okay, here's the 1 month post-LIS surgery update for me, happyass!
if you look back at report 3 weeks out, i was suspicious of the skin tag site as i didn't "feel it" healing normally and it felt puffier and a bit more hard as well as tender than the other anal tissues, also had a follow-up CRS appt that following thursday.
the CRS took a peak in there with not one but two anoscope entries - why she choses to always put me through 2 is beyond me but the first one is always the worst as she just kinda shoves it in there - mind you not super fast but quite fast that i have no chance to really relax - ugh.
anyway, i told her that i felt something snap earlier that week and it must have been the tissues where the skin tag site was trying to heal. she confirmed that yes the skin tag site was healing nicely but not healed yet. on the other hand, she commented that the fissure was still there and was healing slower than she would have liked.
the possibility of having a second procedure entered the conversation and well, if need be, then fine.
also she will have me on a 'watch' every 3 months up to the first year for any new HPV growth. i supposed if i need to get more tissue removed, i could sneak in an LIS adjustment.
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okay the good news is:
no bleeding present even despite some set backs noted in the challenging section
aside from the 3 instances, typically my BMs have been discomfort/pain free during and post-BM relief.
discharges from anus almost completely gone to gone. i kept wearing gauzes to avoid moisture/sweaty butt as i walked to work. (this changed however, about day 29)
farting has been a treat!
finally played Just Dance 1 and 2 on Wii and had lots of fun this weekend.
got on my elliptical tonight too. went really well.
i decided to treat myself to a trip to go home. i was a bit skeptical how i would do on the 2 plane flights since i didn't anticipate having 2 anoscopies done the day of the flight. i took some extra acetomenaphine to help with any potential discomfort. flights were fine.
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the challenges i had the last week of my 1st month were:
after something snapped in the area of my skin tag excision, and after the CRS gave me the clear on nothing looking/feeling infected, i was optimistic.
however, going home for that weekend, i didn't have access to a bath tub to do my soaks and i had started to use the Charmin Freshmates wipes for cleaning. i was still using gauze pads to keep moisture under control. i was all clear through Texas but the following events happened.
i got back to DC on Monday night (day 29) and had a BM. again, something felt like it snapped and there was a new intense pain that i hadn't experienced previously from the skin tag excision site! odd enough no blood.
cleaned up that night with hot bath and added some lidocaine ointment. gauzed myself. waking up on tuesday morning, gauze had brownish to greenish discharge. i hadn't seen that before at all!
cut a fresh aloe vera plant leaf and applied the natural salve to the area where skin tag excision site was. gauzed myself. went to work. at work, i checked my gauze, and i had brownish/green discharge. these discharges weren't huge and only were like a 2 inch line on the gauze.
the following days, i did feel a cut in my bum. especially when sitting down for extended periods of time at work. i didn't have this before leaving Texas so i owed it all up to the after effects of that "snap" event.
i went to CVS and got me some triple antibiotic to use that evening.
did my hot bath at night and i noticed that the skin tag area's puffiness and tenderness and somewhat "hardness" were all gone.
prepped my butt for sleep - with antibiotic ointment and aloe vera and gauze.
next wednesday morning, a smaller discharge and lighter green/brown color. did my bath, added antibiotic ointment and gauzed myself for the day.
by thursday morning, there was no discharge on gauze. since thursday, discharge has disappeared.
i have been keeping my antibiotic ointment treatment.
had my primary physician take a peak at things down there and he didn't really think there was anything going on and i offered him a chance to give me a prescription for antibiotics for oral consumption but he didn't think it was necessary.
enter metamucil conversation.
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today is now saturday and my butt now feels normal actually. whereas before, i always felt suspicious about the way the skin tag excision site felt - it didn't feel like the rest of my anus. as of today, it has graduated and now feels like the rest of my anus.
interesting.
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i was able to find the ketanserin gel in mexico and had it sent to me. it was approximately $75 including shipping. i started application of the gel friday night. you are supposed to apply 3 times per day, with 1 application overnight. you are supposed to apply on fissure area.
i am hoping that this gel will aid in the healing of the skin tag excision primarily.
tonight i decided to go in further and apply gel inside rectum as there wasn't any noticeable side effects from the external application. put on my finger cots and let myself relax.
i could sense the fissure as i slowly entered the anus. darn thing! made sure that area got a nice coating.
i also went a bit further in and i feel like there is this big scab inside. i am assuming that is where the LIS incision was made. i know that it has to be that cause it matches the side the CRS said the LIS was made.
after adding the ketanserin ointment, i applied a coating of lidocaine 5% to the fissure site as well. otherwise, i was surprised at how well things were feeling down there.
i am hoping that the ketanserin will help with the skin tag open wound and then fissure secondly. the suggested treatment with ketanserin is 15 days. so let's see what happens in 15 days!
i get a sense that the skin tag excision site is morphing and actually feels like it is healing the way that it should have in the first place since my butt now feels normal all around.
we'll see.
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here is going into week 5 and month no. 2!!!!