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Sweet Bugaboo · by **Sweet Bugaboo** » 10 Apr 2012, 15:16

Davo wrote:POST LIS – DAYS #23-26
**Copenhagen Junk food fest**
So I spent the weekend in Copenhagen and decided to relax the fissure diet and test out some normally out of bound foods. However I didn’t expect things to get so out of control!!!
Day 1: The flight over there was with British Airways and in true British fashion I was served a mini English breakfast (Sausages, hash browns, bacon and beans). Lunch was in the Hard Rock cafй with the biggest club sandwich I had ever seen (chicken breast, bacon, etc and a huge portion of fries). Dinner was a more subtle affair in a Danish restaurant with scallops, beef tartare, mashed potato, side salad and half a bottle of red wine. My BM the following morning was pain free as usual and caused me no problems.
Day 2: A breakfast of scrambled eggs, breads, cheeses, ham and a pot of tea. Lunch was battered fish and chips and dinner started with a roast duck salad and the main course was a 10oz fillet steak all washed down with half a bottle of red again. Again my BM the following morning was pain free with no issues.
Day 3: Scrambled eggs & bacon on toast for breakfast, lunch was a ham and cheese baguette and dinner was a huge pulled pork sandwich with fries and three huge beers (or lager as we call It in the UK). Again my BM the following morning was pain free with no issues.
Day 4: Bran Flakes for breakfast, a tomato and mozzarella baguette at the airport and for convenience when I returned home it was time for pizza porn…. A dominos Hawaiian pizza with ham and pineapple…… blisss !!! now this is where things change a little – I momentarily felt a slight twinge during my BM and had some slight irritation for about an hour or so following this. Certainly nothing painful but more like the feeling you get if you need to give it a quick clean with a baby wipe. Also this irritation came from the incision point rather than the fissure location. This was this morning and now its lunchtime and everything is fine again.
So that was my food weekend, it all went a bit mental and over indulgent but I have craved all this stuff for over half a year now and you know what? …… It was blissful !!!!
The only real side effect I have endured is my waistline has expanded and my wallet has been emptied. Has anyone ever been to Copenhagen?? It is ridiculously expensive, for example… Fish and chips twice in a standard bar = Ј45 ($71), two Gin and tonic Waters = Ј20 ($32), two cups of coffee in Starbucks = Ј10 ($16)
Anyway it is my post-LIS follow up this Thursday so I will update you with my progress then
Davo

Davo, wow! First of all, we don't get that kind of airline service, food-wise, here in the U.S. anymore, particularly on a short flight. I'm not even sure we get that kind of food service on our long flights, either.
Anyway - you certainly did feast it up enough for all of us, lol. I'm so glad you had a good time and can pretty much eat what you want to eat. I'm still maintaining a careful diet -- by that, I mean there are certain foods I won't eat (which I probably wouldn't eat, anyhow) - and I've cut out all sugar, most fats, and I faithfully take my fiber and Miralax, every day. However, I did have the two procedures, versus only an LIS - and I did have that setback about a month ago . . . so, I'm trying to be careful. I still feel like I'm healing - but I definitely do not have stabbing AF pain like I used to have.
Guess you'll be going all out with the wedding food, huh? lol. --- FTR, I've never been to Europe or any of its surrounding countries. Maybe someday. I'll be happy if I can take my mother to TN in a few weeks and eat the kind of food I grew up on - grits, red-eye gravy (or white, or whatever kind I want there), fried potatoes, okra (if it's in season there - not sure about that one), chess pie, hush puppies, etc. One of my cousins is having a barbeque - Southern style - for us, and that oughta be tasty! Hopefully, my still-tender little backside will hold is own. We shall see.

