by 2youngtosuffer » 06 Jul 2012, 14:24
Well firstly thank you to all those who post and help share their experience
I am a 29 year old male who has suffered for the past 3 years. Such a young age which was a combination of very hard stools and sitting for 14-16 hours at a time for years.
The suffering got worse and worse. Tried to ignore it, tried to treat it and then it just becomes part of everyday life. Some weeks worse then others. But I hit my tipping point.
A little background. I am in VERY good shape. This is not to brag but to simply prove that this can happen to anyone. If you saw me at the beach you would say man that guy is cut. I workout a lot, I eat VERY well. I eat well for 2 reasons. The main being if I eat bad my fissure gets HORRIBLe. I also have a gluten allergy that forces me to eat as best as I can. I admit I can't avoid my beers on the weekend and dabbling during the week. Cleaning my diet up over the past year has helped a good amount with the fissure. Lots of clean meats, protein shakes(lactose free as I am also lactose intolerant), fruits, veggies etc. But that alone did NOT work. I do believe it is important. I eat very little cheese, gluten, etc. I basically eat clean during the week and cheat a bit on weekends(Hey I am young I party not gonna lie)
What I have tried
-Wipes(we'll come back to this)
-Nitro glyc
-neosporin and every other kind of creme and powder you can think of. Temporary at best
-This list is huge. Embarrassing at my age and huge
-desitin(this actually helped quite a bit for awhile but smelled like crap and is messy) My father swears by this stuff for his hemmoroids though.
-use all kinds of powders
-jock itch cream
YOU NAME IT
I literally planned my days/nights/times with girls around my ASS! Gotta have a sense of humor.
Well for the first time in years I have had one full week where I feel AMAZING! No walking and burning, no extreme pain after bowel movements, my ass actually FEELS healed if that makes sense. Now I know it's too early to tell and I am still very cautiously optimistic but I HAD to come here and share because I know the feeling of absolute dread and to find some light after years feels amazing.
One thing I had been using for years was prep H wipes(containing witch hazel). I assumed for a long time they were hemmorhoids but just found it much easier to wipe so continued to buy and use them for EVERY bowel movement. It was the only way I could get clean. Especially when the spasms stop and you have to go back to re-wipe. How uncomfortable is this stuff? Well the other week I thought jeez maybe those wipes are actually bad. Well what did I do? Google and it brought me to posts saying witch hazel is BAD for your fissures cause it thins the skin. Well great , good job me. Immediately stopped. I now use baby wipes that do the same job. I feel like an idiot for this one if this helped prevent my healing in any way.
Olive oil. As a workout buff I take a LOT of vitamins. Which I hoped would also help heal me. Well maybe they do and don't but certainly it won't help alone. Many vitamins I take are fish-oil, sesame oil etc. These are good for anyone to take, but for those of us that need are poops to slide out its even more important. But olive oil is a game changer. It's a very healthy fat(Extra virgin of course) and it will help lubricate your stools. I do the following and it has had an immediate effect. I take a shot after my morning stool(I go to the bathroom pretty regular always have in the morning), and also take a shot at night before bed. I do a tablespoon. 2 tbsp a day is very healthy. I believe this is a VERY large contribute to my healing and success so far.
Prunes- I have also been eating 7-8 prunes per night before bed.
As for post stools and during the day. I could always feel the cut pretty bad when walking etc. I now use two products.
Super Salve(it's made for kids and is very safe) has olive oil in it , beeswax and other such products. I put a thin layer on after I am cleaned up with the baby wipes.
Lantiseptic - I then use this which I believe has also greatly contributed to the healing thus far. I put this on right after the salve and it basically feels like a bandaid. Keeps the area dry(which I believe is needed to heal) and prevents any of that rough chaffing feeling when you are just walking/sitting etc. This to me is similar to desitin but has barely any smell and messiness. My grandmother was in ICU and this was the only thing that cured some painful sores in her rear. So if its strong enough for a very sick elderly woman why not me.
I am VERY optimistic about this and have never ever had a full week like this in 3 years where I felt this good. I intend to keep you all updated and hope maybe in some small way this well help you all.