by dmcff » 14 Feb 2018, 07:23
Hi, the advice I got was to stop taking both the lactulose and the macrogol I'd been using, so presumably it was thought that these were contributing to my pelvic floor problems. In the letter it says: "However, if he is unable to stop both of these medications he should just stop the lactulose."
At present I still have pain and minor incontinence, even after stopping the lactulose, but am hoping for an improvement with time. At the clinic I'm due to get biofeedback treatment, and maybe that will give me some results.
But everyone is different, and you need to get a proper diagnosis. The route I took was to get a referral from my GP to a local colorectal surgeon who then passed me on to the pelvic floor unit at St Thomas's. It might be worth insisting to your doctor that you get such a referral.
2014 Anal fissure
2015 CAT, EUA, sigmoidoscopy, 2 MRI
2016 Pain severe then moderate to low
2017 Moderate pain
2018 Physical therapy, pain management
2019-20 Living with it
2021 Still AF
2022 Therapy, meditation
2023 Onward, up
2024 CT scan