Davo · by **Davo** » 11 Apr 2012, 14:10

Hi Sweet,
Airline food service in the UK is also generally terrible, in fact British Airways normally only offer a small packet of pretzels so i dont know why they offered a breakfast all of a sudden.
How long has it been since you had you had your surgery now? It must be at least 10 weeks or so? You should be nearing the end of your healing very shortly and then you can invite me over the big pond for pizza.
If you ever do travel to Europe stick with London, Amsterdam or Paris (they are my favourite places)
By the way i haven't a clue what grits, red-eye gravy, chess pie or hush puppies are!! (I thought hush puppies were shoes!)
Davo

Sweet Bugaboo · by **Sweet Bugaboo** » 11 Apr 2012, 14:27

Davo wrote:Hi Sweet,
Airline food service in the UK is also generally terrible, in fact British Airways normally only offer a small packet of pretzels so i dont know why they offered a breakfast all of a sudden.
How long has it been since you had you had your surgery now? It must be at least 10 weeks or so? You should be nearing the end of your healing very shortly and then you can invite me over the big pond for pizza.
If you ever do travel to Europe stick with London, Amsterdam or Paris (they are my favourite places)
By the way i haven't a clue what grits, red-eye gravy, chess pie or hush puppies are!! (I thought hush puppies were shoes!)
Davo

Hi, Davo - Good to talk with you! Thanks for the reply. --- We get the same thing with our airline service - usually a box of nuts or pretzels. Or, there are $5.00 "lunch" boxes for sale, usually three varieties - but they only have snack food in them - hardly worth the cost, IMO.
I think I'm better. My surgery was at the end of January - and the added procedure (fissurectomy), plus that dreadful setback a few weeks' ago, have made my healing a bit slower -- but I'm better. I know that healing varies from person to person, so in my case, I might need just a bit more time to feel stronger and more confident. But yes, thanks, I'm better.
Oh, my lordy be! I grew up on the food I mentioned . . . I'm going to post a few links (don't know if this board allows that, but I hope so) -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grits --- and then http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_pie.
I love biscuits - our American kind, NOT cookies! - with red-eye gravy. Here's a link for red-eye gravy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-eye_gravy. Milk gravy is just that - gravy made with milk, flour, some kind of drippings, etc.
And of course, fried potatoes are potatoes that are peeled raw, then diced, then cooked in a pan (usually covered), then uncovered at the end of the cooking process, so as to brown the outside. Delicious!
Hush puppies are rounded, deep-fried "balls" of cornmeal -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hushpuppy.
It's neat to go back there (to the Southern region of the U.S.), because those foods are readily available. Yum, yum, yum! I haven't even talked about so many of the other Southern dishes, but I'll tell ya what, Paula Deen has nothing over my mother's cooking! - or any of the other ladies in the family.
Hope you get those links. :)

Sweet Bugaboo · by **Sweet Bugaboo** » 11 Apr 2012, 14:30

I just tried some of those links - a couple work, but the others tell you to search further.
The info is there on Wikipedia, when you have time to look.

Sue27uk · by **Sue27uk** » 12 Apr 2012, 05:02

Aw Andy, I am so sorry to hear the botox has been unsuccessful. Following my own experience it doesn't surprise me! I too intend to refuse another round of botox as it seemed to make things worse rather than better. Dare I say it, I've had a week of no pain. Unfortunately this returned on Sunday but seems to have cleared up again. Went shopping yesterday, and got a bit irritated so don't know what to think really. Been applying the rectogesic for 3 months now and not sure what to do! Roll on 8th May, hopefully some advice and if no luck off to the private CRS I go if needs be!! Hope you feel better soon, I never had any problems with gas or anything but I know it can be a side effect. Give it a little more time. When is your follow-up?
Hey Davo, sounds like you've been eating for the rest of us!! I agree, Amsterdam and Paris are great if you ever come over Sweet. If you ever get to Paris visit the Pompidou Centre (though art is my thing so I'm a bit biased!), plus of course the Eiffel Tower and go to the top!!! Amsterdam very pretty too. I would love to go to America, it's my dream and I will make it one day. Just wanted to say Davo, thanks for the support you have given me over the past few months. This forum and the people on it are great and at times have kept me going.

