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plugging my way to a new life

Postby optimisticguy » 13 Jan 2019, 15:12

hey all, had an account here before but forgot user info. Long story short, I'm a young adult male diagnosed with IBD in my teens. Often had problems with ass pain, hemorrhoids, fissures, bleeding, etc, but for awhile was told it was just part of having IBD. Eventually the problem got progressively worse to the point where something would prolapse out of my anus after pooping, about the size of a small grape. incredible amounts of blood and it was very hard to pass any stool. after many failed attempts at treating this as a hemmorhoid, finally I went to a CRS and learned it was actually a wart and had it surgically removed.

I'm straight and never had anal sex, dont know how it got there despite the doctor rudely insinuating that you can only get it from anal sex. Dealing with this CRS was by far the darkest period of my life, he was very aggressive when examining me and seemed to not care about my pain at all. During the postop recovery, I had to have strong acid applied into my anal canal to prevent any new warts from recurring every 2 weeks.

Needless to say, this was pretty brutal on my anus. Every time i would feel like its starting to heal, then I would get the acid treatment and it would inflame it and mess it all up again. After 5 or so applicaitons, finally I was told it looks like there were no recurring warts and I never went back to that rude doctor again.

Anyways, it became apparent that through having this wart for a few years then the whole operation trauma, I had developed a pretty severe chronic fissure. During the past 2-3 years I worked with a different CRS and my GI to try and treat it with conservative approaches, nitroglycerin, and nifedipine. This would help to an extent but I would always end up relapsing. It became pretty apparent to me that a big cause of it was, like many, I am so tight down there. Even when the fissure would start healing, it still seemedlike a much smaller than normal canal, and anytime i had a slightly hard poop at all it would rip it back open.

It started getting pretty bad again and I was getting close to pulling the trigger on LIS, but decided one last effort to try and put all methods together and try and heal. I also bought a small buttplug - 0.8" in width to see if it would be useful in self dilation.

And it seems to be working pretty good! My general routine is, when I wake up in the morning (usually when I feel most tight), I apply nitroglycerin to relax the anus, and then I insert my buttplug and try to relax it around it. At first it was very difficult to get the plug in, but with each day it goes in easier and easier. Lately I have been leaving it in during some daily activities and I feel so much more relaxed and loose down there. I also take stool softeners and if I feel a very hard stool before pooping, sometimes I use one of my mesalamine enemas which seems to absorb into the stool and soften it.

For those interested- the plug I use currently is Doc Johnson Mood - Naughty 1 - Small. I did a bunch of research on small plugs and this was the smallest in thickness I could find, 0.8" in width at the thickest part. Its pretty comfortable and I can do daily activities with it in.

Also- instead of traditional lube which I find dries up quickly, I use "Palmer's Bottom Butter" a diaper rash zinc oxide cream which is really thick and creamy and seems to do a much better job at lubricating and maintaining lubrication if I leave it in for a long time. Its also quite soothing. I cant emphasize how much I like this stuff specifically for my anus. I tried other diaper rash creams but find this one has the best consistency and a nice smell to it. Please give it a try if you are trying massage or self dilation.

I'm pretty optimistic so far- I dont want to say I'm fully healed yet but this is the fastest I have seen myself getting better and the best it has felt in several years. I may try to upgrade to a larger plug as this one is getting pretty easy to put in. The reason I chose plug instead of dilators is it is more convenient to kinda just leave it in there versus doing a dilating routine (although I do spend 10 minutes or so easing it in and out through the thickest area usually at first before leaving it in).

I'll come back with some more updates later on. Lurking this forum has been great to hear other peoples ideas and experiences. Wish me luck!
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Re: plugging my way to a new life

Postby chachacha » 13 Jan 2019, 18:05

Sounds like you have found something that is working for you, and I hope that you don't have any setbacks. I would worry about going up a size though, because you don't want to become too loose down there!
Fissure since about 2007
Fissure diagnosed in 2011
Diltiazem for two years - didn't work well
LIS January, 2015
Hemorrhoidectomy December, 2017
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Re: plugging my way to a new life

Postby optimisticguy » 13 Jan 2019, 19:48

chachacha wrote:Sounds like you have found something that is working for you, and I hope that you don't have any setbacks. I would worry about going up a size though, because you don't want to become too loose down there!


Haha thanks. I'm not too worried about that for now - I've never had any problems holding in my stool (despite having IBD). As a matter of fact, even when farting I feel I have to kinda push it out a little because i'm usually so tight!
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Re: plugging my way to a new life

Postby chic » 07 Feb 2019, 14:37

Lord's dilation procedure has been claimed to result in a small percentage of patients suffering from incontinence, but that has been attributed to no standardization. The original procedure also involved anesthesia and (relatively) rapid dilation (by the doctor in his office). Many people use butt plugs, very gradually increasing the size without incontinence. Most doctors now say that surgery is better. A huge drawback of doing it yourself is that doctors don't make money. I hope you have found your solution.
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Re: plugging my way to a new life

Postby Miked » 25 Feb 2019, 14:46

I've had a fissure diagnosed in 2007 and my GP followed conservative treatment (i.e. no surgery, increased fibre and stool softeners). It was a brutal period in my life, and since have had haemorrhoid banding done twice. I always suffer if my stool gets too hard or too big in diameter. While suffering through the 100th episode I to figured using a butt plug might help (I'm a straight male, and not something I would be trying unless out of desperation). I've tried a few different types, but actually the thing that works best for me is lubing up my index and middle finger and self dilating for a few minutes first thing in the morning (gradually moving fingers apart and moving up down side to side wearing a PVC glove or very closely clipped finger nails). Below is an interesting article on anal sphincter self massage. It seems pretty odd that if your sphincter muscle is the problem that self massage and stretching aren't considered a first line of treatment. You'd do this for any other muscle in the body as opposed to cutting it, using calcium channel blockers or injecting botox...wouldn't you.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl ... 30-438.pdf
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Re: plugging my way to a new life

Postby cummyheah » 21 Apr 2019, 21:03

Hi Miked, I've been using butt plugs for years now, kept me opened up enough to have easy BM's. Now on a regular
schedule of using them in morning in the shower. Had an anal fissure for two years before the plugs seemed to start to help.
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