by Paininthe » 01 Jul 2012, 13:55
Hey all of my secret fissure society friends! Yes, I am alive and ok. As my wife described on previous posts, pain was bad first day and night, then had first BM issues resolved last night around 8pm last night. Seemed as if on at least 10 occasions prior to my first BM yesterday my body was telling me that I had to go which ended up in 5 minute stints on the toilet and nothing coming out. I was becoming stressed out wondering what was goin on down there! Apparently my backside was packed heavily internally with gauze. I swear the entire state of NJ could have heard me shout "OH MY GOD!" as the guaze and BM passed. Bleeding was minimal afterwards, but pain came back which I beat down again with my beloved percocet.
Went to bed with with maxi pad in my undies (cannot believe I just typed those words), then woke up this am with minimal staining on pad. Had breakfast, then off to bathroom for BM. Again, it was a horrid painful event. I guess as expected from reading other posts. Hey Kat, I recall your past posts where u advised that on day 5 you were still not feeling well, then day 6 u came around. Im kinda counting on a similar recovery at this rate.
I have been eating tons of fiber rich foods and hydrating as much as possible to counteract the constipation caused by percocets.
As my wife had mentioned earlier, I am so glad I got this done, especially due to the fact that the fissure was large enough where CRS needed to clean it up and stitch it together. If I had opted to cancel surgery and try to heal without surgery, this problem would have just been kicked down the road until the large tear got LARGER. I just hope to recover quickly, then get back into a life where I wont have to dwell on this anymore. Thank you all for your support. I will keep you posted on my recovery.