by bgd » 03 May 2013, 11:16
May 3rd - BM around 6:45PM; 3 days since last BM
My symptoms where completely gone before BM. I've put it on the previous successful BM, which gave me like 7 days of healing without a tear. But I had this feeling of bowel fullness, starting 2 days after BM. However I decided to hold back for another day.
I also cut off on herbal ointments. I decided the keep only the one given by my doctor, which I find it has the best cooling effect, at least that. And I'm also keeping Manuka, I find it does work, at least on my placebo.
Today I felt like going all day long, some farts helped in the morning, but then it was clearly no.2 popping its head out. So I went home a bit earlier to start the protocol. Added another step to the portfolio, bath before BM, thanks anonymous board member, can't remember ID. It did help relax the sphincter before BM.
I used even more vaseline this time, however this BM wasn't so successful. Although I barely eat anything (something like 2 tomatoes with olive oil and bread day 1) I got a very large stool, luckily still soft. So it started alright, I was super careful to slow down and release gently. I did start to feel some itch after a while; the large amount of stool must've washed off the vaseline. Since weather got hot, I also noticed vaseline got thinner, so it might be a good idea to keep it in the refrigerator and apply cold.
Anyways, there was some blood and I did feel some itch, not like a tear, more like an irritation. But I don't feel that bad tearing sensation, so it shouldn't be that bad after all. But I'm starting to wonder if big stools rarely is better than small stools more often. Either way, it seems to tear, more or less. I might go back and try pooping once every 2 days, see how that goes.
Usual massive swelling that went away in minutes while bathing. No pain afterwards. Hour and a half later I'm starting to feel the symptoms. Sphincter slowly closing in, slight stinging. It usually gets bad after 4h. My daughter just kicked me right in the ass while drinking her milk next to me, that surely didn't help.
Now waiting to see how bad it gets this time. Trying to focus on the time past 8h when pain usually subsides completely, so I'll probably have a great weekend with next BM on Monday. It's not that bad after all, I'm down to 3-4 hours in bed waiting for another 3-4 of pain, mainly moderate and controllable with baths. All this every 3-4 days. We can call it a progress.
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4 and a half hours past BM and had no real spasm, just some small wannabes. I don't think it's gonna show up tonight, so I might even be able to fall asleep before midnight. Not that I miss it, but it's a bit surprising cause I did have more discomfort during this BM compared to other occasions when I got spasm. This is 2nd time I'm not having spasm since it all started. It is still annoying that I need to rest for hours after BM, but it's a good progress overall. I have to conclude it's the Manuka Honey, it is the only new element I introduced one week ago.
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So I fell asleep close to midnight thinking spasm has left the building. Then I felt like I'm gonna lose my mind when I woke up 2 AM in moderate pain, but enough to keep me awake. Why this 7+ hours delay?? What is going on? Short shower spray stopped the spasm but then bam, it wakes me again at 3:30AM. This time I needed to sit in the bath tub. It started so well, now all my night ruined. Don't get it.
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bgd on 04 May 2013, 02:09, edited 5 times in total.