by ladiesman320 » 04 Aug 2012, 08:29
I was on the Adkins diet on June 23rd before a motorcycle track day. I wanted to slim down a bit more so that I could fit in my leathers. I decided to go on the Adkins diet for a week. The only problem was I did not consume nearly any fiber at all. The night before friday I had a hard stool. I thought to myself, wow that hurt a but. After that it I felt a bit of discomfort while walking but continued to even take my dogs for a walk that night. Upon awakening the next morning, I felt a very large discomfort in my anus the kind that wakes you up out of bed. I quickly got dressed and noticed I was unable to sit down. Later on that day I tried like hell to go #2, but it barely would work feeling like the hole was swollen shut.
I later spent the next few days in sitz baths and trying just about every over the counter hemmeroid/anal relieve medicine i could find. I was constipated for two whole days, having to take a fleet enema to relieve the pressure. Which I might add hurt like hell.
A day later I decided to throw in the towel and go to the doctor. He said it was a hemmeroid and that I should go lay in the bath and lay flat and it would go away on its own. I respectfully disagreed, but given his wall of diplomas's, I tried my best not to argue. Three days passed and the bump I thought that was on my anus started ballooning. To the point where I was waking up in cold sweats, feverish, and feeling like crap. The next day I got in with a GI and he proclaimed it to be a perennial abscess. He gave my antibiotics for a day and scooted me off to a general surgeon the next day who decided to lance it in the office, just using a local numbing agent. That hurt like hell i might also add. After he did that, I was good to go for a week. I finished my antibiotics and ate high fiber to keep everything in order.
To my dismay the abcess that was nearly drained a week and a half ago decided to get a little bit bigger (AGAIN) and emit puss and blood. I quickly made in apointment with a very good colon surgon in town. She violated me 10 ways until sunday and said I had a fistula. She did not think it was too bad but still had to cut in to the muscle a bit to lay the track out. They booked me for surgery a week later. That was was a bit painful as I was so just sit there and wait- not really getting any better still in pain.
Surgery day was July 30th. Nervous as can I had my girlfriend cart my happy ass to the hospital. The nurses were really nice and my surgeon was awesome. They put me under and I did not feel a damn think. I awoke an hour later feeling like a million bucks. I more than likely spent 2 hours at the hospital and they discharged me after the specatcular tylenol PM's wore off. The doctor told me girlfriend while performing surgery she discovered a; fissure (that was healing on its own), and the fistula had branched out a little deep however she placed two setons in and laid out the "Mother ship" fistula and I should be ready to rock and roll.
Moral of the story: The tear in my anus was more than likely caused by the lack of fiber in the Adkins. I've been doing this diet on and off for 3 years and it finally caught up to me. I work out 5-6 times a week, 25 years old, NO health problems, No crohns/IBS problems. I suppose it can happen to anyone. I am ready to be done with this. It's been a month and some change and I am ready to get back to my regular life!
Questions
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#1 How long did it take you to recover?
#2 Bowel movements? Mine seem to be watery from the miralax and cause a lot of pain where the incision was cut. Once I complete the first BM of the day it hurts for about 1.5 hrs (8/10 PAIN) and then goes away. My next BM's do not hurt. It is almost if my anus is still trying to expand but I do not have anything to discharge.
#3 When i take sitz bath it stings where the cut it is. Is this normal?
God bless everyone I hope my experience can help other people going through a similar one. I was mortified to have researched online and find they really don't have jack crap on this topic.