Welcome back Corsi :cat02: We have missed you !!
So glad you had a nice time with friends, but I am sorry your fissure did not behave
How are you feeling now ? Will you go for another shot ? Do you feel the botox has helped you ?

Lecia…Good luck for your test results today and your acupuncture today !
xx

Thanks so much, my lovlies!

Its sad you couldnt have a good time as you expected.even i visited friends up in the north hoping to have a good time as id postponed everything in my life due to pain.then i felt it was a mistake and hubby got me home soon as i was in pain and spent most of my time in bed.i can understand what you went through.
will you be seeing your crs soon?hope you feel better tomorrow.

I :redlove: all of you!
I don't know what to do now actually. I have bled 1 1/2 week now, and I am back on Xylocain when having a BM (as if I ever stopped :( ), and it burns like when I'm done. My CRS said that I really had to avoid hard/big stool, and I have had that kind of for three days now . The pain level is higher, and I'm sore...
I read in your thread Tabby, the discussion about food - BM. As Lecia wrote, it's a constant quest to fing the best pooh....I don't know what I do wrong. The least painful consistency for me is toothpaste/mashed potatoes, but now it's gone Come Back Again!!!
I felt that Botox worked, but now it is destroyed by my pooh ......
What should I do? Less stool softener? Call the CRS?
I feel like a failure....shouldn't have gone away.
Corsica
I agree, beautiful picture Lecia - always beautiful pictures all of you. You are all so goooood looking :)

I hope you get the box of goodies soon. I think you will find one or the other will help you in your quest for the perfect poop. It is frustrating, especially when you do everything you know to do and you have an unpredictable outcome.
You are not a failure. In fact, I am proud of you for going away and taking a chance. You are awesome and your butt wlll get in line. It might be that you need another injection soon. I would touch base with the CRS. Can you use any anoheal/rectogesic cream on the area to augment the effects of the botox?
I need to send you a box of All Bran buds cereal. That really has been the one thing that I can say for sure that works with getting a good quality bm.
Hang in there, buddy!

Hey Corsi
Did you look into movicol ?
While my BMs are bigger they are not hard just more formed Those hard poops are the bad boys I do wonder if the movicol would be better for you ?
I have also started taking magnesium citrate 100mg daily , this seems to help in keeping things soft !
I think more softener not less while you are sore like this and experiencing the bleeding, your CRS did say to call if you experience pain which you are …
Please don’t say you are a failure this is something we have no control over sweetheart, try not to beat yourself up...
I am very proud you too Corsi !

:( :( oh Corsi, that's just horrible its playing you up again. Its probably best to give your CRS a call, just to get his opinion. Could it just be a change of envirinment that maybe caused all this? And maybe it could get back to normal now you're home? My tummy behaves differently if I go anywhere on holiday.
You're definately not a failure, this isn't your fault!
Hope you feel better soon,
XX

corsi dear,dont be so hard on yourself.its not your fault and you are not a failure.you gave it another chance and its not working.why dont you see your crs soon if you need another shot of botox or LIS.even i use movicol and it helps to keep the BMs soft.
hope you feel better soon

Hey Corsi - what are you talking about buddy - how is it your fault that you got the fissure in the first place ,not to mention now that you are doing everything possible to heal :truebud: !!!??? Is it your fault that you are still a human and are trying to live normal life just for a couple of days ??? Of course not - even if you slipped completely from your diet , eat chips and hamburgers and drank beer 24/7 and had an anal sex LOL, I - the Fissy- ABSOLVE YOU !!!! There :sprinkleheart:
It is frustrating to keep poop certain consistency and sometimes it is just impossible for whatever physiological process that happens in our guts . If it was that easy nobody would ever have a fissure for more than 8 weeks - period ! I now use Colace to keep my poop soft and try to eat same darn thing every day and yes, Lecia's all bran "puppy chow" is great as well as any kind of beans or cooked veggies - lately bsamati rice with mixed veggies and turmeric makes poop perfect - so , yeah - we all try the best we can, but still - hard sh*t happens ( I copy-right this one for my bumper sticker lol ). I used Metamucil for ages and worked fantastic, now although it makes my poop soft it is just too bulky and after this second procedure it just does not work for me ! I have to use something that makes it soft and not big and so I take Colace or MOM sometimes just for a good measure ! So, you see, even though I was never constipated in my life and always went 2-3 times a day I still got a fissure and still am dealing with it even with perfect poop and supposedly looser sphincter ( yeah right - I really sometimes wonder what the heck DID they cut down there - :kim: . I definitely had a pseudo - LIS both times or I have alien sphincter and in ether case - NOT MY DAMN FAULT !!!!!
So, Corsi, my friend - please don't blame yourself for nature's worst evolutionary mistake in constructing anal opening of such colossal disfunction and low adaptability - or God taking a day off before he finished that hole correctly - it has nothing to do with what you eat or do - so many people live of horrible diet, go poop once in a month, have anal sex and who knows what else do to macerate that hole and have "no problemos " what so ever !!!
Call your CRS , just for the peace of mind - and I just hope you are not in much of pain :thinkofyou: It will settle down - just try to stay sane until it does - that is the biggest challenge :krusty:

Fissy!!! How are you today buddy?? Are things any better??