turned out to be weeping from the wound - this is just a faint mark each day now.
I am still on the fissure diet but I am slightly less strict nowadays plus I still take the Movicol.
So anyway my back to work plan… basically I planned a routine – wake up, have breakfast, have my daily BM, jump in the bath and go to work. I had put a small cushion in my bag, some spare gauze and some baby wipes to clean up at lunchtime so everything was all planned out…….. FAIL!!!! What I failed to realise was that for the past week I was going for my BM as and when my body needed to go – now I was expecting my body to go on demand again (without straining or pushing of course) and it just wasn’t working.
So my back to work plan has changed to 5x half days this week – basically I get up at my normal time and have breakfast and then I go WHEN MY BODY NEEDS TO GO! So it may take an hour or two, then its bath time and off to work for four hours. To be honest it worked well and it means that I am not sat directly on my wound for 8 hours none stop.
So guys my intention is to now update my diary as and when something happens so maybe when I am completely symptom free, when it is my follow up consultation or when anything changes or happens.
So thanks for reading my diary, I hope it has been some use and I apologise for going ‘off topic’ and talking waffle most days.
I would also like to say thanks for all your comments and private messages, what a supportive bunch you are!!
Finally that’s not the end of me yet, I have not been given the all clear so as far as I am aware I still have this fissure. I will be sticking around for a while longer even if it’s just for Sweet Bugaboo to seduce me with her delightful pizza descriptions!
Davo

Davo wrote:POST LIS – DAY #12 (Monday)
**Back to Work**
So I decided that Post LIS (Day 12) was going to be my last daily diary update. The reason being is that I don’t really have much to report anymore and things are just moving along nicely.
So basically I don’t have any fissure pain (neither during BM or spasms – in fact I never had them at all Post-LIS), I don’t have any incontinence, the bleeding has stopped (there was very little) and I am generally feeling well.
I did report a lump previously but this was just swelling at the incision wound and the majority of this has settled down now. I do still feel a very slight amount of discomfort if I move suddenly however for what it is it’s hardly worth mentioning.
The pink (blood) staining has now stopped all together. I did think I was experiencing some very slight liquid stool staining but this just actually turned out to be weeping from the wound - this is just a faint mark each day now.
I am still on the fissure diet but I am slightly less strict nowadays plus I still take the Movicol.
So anyway my back to work plan… basically I planned a routine – wake up, have breakfast, have my daily BM, jump in the bath and go to work. I had put a small cushion in my bag, some spare gauze and some baby wipes to clean up at lunchtime so everything was all planned out…….. FAIL!!!! What I failed to realise was that for the past week I was going for my BM as and when my body needed to go – now I was expecting my body to go on demand again (without straining or pushing of course) and it just wasn’t working.
So my back to work plan has changed to 5x half days this week – basically I get up at my normal time and have breakfast and then I go WHEN MY BODY NEEDS TO GO! So it may take an hour or two, then its bath time and off to work for four hours. To be honest it worked well and it means that I am not sat directly on my wound for 8 hours none stop.
So guys my intention is to now update my diary as and when something happens so maybe when I am completely symptom free, when it is my follow up consultation or when anything changes or happens.
So thanks for reading my diary, I hope it has been some use and I apologise for going ‘off topic’ and talking waffle most days.
I would also like to say thanks for all your comments and private messages, what a supportive bunch you are!!
Finally that’s not the end of me yet, I have not been given the all clear so as far as I am aware I still have this fissure. I will be sticking around for a while longer even if it’s just for Sweet Bugaboo to seduce me with her delightful pizza descriptions!
Davo

Davo, please don't leave us, just yet! We still need you here, so that you can keep us cheered up during our healing! Tomorrow I see another crs, just to check me (for this lingering soreness), because my crs is overseas. Wish me luck!
Meanwhile, I'll keep the pizzas going over here, and maybe that nice, fresh aroma will drift you back to the forum.
Seriously, I'm so glad you're feeling better.

Hi Sweet,
I will still be around for a few weeks yet but as i have little to report now there didn't seem much point in adding daily updates. I did actually have a rather large BM this morning - something which would put me in a world of panic and terror a few weeks back but you know what? I didn't feel a thing, nor did i have any soreness or spasms - basically it was just like a normal person would be (and thats not me calling you all abnormal!!!)
Why do you think you are still getting this soreness Sweet? Has something not healed correctly from the fissurectomy?
Davo

Davo wrote:Hi Sweet,
I will still be around for a few weeks yet but as i have little to report now there didn't seem much point in adding daily updates. I did actually have a rather large BM this morning - something which would put me in a world of panic and terror a few weeks back but you know what? I didn't feel a thing, nor did i have any soreness or spasms - basically it was just like a normal person would be (and thats not me calling you all abnormal!!!)
Why do you think you are still getting this soreness Sweet? Has something not healed correctly from the fissurectomy?
Davo

Ya know, Davo - I think the added fissurectomy I had is what's caused my healing to be slower. My regular crs is in Afghanistan now on military duty - so, last week I saw a completely different crs. --- I really do think that just having an LIS, alone, is faster to heal, than having two procedures like I had.
The thing is, two weeks' ago I had a "killer" bm, which caused (post-bm) bleeding for three days. I haven't had anymore blood since then - but I have had some soreness which has been terrible, at times. This new crs I saw examined me last week and said I looked pretty good in there - and he did say I need to cut back on the Miralax (gradually) and add more fiber. He thinks I'll be fine, but the lingering soreness is bothersome. --- I'm going to ask him if he sees anything that doesn't look like it's healing. --- I don't know, but this whole thing has been one long, painful journey.
Anyway, I'm going to see that new crs again this morning and have him take another look. We'll see what he says, and I'll report back here. Of course, I do hope for total healing and to be able to put this whole mess behind me (no pun intended, lol).