by Dnank » 05 Dec 2016, 23:39
It's been a very long time since I last updated. I was hoping to never have to update, but I have had problems on and off since last posting. Mostly, I have been doing well since I have been keeping my poop soft with Miralax and now Amitiza. I've taken Miralax daily now for over a year. I started the Amitiza at the suggestion of a GI doc I went to mid year. It's a little expensive at $51 per month but it has helped make by BM's easier. I've found that I very easily have problems now since I had the fissure over a year ago.
Most of the summer I was fine, but late October through November I had the fissure again. Interestingly, it was at about the same time last year. It wasn't nearly as bad this time because I knew the most important thing to do was to keep my BMs soft and how to do that. It finally went away by the end of November. That was good since I was scheduled to have internal hemorrhoid banding done Dec 2nd. The GI doc found the hemorrhoids during a colonoscopy that my regular doc insisted I have. They're not nearly as bad as AF but still not good. Nothing good comes from pushing too hard to go.
The banding was painful for the first day and has since gotten better. It's still painful, especially during a BM, but I don't have the AF spasm pain for hours after. Hopefully I can get rid of these hemorrhoids and then keep my poop soft to avoid having a fissure ever again. I might actually be like a normal person.