Hello all! First time writer!
I have been dealing with an AF for a few months. The first few weeks were extremely painful and hard to get through, mentally. I don’t exactly know where it came from I wasn’t pregnant or constipated. I think it happened because I was rushing to poop before leaving the house one day.
Luckily, I’m past that horrible initial phase and am now in the… less painful, still painful, slow healing/maintenance phase. It’s gotten a bit worse in the last few days so I’m just trying to regain my control on the reins of this awful condition and hopefully keep healing rather than regressing….
My main issue is the spasms after a BM. They hurt a lot and slow the healing down so much. I can’t afford medical treatment so I’ve been dealing with it completely solo. Argh.
Wanted to share something that had helped me a lot, that I haven’t seen mentioned here yet.
Everyone mentions creams, diet, water, fibre, laxatives etc but what helped me out of the first horrible stage was- Anal douching!
I have a small bulb style anal douche that I got from an online store. If I feel I need to poop, I will fill the douche with warm water, lay on a towel on the bathroom floor, insert the stem into my butt and squeeze it until half or all the water is inside me..
Then I get up and go to the toilet.
The water helps everything pass much more quickly and smoothly. It stops poop from getting stuck or from being slow.. and the water stops it from gripping onto your colon walls and dragging/ hurting the fissures so much on the way out.
Use this in combination with everything else you’re doing :)
I do not have a bathtub so I use a clean rectangular kitty litter box of warm water to sit in on the shower floor. I have that ready so I can go straight from pooping to sitting in the warm water.
Very classy..
Made an account to post this and I hope it helps someone!!