jax wrote:Sweet Bugaboo wrote:Hey, boys!
Sounds like you're both doing quite well, fanny wise - (and otherwise, too, I hope).
I am still on Miralax, though I've cut it down, a little. Fiber One in the morning, two Fiber One brownies per day, also - plus vegetables and just regular food - that's my daily regime.
It's taken me a good two months to get to this point, but I think (knock on wood) I'm really starting to feel normal again, and it's wonderful! Of course, I want to avoid anymore rear-end setbacks, like the plague!!, so I'm being very careful.
Rob - my latest crs told me I've had to be on a fiber supplement for the rest of my life (Konsyl, Metamucil, etc.). --- Davo, is Movicol sold here?
Was your fissure really bad? Why did he say you had to be on a fiber supplement for the rest of your life? Is that standard?
jax - I really don't know. The first crs I saw said my AF was fine. (I was in HORRENDOUS pain, too!). The second crs said, "Oh, you have a fissure - but it's about 1mm, so give it time and fiber - that's the long-term fix." Well, I went through 3 1/2 months of pain and agony - no blood, just pain - and finally, the third crs said that "any fissure that is bothersome is considered chronic, no matter whether the fissure is two weeks old or two years old." He also emphatically said that there were "no magic creams or potions" that would heal it. He said I had two choices - to live with it, or have the surgery. Four days' later, I was in the hospital, having my surgery.
The recovery has taken awhile - and the whole process (fissure, going through various crs's, waiting for the AF to heal, finally getting surgery, now going through post-op recovery) has taken six months and counting out of my life, at this point. But, I'm really glad to be on the other side of the surgery.
The fourth crs - my third crs is now in Afghanistan, serving military duty - is the one I've recently seen, for post-op checks, and he's the one who's said I will have to be on a fiber supplement for the rest of my life. It's not bad - I just mix up the Konsyl every day and quickly drink it. I also eat Fiber One cereal in the morning, plus 1-2 Fiber One brownies during the day. At night I'm still drinking a bit of Miralax, just to make sure things go smoothly. All of that is my current program, and it seems to be working alright.