Bad day today
Some of you have probably seen me post, but if not, I have a chronic fissure, since January, that gives me spasms for most of the day. I have severe hypertonicity in my sphincter and am scheduled for LIS later this month. I'm not sure what causes this, but I haven't had a bowel movement for three days. I drank my water, took my normal doses of Miralax, aloe, Magnesium and Benefiber but nothing was ready to come down. Then, this morning, the gates opened and I have been to the bathroom with explosive stools 12 times in five hours. Heavy breathing, almost black out dizziness, screaming pain. Completely liquid, extreme force behind them and they have smelled up both of the floors in my house so that I had to open all the windows even though it's so hot out. I'm in so much pain now - the heating pad which normally soothes isn't working, no position is comfortable - I'm at a 7-8 on the pain scale with none of it lightening up anytime soon. I've taken the max of Tylenol and Ibuprofen which never helps, but I'm desperate. I've slabbed on lidocaine. I've walked, as best as I could, to get the blood flowing in that area. I had to take the day off work eventually which is rare for me because I work from home. I'm not going to make it three more weeks at this rate. And wtf causes these constipated, but not really constipated at all spells I have?! My eating habits haven't changed and I'm trying so hard to be as consistent as possible. Idk what to do about this issue today - our urgent cares can't prescribe anything other than prescription Ibuprofen which I've already taken today. The ER made things worse the last time I went there on February and my Colorectal surgeon is a nightmare to get into.
Posted Jun 8, 2026, 4:32 PM UTC