Suspected Fissure . . . Now What???
Okay, first let me say that I did not disregard the advice received in response to my post a couple of weeks ago about my early morning episode in the bathroom (recap, solid movement, little stinging, extreme dizziness requiring rush to bed and weak, shaky feeling for a couple hours . . . ). Now, I suspect however that I've been dealing with a mild fissure for the past 3 weeks or so.
Warning - TMI and BTR (Bathroom?) Talk . . .
From the very first day of getting back on track, my BT habits have gone back into a predictable routine. One full elimination in the morning. Usually beginning is nice and solid (I'm guessing thanks to the protein shake each morning) and then softer to finish. The first couple of days, I did exert a little pressure to initiate, but that's it. Even that very first morning, I did feel a little bit of stinging (you remember, in my post I associated it with my body being a little uncomfortably stretched because I haven't had solid movements like that due to my eating habits the past couple of years) The burning/stinging/stretching sensation has continued, still mild, but more noticable since then. For a while there it felt like when I would indulge in too many Blazin' Buffalo Doritos with french onion dip. But as it has continued, I've been able to compare the feeling more and it's not the same burning.
Since it hasn't gone away, I haven't been able to identify a particular food culprit that would irritate that way, and has gotten progressively worse (kind of mild-moderate, not screaming pain, but I would say "disturbingly" painful) now, I suspect it's been a fissure all along.
That being the case . . . what do I do now, to make sure it doesn't get worse and help it heal?
Warning - TMI and BTR (Bathroom?) Talk . . .
From the very first day of getting back on track, my BT habits have gone back into a predictable routine. One full elimination in the morning. Usually beginning is nice and solid (I'm guessing thanks to the protein shake each morning) and then softer to finish. The first couple of days, I did exert a little pressure to initiate, but that's it. Even that very first morning, I did feel a little bit of stinging (you remember, in my post I associated it with my body being a little uncomfortably stretched because I haven't had solid movements like that due to my eating habits the past couple of years) The burning/stinging/stretching sensation has continued, still mild, but more noticable since then. For a while there it felt like when I would indulge in too many Blazin' Buffalo Doritos with french onion dip. But as it has continued, I've been able to compare the feeling more and it's not the same burning.
Since it hasn't gone away, I haven't been able to identify a particular food culprit that would irritate that way, and has gotten progressively worse (kind of mild-moderate, not screaming pain, but I would say "disturbingly" painful) now, I suspect it's been a fissure all along.
That being the case . . . what do I do now, to make sure it doesn't get worse and help it heal?