Hoping you can help. I have my LIS op this month. I have been working with my fissure for a year now. Throughout I was advised to take stool softeners. However now these have stopped working, which mean every BM is more painful. Both my doctor and consultant haven't got any advice.
Now I take (and I'm embarrassed to say):
15ml lactulose am and pm
1 packet of movocol am and pm (same as miralax)
3 spoons of olive oil 3 times a day
5 ducoease
Tea spoon of psyllium am and pm.
I also started trying molasses with apple vinegar twice a day.
I'm struggling through at the moment, but I do need to find something to help for 5 weeks after the op to help with healing
Really I want to be off this stuff - it's so bad in the long term.
Any advice?