Hi Jenifer, so sorry to hear of your pain, we have all been there and completely understand what you are going through. And your right, unless they have been through this...No one else can understand the pain.
Good to see you finally managed a BM, although painfull afterwards, at least you finally managed to go and better out then in, especially when theres a build up.
Thats great you have an appointment with a CRS, you will be in the right hands then.
Meanwhile, have you tried sitz baths? I spent weeks having three 20 minute Epsom Salt Sitz a day when I was at my worst, and they really do seem to take the edge off the pain. Also vaseline before a BM and then a Sitz straight after. I also go to bed with a water bottle under my bum.
As you know, diet and fluid play a HUGE roll in helping cure these nasty little Aliens. At least 3 litres of water a day, Soluble fibre diet, and nothing hard that doesnt digest well.
Dont suffer in pain either, take pain relief every 4 hours when needed, but check the ingrediants as codeine and some other meds can constipate..which is Hell for us!!!
I know its hard, but try not to worry too much about work and try to focus on you. I understand you have had to be off, I was off for two weeks straight at my worst as I couldn't sit, stand, walk, without pain. At the end of the day, I know we need our jobs, but we need our health more. And worry will also not help the fissure. Stress is really not good when trying to deal with these.
So just for now, try not to worry about having to be off, and put all your focus into feeling better and relaxing.
There are soo many of us here, so dont ever feel alone. Anytime you want to chat, just log in and find us. Although "Log" in, is probably not the best way to put that on a Bum Club
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