Hello and thank you for this forum. I have been doing google searches ever since my surgery 8/28 and it always directs me here so figured I'd join.
So I have suffered from fissures for a few years on and off. In April 2017 i had sleeve gastrectomy and changed my diet requiring me to eat more protein. So I follow diet and take my supplements religiously. However added protein hardened my stool so bad that I began having tremendously painful BMs. I specifically had a really bad one and after that all downhill to the point of having fissurectomy. I'm disappointed with my doc because he's not very compassionate I feel and I wish he would have explained post surgery ups downs healing better. Surgery went well, I was up and moving around with some pain like day 3. I'm now at Day 6 and had an agonizingly painful BM this morning that due to fear pain and inability to get it out, I struggled with since yesterday morning. I got no sleep but maybe 1 1/2 hr and just said I have to do this this morning. I cried I prayed I stood up sat down almost layed down over the toilet until finally relief. I cried of joy omg relief. But then, painful throbbing and just awful pain for like 3-4 hours. I didn't want to take anymore oxycodonebecause i was thinking this was costipating me. Fast forward today a few hours later and diarrhea. Most likely due to all the MOM and mineral oil I did the day before but anyway awful burning now. I prefer this to the hard BM sadly because at least the pain subsides faster. I'm 6 days out and found a stitch like fishing line with a knot when I wiped. Is this normal to happen this early. Also I would like to regulate my BM to be just right not too firm not diarrhea but soft and normal. What should I eat? What should I avoid? Laxatives which ones and how often? I have mineral oil and senna tabs and MOM handy. I haven't eaten much today at all because I'm afraid...only grapes and a pear and Gatorade. I hope to return to work 9/11/17. Please any advice and any hope out there is appreciated!