by Ekdreamer » 02 Aug 2018, 12:03
Hey there Brooklyn, ive been meaning to post about it but had exams and it became hard blah blah blah. To the point, i actually knew I was going to be having LIS until I had changed into the hospital gown when I heard doc say to my dad that he would be doing a "small" dilation. Was given local anaesthesia and sedation.Procedure was done and it was pretty easy. Didnt feel anything afterwards and was out of hospital in 3-4 hrs including recovery time. Wasnt incontinent at all just a lot of passing wind which I could control and the anal hole definitely felt loser. I didn't have a BM until day 3 after the dilation and honestly I was extremely nervous because you know 3 days and no BM means a hard bm when you finally go.I was also using duphalac for the stool softener. BM was pretty easy, normal with some pain, I would say maybe a 4/10 but way better than before and there were no spasms and pain after. I actually managed to go to school, seat my exams and not think about my butt for the entire day
My diet was still pretty easy and a lot of bland foods and pureed stuff. Second Bm was much much better with the pain at a 2/10 and zero pain after. I think I got pretty confident and indulged a little in the wrong food which set me back to a 6/10 level of pain but zero spasms. This got me really down because I thought I was finally getting a hold of it but I guess you just never know with this thing. One minute am completely pain free and the next it's back.
I will be seeing my doc again for the 2 week check up on Saturday because I think the dilation is a continuous thing and he may dilate some more, I am not sure about that bit but I will post on here after the check up
Overall everything is much better than before, other than the little pain when passing stool, which BTW has gradually lessened, atleast I can go about my life afterwards without any pain and I can have a BM without taking painkillers after.