Hi guys,
before I start asking questions, I'll give a brief info about my situation. So 3 days ago my doctor examined me and told me I had an AF. Never even knew these existed! I thought I had internal hemorrhoids because I've been struggling with my BMs for about 3 weeks, I noticed the blood and the constant pain during and after BMs :( don't even know how I lasted that long without treatment, I was so busy with other stuff that I just shrugged it off until 3 days ago, I almost fainted twice in the toilet during 2 different BMs during the morning. I was so scared so I booked a doctor's appointment the same day. As for the near-fainting thing, my mom said maybe it's my body's way of dealing with pain because I have VERY VERY low pain tolerance (not a good combo with AF right ) and maybe cause I didn't eat any meal before having those BMs.
So I've started eating fruits and veggies + drinking water. I gotta admit, I'm very young and childish and didn't listen to my parents when they told me to stop consuming bad foods/drinks, now I have to deal with my karma and grow up I never ever eat healthy stuff, probably just veggies from a burger haha! also, I get really scared and paranoid about any kind of pain so now I'm scared to eat much :( I'm on my school holiday but school is gonna resume next week. I'm so stressed with both school and this. To top it off, I've recently gotten a nasty burn and my doctor is checking if I have problems with my kidneys because before that I had problems with the area under my stomach. I'm getting all depressed and I've been crying a lot when I'm alone and during BMs. I even wanna drop out until it's healed but I can't cause my fees have been paid. For the past 3 days I've done nothing but research and stay in bed! :\ I haven't told anyone else about it except my family, boyfriend and 1 best friend. I can tell some of them are getting sick of me when I talk about it :oops:
I've been taking both a cream called Rectogesic (Glyceryl trinitrate) - 3 times a day - and Lactulose syrup (stool softener) - 15ml twice a day.
sorry I'm falling out of topic sooo.. here's a few questions..
1. Is the stool softener suppose to make me gassy or make my stomach rumble loudly? And my last BM was yesterday at 3pm which was very diarrhea-like! don't need to describe it, it hurt so bad so I changed the Lactolose syrup to 10ml because of it.. and when I drink the syrup, my stomach hurts a little to sometimes a lot.. is my bad stool the fault of the syrup or it is because my body is surprised with all the healthy food I've been eating? All my meals are kinda healthy now so it was a BIG change for my body.
2. So my last BM was yesterday at 3pm, it is now almost 1am here which means I haven't had a BM for nearly 34 hours! I got scared so my last dose of Lactolose was back to 15ml to help prepare me for my next BM. I'm gonna sleep soon so more hours
Within that 33 hours I ate:
THURSDAY NIGHT:
- steak with just a few sauce + buttered broccoli + small amount of buttered corn + salad with ranch dressing + bit of white rice
FRIDAY (today):
- bowl of bran cereal with no milk for bfast
- salad + salmon with ranch dressing / grapes & 1 apple for lunch
- fried rice + squid + veggies for dinner
I'm sooo scared my next stool will be too firm and hard :oops:.. has anyone had a day with no BM yet their stool turned out soft the next day? do you think I'm eating to low which is why I'm not having any BMs? I'm not ready for this the past 3 days (tues - thurs), i had 2 BMs each.
3. Is coconut oil better than vaseline to help with BMs? Should I apply it after a BM as well or will it irritate the skin and cause more tearing?
4. Does magnesium tablets really help? Or is a stool softener good enough?
5. Any tips on how to deal with AF during school/work?
And just for girls, during their time of the month? :oops:
I'm very sorry if I'm talkative and sorry if I don't give good advice as I am new to this..
But thank you advance if anyone replies!