First time posting on this forum, but this certainly isn't my first time dealing with fissures. 16 yrs ago I had a bad diet and had one of those "bowel movements" that felt horrible. I had no clue what it was and dealt with pain for 3+ yrs. Saw multiple docs and they had no clue either. Finally found a guy that thought I was lactose intolerant. Stop taking milk and things smooth out somewhat, but still pain. A couple more years goes by and a colon doc figures I have a fissure. I go on nitro cream, but no luck. He does "something" (not sure what) and partially heals it. Diet changes somewhat fissure heals... yay! However, now I'm lactose intolerant to be safe, avoid a tense rectum, and allow decent bowel movements. Also use anusol plus cream to grease the skids before bowel movements just in case. All is mostly good besides the occasional hemorrhoid. Typically I can push those bad boys back in ... so no major issues
Fast forward to present day. I have to take antibiotics for some weird sinus/bleeding thing that lasted 1month. On antibiotics, and dang I feel good. Eat a few milk products, no problem. Don't get the tightness around my bowels I usually get with milk. Then decide - hey, might as well try a bit of Greek yogurt. Next day have an excited bowel movement, nothing too hard but then I feel the riiiiip on the backside of my bowel. I'm thinking oooh nooo what did I do. The pain commences around that area, and as had happened many years ago the rest of the rectum goes in tense/serious pain mode. Can't relax it, can't sit down for very long. massive massive pain at times. Into day 10 of this. See a colon doctor, and they are pretty much useless. Says eat fiber, use bath, but that's it.
So that's my life story. Now I'm trying to figure out how to survive through work. Couple Qs:
1) I heard Aleve helps - should I try it? I plan to if the pain gets too bad to reduce the swelling.
2) Are there discrete "butt donuts" for use at work? I'd hate to be that "guy" that everyone knows has a butt problem.
3) Why the heck does milk cause my rectum to tense up? Anyone else have this problem? Is milk causing things to tense and hence the tear, or is the milk causing things to inflame real-time and hence the tear? It's very odd and seems to be the source of all my problems.
Any advice would be awesome. If anyone solves my riddle of a rectum problem I would be forever grateful.