by Sufferingbadly » 13 Jun 2015, 21:56
Hello! Just wanted to update everyone following my diary page. Well so far so good. Since the 20th of May I've felt so much better. I've been able to go to the bathroom with no problems. I have external hemmie flare ups from time to time, and it's a very sobering reminder that I may not be fully out of the woods. Sometimes I've forgotten to drink a lot of water, but I'm soon reminded the next day that I need to drink more water! It really makes a huge difference with my bowel movements. I'm still taking the miralax. I don't take full doses. Just enough to put my mind at ease. I also still clean the area with baby wipes instead of toilet paper, and I use tucks pads. For the itchiness, I use 40%zinc oxide diaper rash cream. It really helps a lot! My skin tag felt sore and a little irritated the other day, so I started using my coconut oil suppositories at least once a day after a BM and it helped. I do still use my nifedipine, but not multiple times a day, more like once a day, (also just to ease my mind) I am trying to remind myself to not stop everything so quickly in fear of a retear. A funny thing is that in my mind, I feel like I'm 100% healed and that it's never coming back...the last thing I was to do is be naive about it...so I am still careful every day, yet living my life much happier than I was a month ago.