Thanks! He's two now and quite a handful!
Corsi--how are you today? I had almost no pain the last two days and then today am having more pain...my BM today burned and is still burning now. Ugh

Jen (or anyone) I saw that super diaper rash cream thread and I may have asked you this (forgive me, I cannot remember these days) did you like that better or the coconut oil? Does either one work better for the burning?

Thanks Macy !
Sorry to hear your rough time today
Hows the benifibre going ? How much do you take ?
I started on half a tsp yesterday, I am being brave !
I wonder if you mean the a&d ointment ??
I like your avator ! I like the mum and peanut outfit too

I actually take two teaspoons at lunch but started out with half and built up.
Thanks, those were such happy times...pre butt hell.
I read the thread that Jen had and I think its about the same thing.

Yes wise to build these things up very slowly :roll:
You have lots of mummy time yet
That ointment is good stuff it is a good barrier cream !

Do you have any kids Tabby? Do you have much pain anymore?

macymae wrote: Corsi--how are you today? I had almost no pain the last two days and then today am having more pain...my BM today burned and is still burning now. Ugh

Is it pain in the beginning of the BM or burning pain afterwards?
If it is burning pain afterwards I would think it's the fissure or what's left of it that burns because of the poop :oops: , but I wouldn't worry. I think that we fissure people will be compromised down there for a very long time, or maybe forever and burning will happen every now and then...anyone who disagrees?
What do you eat? Do you think your sphincter had become looser after LIS? Are you lifting your baby a lot? You know what the other boardies say...no straining! I agree with them, straining is bad for healing fissures.
How are you today sweetie?
BM was OK today, I take both lactulose and Movicol to keep things OK. I eat fruit and drink avocado/strawberry smoothies during the day...Tabby told me I eat very healthily :D so it must be true I don't dare to go off the wagon and eat "everything", I really think about what I put in my mouth...fibre fibre fibre! I have celiac disease, so it's not like I have ever been able to eat everything. I'm used to living on a very strict diet.
I even went to a party with my work colleagues yesterday evening and drank 2-3 glasses of wine. To me drinking wine, in moderation of course, has not been to bad post LIS. 1- 2 glasses every now and then has been OK, I just have to drink water as well.
Corsi

Hey Corsi!
I am ok today, still feeling some burn but have not had a BM yet. I went off my fissure diet a little and had a casserole with tomato sauce in it and think that is waht made it burn. I just get so sick of the same thing. I eat mostly healthly with the occasional order of french fries :)
I also love sweets and gave them up for three months and started letting myself have some once or twice a week, which I did fine with.
You are right. I think I will be compromised down there for awhile. It's very frustrating.
What is lactulose and Movicol? Have not heard of those.

Movicol=Miralax in the US

Oh! I get it. That stuff works well for me when I don't eat well.
Oh and I don't feel looser since LIS, but BM's were no where near as painful and are larger. I feel LIS worked in the sense of the BM's being easier, but the fissure is just being a booger to heal.