I have lost alot of friends over this but have decided the few who have stuck around are worth it. I am more positive now, my fissure is sort of under control and is definitely improved. Plus having my other problem under control is great too. Hope your follow-up appointment goes well, let us know how you get on. Oh by the way I think you asked a while ago where I was in the UK, I live in Worcestershire so sometimes get referred there but my doctors is on the border of Birmingham so I get a choice of where to go (nice!). So I am at a hospital in Birmingham for all the fissure stuff and a different one for my other problem :)

rasmith3530 · by **rasmith3530** » 12 Apr 2012, 09:00

Wow Davo, how did you manage to eat all that food and where the same size clothes back home? That's fantastic that you are able to eat so normally. I have maintained the pre-LIS diet for the most part, but have made a few forays into the land of more exotic fire, the main thing being to treat myself one day to some real honest to goodness Chinese. Where your weekness is pizza, mine is Asian. Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean, and even Japanese are where its at for me.
I don't know why, but I was surprised when you mentioned having gone to Domino's. I didn't realize you guys had them on the other side of the pond. They are quite common here, and although they are pretty popular, to compare them to a true, good Chicago pizza is like comparing a McDonald's cheeseburger to a half pound hand formed pub burger with sharp cheddar and real rashers of bacon on a high quality bakery bun! You ever make it to Chicago, look me up and we'll go for some of the best pizza on the planet!
As to your progress, it is good to hear that you're doing so well. I had that same kind of incontinence of which you speak, but that has gone away now. I don't know if you guys have these in the UK, but what I did was to use "Tuck's" medicated pads. These are small discs made of fine cotton with Witch Hazel on them. These worked great for me, plus the Witch Hazel was very cooling. The only downside is that they are a bit on the "juicey" side, and so, does require use of a women's panty liner.
Once again, it is good hear that you are coming along so well.

Davo · by **Davo** » 12 Apr 2012, 10:50

Hi Sue,
I have eaten for everybody I think and this is reflected in my ever increasing waist measurements!!! I would also like to thank you for your support and comments, this board is fully of truly wonderful people or the salt of the earth as a Londoner would say. To name a few are yourself, Tanya, Sweet Bugaboo, Thisfissure and RAS all of who are suffering themselves yet come on here to help others – you should be proud of yourselves guys.
I am so glad you are feeling positive and things seems to be getting under control, let’s hope things heal up shortly.
RAS,
Well on the flight home I seem to remember my jeans being a little on the tight side and my belt had gone down a notch! It’s wonderful eating junk food after being deprived of it for so long! Ohh and actually I am a huge fan of food from Asia, I am a regular visitor to Thailand and Malaysia and love red curries, redangs, massamans, etc.
As for Dominos my girlfriend single handedly keeps them in business in the UK – she is one of them people who can stuff her face all day long and still not put a scrap of weight on (don’t you just hate people like that??) I actually showed her your comments about Chicago pizza and she has added it as a place to visit!!
I did have a look for tuck pads once however the hospital gave me a few packs of 12 x 12 gauze which does a similar job and I have loads of them left.
Sweet,
I went through your links in detail (a few didn’t work so I googled them instead) – you have some great food out there.
Ohh and who is Paula Deen?
Thanks for your comments everyone – the CRS four week update is to follow!
Davo

rasmith3530 · by **rasmith3530** » 12 Apr 2012, 11:25

http://www.pauladeen.com/
Here ya go Davo. Thanks for the vote of confidence there. Myself, it's been a long time since I've been to the far east. My last venture was a trip courtesy of my rich uncle on one of his big gray yachts with about 3500 of my closest friends and about 90 small, very fast aircraft. I would like to go back there some day sans all the fireworks displays we were brought in to provide, if you know what I mean.

