LOL I think you'll be alright with a glass of wine :) If I'd just kept things reasonable I don't think I would've ended up with problems again. Just got a little overconfident is all

hello junk food!!! but i am sorry to hear that ng. you will be having a healthy christmas now hey!

NG,
I think we all get over confident at times about our butts. Boy, you really got over confident, didn't you??? Hope you get feeling better soon. Best wishes for you and the family.

Wow what a reminder. I'm sorry to hear about that NG. The up side is with your past experience at least you know how to tackle this the best way. Hope your Xmas being scaled down food/drink-wise doesn't get you down too much. TLBC required by the bucket load eh?

well NG, i have a treat for you to maybe consider making - if you don't have any allergies to the following and feel free to improvise where needed but keep it all veggie now!
1/4 red onion, chopped like if you were making salsa dip
1/4 white onion, chopped - same way
1/2 cup of grated or chopped fresh ginger
2 or 3 teeths of fresh garlic, chopped
1 raw yam or butternut squash, cut into cubes
1/2 or 3/4 bag of fresh, washed, greens mix such as kale, collard greens, turnip greens, bok choy, etc.
1 cup of cubed firm tofu
3 capfuls of olive oil for sauteeing
1 capful of seasame oil for final touch
as needed, sea salt
as needed, garlic salt (not powder)
sprinkles of tumeric
sprinkles of teka
***
heat up your big pot / pan
have everything cut and ready before heating your pan
add the 3 capfuls of olive oil
let it get hot in about 1 minute
add in the onions, garlic, and ginger
let that sautee for about 3 minutes
add in tofu
let that all sautee for about 2 minutes
add in the yams or butternut squash
let all that sautee for about 3 minutes
(you may need to add about 1/5 cup of water)
lower heat but not all the way down to simmer - like maybe a medium heat
add in the mixed greens
mix it all in with the above ingredients
add another 1/5 cup of water to help induce steam
cover
let everything heat up and cook for about 7 minutes covered
at this time, add in seasame oil, sea salt, garlic salt, and tumeric
stir and cook for another 3-5 minutes - once all greens have wilted and are nice and submissive/soft.
***
on the side, make some quinoa or couscous or barley. i suppose you can also enjoy this with brown rice.
***
add the quinoa or whatever grain at bottom of bowl.
spoon in some nice servings of the above greens/yams/sautee.
serve nice and hot!
enjoy.
this has kept my poops so soft.......well, i also eat lots of veggies in the day time and prunes and oatmeal......with some liberties at times......
but i love this sautee.
it does the body good.

Oh NG- No! I hope this is only temporary. Don't despair!
Bambi

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :( ..... I am soo sorry NG
. I really hope that you will heal very fast and it should happen even if it is a fissure. Once we have a LIS our anus becomes permanently more relaxed and promotes not only healing immediately after the LIS , but also if we have any re-tears in the future. That is why LIS is "permanent" solution !!!!
JUST PLEASE be careful NG - really now *sigh. That deadly combo of popcorn and chips and stuff would re-tear even "normal" butt *sigh Just forget about that "food group" that is not even a food It is not worth it ... not worth it buddy ... what can I say
Wishing you extra fast healing !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks guys :) Haven't seen any additional blood for a bit (knock on wood) but things definitely feel a little bit off. Hope everyone had a good holiday season!

NG....... I'm exactly in the same boat as you - believe it or not... I have been one to many times for BM and today there was blood present on the TP and pain followed, it's not as bad as the proper fissure days but is characteristic burning and stinging, the only difference is that I now have blood whereas in my fissure days I never bled, don't think the festive period has helped me, stress of Christmas and the rich foods etc, tbh I'm a bit worried at this point, it's true what you said about going crazy on the junk food!!

So unfair!!