Hi there again, Kristy
Here is a link to all the posts on anal dilation, which includes the one that I periodically update myself, which is called Self Dilation. jr2, who is a moderator, also practices this:
http://anal-fissure.org/search?search_keywords=self+dilation
I am very strict with my diet. VERY. I never take chances,
EVER as chances lead to pain. My diet is
very ordinary and
very boring, but I can eat most anything that is fairly mushy. It is what works for me and I have found that that is the best for me. I lost about 25kg at the beginning of all this over two years ago, and have put on about 8kg over the past six months. I weighed a little more than I should when I started to lose weight, but it was not my intention to diet....I was happy with what I weighed.
I started to take vitamins about 8 months ago, and this has made an incredible difference for me. I take something called SmartyPants Vitamins for adults, which are like fruit pastiles and have been like manna from heaven for me!
First thing, a glass of hot water, followed by a poop...I use my Sitz bath afterwards until I feel clean and comfortable. I always clean with dampened Johnson and Johnson gauze pads. Always.
And I never ever wipe, only dab. Then I go back to bed for a bit.
Breakfast: a scone, with organic honey. A tiny amount of coffee mixed with hot milk watered down with water. & 3 vitamins for afters. I have my breakfast in my car down by our local river (I have terrible internet access, so I go to get that when I have breakfast...). Back home after about 2 hours.
When I get home, I eat two Metamucil biscuits, cinnamon flavour. With this I drink 2 glasses of hot water and go to the loo again, with the same routine as earlier in the day.
I am a long standing vegetarian. My main meal is about 2.30 in the afternoon. It always has potatoes in it, and other veggies for me. I bake or boil 1 large spud, which I cut up and mix with veggie (I first started with organic baby vegetables, mixing this over mashed potato - this is all I felt I could take after months of constant pain...and it worked. Started with baby carrot...it worked for me.).
With my potato I have low fat cream cheese, carrots, mix veggies of whatever I fancy, but mushy. I don't eat beans or anything like that. I make sure there is lots of organic stock mixed with it all.
AND I EAT VERY LIGHT AS THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS FOR ME. MODERATION!!! With the meal, I always add about 2 & a 1/2 tablespoons of organic olive oil.
After my meal, I have a few organic gummies (not sure what you call them, but they are like Fruit Gums) which have vitamin C in them. Just soft sweeties that I suck. Again, for me, all is in moderation. I drink another glass of hot water after my drunch (my word for a mixture of lunch and dinner...!).
During the rest of the day I might have the odd taste of something. Never more than a mouthful of whatever my hubby might be eating, (and I chew everything very very well) and never meat. He loves curry...I don't touch it, but I prepare the spices (with a great Indian cookery book that I bought in Sydney many years ago when I lived there :) )
In the evening, I usually have an American biscuit, with butter that has olive oil mixed in with it. Then...wait for it...I have a piece of cheese cake! Just about every evening. Just the cheese part, no crust. To top this all off, I have the last three of my SmartPants vitamins. And a couple of glasses of water. Sometimes I will have a little treat of whatever ever I fancy. Very very small. Not chocolate, my stomach won't cope with it.
I take a third of a cap measure of Milk of Magnesia every night. And I drink a glass of water with that, and another glass when I clean my teeth in the evening.
About an hour before sleeptime, I take 0.5mg of Lorazepam. This relaxes me and about a half an hour after that, I do my dilation.
I always make sure that I drink at least 8 glasses of water - about 64oz (sorry, not sure in metric measure), and that I get enough fibre. About 18oz of fibre for me
In general - though there are still occasions - I no longer have spasms. When I did, they were awful. I do still have to rest on my sofa for part of the day, but nothing like earlier on. If you look up my user name, you can look back over my posts to see what I went through from 2011.
That about covers this!
All the best. If you would like more info about the dilation, send me a private message.
Any other questions don't hesitate to ask.
Sav