Hello all,
Went to a colorectal surgeon last week for a bad fissure that has been bothering me for a few months. She prescribed hydro cortisone suppositories and to continue my new regimen of drinking a lot of water, adding fiber to my diet (benefiber and what I eat) and she said to keep the area dry at all times aside from when I am in the bath or shower. I was using an anti-itch cream my dermatologist prescribed for some itching issues back there a few months back on the fissure but she said to stop using it and to try to have nothing on it and keep it dry.
My questions are as follows...
--- since my change of diet, my stomach has been upset quite often. Is it that my body isn't used to the level of fiber I am feeding it. This morning I had bran flakes with blueberries, an apple and a bananna and just had turkey breast with cheese (no bread) for lunch and my stomach feels like crap. Did anyone else have stomach issues when they abruptly changed their diet? Will I simply adjust?
--- the itching is now the biggest issue by far for me. Last Wednesday when I had a BM it ripped me apart and there was blood in the toilet and on the paper, now it's almost clean of blood altogether but it itches like nothing ever before. Is this what happens when it is trying to heal? Last night I took a sitz bath, then a shower and I shot some water up there because it felt so good because it itched so bad. I unfortunately broke down and scratched at it for just a few seconds and then it became kind of moist and when I wiped gently there was some blood. Very discouraging. How do you stop the itch?