Hello, new here after reading for a while.
Just lost a long post with my story so will do that another time. The short version is -
I have had severe pain with fissure for at least six weeks. Have a polyp as well and am on waiting list for surgery. Having IVF which likely caused constipation and means I can't take certain medication and, depending on the timing and if I am fortunate enough to conceive, will have to delay the surgery.
I am on a high fibre diet, using a squat stool and breathing techniques to help with BMs. Taking paracetamol.
At the moment almost all of my day is pain management (baths, sitz baths, heat pads). If I am having a good day I can move about a bit, like hang some laundry up and walk the dog. On a bad day I just move between the bath and being in bed with a heat pad. The pain can be unbearable and I am crying and rocking about like a sick animal.
I am starting some new work from home soon which I hope I can manage by sitting on my heat pad and fitting in sitz baths. But I have also been offered some work out of the home which would involve sitting (in different seats) and standing. Also a long walk there (I don't drive and wouldn't dare cycle at the moment). I have been interested in this job for a while but just don't see how I could do it at the moment, and really frustrated and disappointed about it.
I have a delayed sleep phase (aka, I am a night owl), which can mean having a BM before a 9am start doesn't happen for me and often early working hours means I get constipated. The working from home job is a later shift, luckily.
How do you cope with working? Especially getting to work after a BM or managing pain when you are there?