by JHH » 18 Apr 2022, 10:49
Hi there
Yeah, I noticed some people recommend keeping your stools big and formed. However, I totally disagree. At least from my personal experience.
I do my healing best with a bristol 6, and only months after my fissure healed, I stopped the stoolsofteners slowly. Every retear I had was caused by a formed bristol 4 BM, so Im not buying the idea to cut the softeners as along as we are not healed.
I use magnesia, psyllium husk and lactose. I tried miralax, which worked great, but my IBS couldn't tolerate it.
- Fissure developed in Jan '13
- Started rectogesic in Feb '13 and diltiazem Apr '13.
- Got botox Jun '13
- Healed by Okt '13, although I still had some irritation for about a year.
- New fissure April '22, healed June 2022
- New fissure 24. December 2023