I am not around much, mainly because of pain! Interested to read of the anal dilation and though have seen info about it before, never considered it.
However, just found a small randomized study from 2009 here http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19361582 which makes me want to research it even further.
Very glad to hear you are both doing well! Please keep reporting back on how you do. :D

Congrats on getting your AD over with Wecc. I'm sure others are going to find your post interesting and helpful while deciding on what to do. I hope things continue to go well for you!

thank you Dawn. I said it before and I will say it again, without this form I would never have found the info on this....for me this AD was a game changer......

Day 2 post….still passing much gas, however I know when it coming and can hold it in if need be, so there is no control issue, no soling, discharge or blood. I am still amazed how easy this is. Last night I went to my daughters basket game, could not sit on the hard bleachers, stood all the game then took her out for ice cream. Again yesterday was just the first day after surgery. Had another good night sleep. Still a bit sore however still no need for any pain killers, not even Advil! I had taken two weeks off from work, emailed HR, said I will be in the office on Monday. Had a great BM yesterday, with no pain whatsoever and just as important…no spasms….. I said it before and I will say it just one more time, any of you who are considering an LIS, please do yourself a favor and look into a standardized Anal Dilation. I hope I can say the same thing in a few weeks,

Great news wecc!

Just an update…had my second post surgery BM and while I am a bit sore it was totally pain free and more importantly, none of those after BM spasms. While I only had the AD this past Wednesday, what a difference already. For over a year, I went through the day where the pain was at a 9 of 10 and some where it was at a 2. However with that said, not a day did not go by where I did not have post BM spasms. Sometime they were so debilitating, I would be in pain for hours. This not only affected my life at work, it affected my life with my family where many times I just could not do things with my kids. This past Thanksgiving, I had to eat in the kitchen standing up where my daughter came in and took my hand and said I hope you fell better tomorrow.
By the way, the only reason they call this a surgery is because they put you out. Anyway I am going to work on putting this behind me. Most likely I will not be posting daily, I will touch base with all of you in the next week or so just for an update. Thank you all for your support during this time, it really got me though this!!!! God bless.

BTW...if any of you have a question, I do recieve this form on my blackberry....

I would be very interested to follow how you do over the next few weeks. I will read back over your posts to see how you were in the beginning. I am quite a lot older than most people here, so wonder if this might be the best road for me to follow. I have backed out of various options, so have to decide soon, as cannot go with constant pain and worry. Good luck with the 'healing' and please do stay in touch with how you do on it.

Yes I will let you know savaici how I am doing Yes please do look at my old posts, while there is not that much info on a standardized AD here in the states, I had the opportunity to speak with a surgeon while on a business trip in Germany. I was also able to find out that AD’s are the preferred method in Japan. Both which for the most part have medical technology on par with us.
As I said in one of my post when I first met with this CRS who was running very late, I spoke with four others in his waiting room that had this AD done, both male and female and the oldest was about 65, I would say all of them had no compactions at all and were up and running in less than a week. While you do not see much on this form about AD simply because for whatever reason it is not that available here, many that had an LIS, the healing process can be difficult and just look at posts many have complications with this surgery. I just read one where this person can barley move around post day 3…post day 3 for me, I walk my dog for about an hour I went to my daughters basket ball game, then went out to lunch with my family and that evening I went to the mall with my son! From my research, speaking with the OR nurse, my CRS and people I met that had an AD, my recovery is typical!!!!
The only reason that a standardized AD is called surgery is simply because they put you out. There is not cutting involved which mean no blood, discharge, chance of infection from the incision area.
As I said, those who are looking to have a LIS and do not research a CRS in their area who performs this, they are making a big mistake. I am not saying do not go forward with a LIS, it have given many their life back. What I am saying if you can find this method why subject yourself to a LIS???? I have no vested interest here except to pass this on to others and help them as it has helped me.

Again this is not the old lord stretch where the CRS simply puts his finger in your rear and pulls…the results from that for the most past is horrendous. This is a STANDIZED anal Dilatation….BIG DIFFRENCE