Hi everyone
Similar back story to everybody else on here, years of fissure healing through diet and laxatives/topical agents then re-injuring and starting the process all over again.
Anyway, after 8months of the fissure being back with no intention of letting itself heal, I underwent tag removal and Botox last Tuesday.
Was "relatively" pain free for 1-2 days after surgery, then it hit on the morning of day 3: massive urge for BM, then small pencil thin poop and feeling of incomplete evacuation (followed by intense pain/muscle spasm). Figured the pain killers might be backing me up, increased movicol from 2 sachets daily to 4.
Next day, felt like I needed to poop all day, but couldn't at all. Didn't want to push or strain, and every attempt to defecate resulted in crippling muscle spasms and sharp pain at the site of tag removal.
1-2 days after that, increased movicol dosage to 6 sachets daily.
Fast forward to a week later - still no bowel movement. Muscle spasms, sharp pain, constant need to go to the bathroom but unable.
Saw my CR surgeon yesterday, he said everything looked OK, probably just constipated. Recommended picoprep (same bowel prep before surgery) to get bowels moving again. It basically gives you heavy diarrhoea.
The picoprep has taught me something. I'm not constipated. I'm actually unable to voluntarily open my bowels. Even now, with intense stomach gurgling diarrhoea, it's like the muscles don't work and "keep the door shut" or something. Has anybody experienced anything like this?