Kreaybutt wrote:I don't think it matters what brand of rice it is but you should add a bit of olive oil over your rice for taste and it helps lube things up. Also there's a high fiber oatmeal that really helps me it's 10 grams of soluble fiber) I have it every morning. Quaker oats maple and brown sugar oatmeal. Black beans and rice in a whole wheat tortilla, yummy! Salads are t too great for you, I've learned on here and from experience that raw leafy veggies/salads don't digest well
Thanks for the tips!
About the oatmeal, I honestly can't down Quaker as much as I would want to, I just find it seriously nasty :( I have completely changed my menu lately but I still try to at least eat stuff that doesn't depress me as much as the pain :/ A good example is bread, I'm a white bread fanatic but lately I changed almost entirely to whole wheat and even that is limited to about 2 slices a day, I don't enjoy it but I don't hate it either...
Good to know about raw and leafy veggies, I thought those were the best thing I can have but I guess I was wrong...
Ever the Optimist wrote:Hi Mercury,
Sorry to read this having been there too.
Unfortunately, the bottom line with a fissure is that it takes a LONG time to heal completely. This was my biggest lesson. The pattern for most fissure sufferers seems to be at least two-three months of that acute pain you describe, after then for some of us, creams & Botox have kicked in, which makes everything a bit more manageable and painless but not entirely by far. My fissure became chronic and healed after 1 yr and 5 months! but I did reach about a 3 month stage where things compared to the very beginning, were much better....LIS will very possibly speed up the healing process but even then it doesn't heal the fissure itself - it just allows quicker healing to take place.
I fully appreciate the having to work issue, as I've always worked full-time myself. When the fissure was at its worst, I used a soft pillow in the car, took lots of painkillers and just forced myself through it with constant thoughts of "This isn't always going to be like this" and now it's not.......
It takes a LOT of patience, trialing, strength and positivity to get through this but you will get there in the end......There are no short cuts I discovered but there is a lot you can try out to make life easier in the meantime.
A hot bath helped every morning before I went to work, a painkiller with breakfast, a soft cushion at work and lots of distracting techniques too.
There are lots of opinions on how best to use the Recto - Some are unable to apply internally because of the pain it causes but other use syringes to help with this issue. I used Diltiziam myself and inserted this internally a few cms in and it was really helpful for me. Others say they found the creams just as effective when applying externally but my feeling is if you can insert a little INTO the anus, then possibly the better the effects - My own opinion of course.
I truly wish you all the very best in working through this - another tip, pre lube your anus with a big dollop of vaseline prior to a BM - that really seems to help & I use Coconut Oil after the clean-up to keep things soft and moisturised. There are a lot of good reports on using Manuka Honey in the same way too..........
I'm sorry to have to tell you it takes a while, but don't fail to keep up all the good stuff you are currently doing and please try not to strain in any way on the toilet!!!..........
Well EtO, you certainly gave me lots to think about... I know it will take a while even with LIS but with my wedding coming up I just don't know if I can take my sweet time nurturing this affliction and I'm guessing LIS will probably ensure my health by wedding time, that's the only reason I'm considering doing it, it doesn't exactly sound like a lot of fun... (except maybe Davo's LIS
) I also have my job to think about and unless I have a BM like I had today (really soft, no plug at all, barely any pain after and perfect 2 hours later) there's no amount of painpills and cushions that'll allow me to do my job, it involves a lot of sitting on my chair and thinking/reading/whatever and I just can't concentrate on anything while I'm in such pain...
As for Recto, I do stick it a bit in there. Not too much as it can hurt me but usually it doesn't and I get it right in there. I just heard some folk sayig it wasn't necessary and wanted to find out so tnx for that.
Anyways thanks for all the help, this forum has so much info in it it's really the greatest source of info a man can ask for in this situation.