Davo · by **Davo** » 12 Apr 2012, 13:13

POST LIS –Four Weeks Post LIS
**Four Week CRS Follow up**
So today I had my four week follow up with my CRS to review how things were going since my LIS procedure.
The first thing he asked me was how things were going, I told him about my progress and how sometimes the incision wound would cause me some slight irritation, I also mentioned that I still seem to be having some daily liquid stool soiling. He looked a bit concerned which freaked me out a little so he took me into his side room for an inspection.
Firstly the irritation – this is due to Granulation tissue which is developing at the incision location. Granulation tissue basically replaces the blood clotting at the incision point and fills the void helping it to heal correctly. As its freshly healing it could cause some mild irritation but this should fully heal within the next four weeks.
As for the liquid stool soiling it’s not actually liquid stool or incontinence but it’s just weeping from the granulation tissue therefore I have never actually had any leakage at all… so no incontinence issues whatsoever.
Then in just his casual everyday voice he said to me, “OH BY THE WAY YOU NO LONGER HAVE A FISSURE, IT HAS FULLY HEALED AND THE SURGERY WAS A 100% SUCCESS!!!”
I had to get him to repeat it and he started to laugh but I can confirm that I am now fissure free.
He has told me to reduce the movicol to one sachet every other day for one week and to then stop taking it altogether. He said I can eat any food I like and drink whatever I want. I can also go back to the gym, go swimming, start cycling and just do whatever I want again.
He then stood up, patted me on the back, shook my hand and told me to go and live the life I have missed for the past seven months.
I am still stunned, it all seems strange being fissure free but damn it feels good!!! I have been on the verge of tears for a few hours now!!!
So to sum up the best decision I have ever made in my life was to ask for my girlfriends hand in marriage, the second best without a shadow of a doubt was to have LIS surgery. The rest of my life begins now……..
Davo

Sweet Bugaboo · by **Sweet Bugaboo** » 12 Apr 2012, 14:06

Davo wrote:POST LIS –Four Weeks Post LIS
**Four Week CRS Follow up**
So today I had my four week follow up with my CRS to review how things were going since my LIS procedure.
The first thing he asked me was how things were going, I told him about my progress and how sometimes the incision wound would cause me some slight irritation, I also mentioned that I still seem to be having some daily liquid stool soiling. He looked a bit concerned which freaked me out a little so he took me into his side room for an inspection.
Firstly the irritation – this is due to Granulation tissue which is developing at the incision location. Granulation tissue basically replaces the blood clotting at the incision point and fills the void helping it to heal correctly. As its freshly healing it could cause some mild irritation but this should fully heal within the next four weeks.
As for the liquid stool soiling it’s not actually liquid stool or incontinence but it’s just weeping from the granulation tissue therefore I have never actually had any leakage at all… so no incontinence issues whatsoever.
Then in just his casual everyday voice he said to me, “OH BY THE WAY YOU NO LONGER HAVE A FISSURE, IT HAS FULLY HEALED AND THE SURGERY WAS A 100% SUCCESS!!!”
I had to get him to repeat it and he started to laugh but I can confirm that I am now fissure free.
He has told me to reduce the movicol to one sachet every other day for one week and to then stop taking it altogether. He said I can eat any food I like and drink whatever I want. I can also go back to the gym, go swimming, start cycling and just do whatever I want again.
He then stood up, patted me on the back, shook my hand and told me to go and live the life I have missed for the past seven months.
I am still stunned, it all seems strange being fissure free but damn it feels good!!! I have been on the verge of tears for a few hours now!!!
So to sum up the best decision I have ever made in my life was to ask for my girlfriends hand in marriage, the second best without a shadow of a doubt was to have LIS surgery. The rest of my life begins now……..
Davo

Aw, Davo . . . ! I'm sooooo glad to hear this!! That is truly great news! Yes, the rest of your life begins now - and you can enjoy it, fully!
I faced my ob/gyn today (for my annual exam) and it went well, as well. He was very careful to not bother my bottom bottom-end, IYKWIM . . . or should we say (American style), he didn't touch my fanny . . . (or UK style), he touched my fanny but not my bottom . . . ? LOL
Either way, I got the all-clear from him, and that's good - and my backside did not hurt during that particular exam. Again, he didn't investigate it, just took a quick look and said that the healing looked fine to him.
I think we'll all get there - to where we're healed, some of us just take a bit more time.
Please don't disappear all together now! --- and why not go out and celebrate, by eating a large piece of juicy pizza? LOL, You might as well.

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