Hello,
I'm about 4 days into what my doctor assumes is an anal fissure and I've researched as much as I could but there are still some questions which I can't seem to find answers for and I was hoping someone could help me.
1 - My BM's feel very slightly sharp/stinging although I've been eating more fibre, is this just the sensation of the stool passing over an open wound that makes it seem like it's sharp or stinging or should I start taking some softeners along with the increased fibre just incase?
2 - Going to the toilet, my BM's are still about half watery with very small but several solid stools, should I go every single time I need to pass or should I try to regulate myself to twice a day like I have been (Once before bed and once after breakfast and before my morning shower)
3 - I first saw some very light, practically pink blood stains on my TP, they seem to be consistent in amount of blood and there's never any in my stool or the toilet water, should I just ignore this as a side effect of the open wound?
Sorry if there is actually answers around for these questions, I've looked as much as possible but these things seem to have eluded me thus far.
Thank you.
EDIT~
Sorry to be a bother with the question, but I have another I'd like to tack onto the end of these. Basically question one and two are no longer required to be answered, it seems my diet just took a while to kick in, my stools are a lot softer and getting closer to normal size.
My added question is, my pain has practically all gone, I have enough 45 seconds of very minimal pain after going to the toilet, but the amount of blood has increased. It's very bright red and is still only on the toilet tissue, I noticed some on the side of the toilet but that was after a BM in which I passed gas midway through so I'm assuming that's how it happened. More to the point, should I be worried about the increase in blood or should I just keep monitoring it until I return to the doctors on Tuesday? It's not causing me any problems, no light-headedness or dizziness it's just very daunting to see that much blood on your toilet paper, I'm sure all of you have gone through the feeling before.