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How to handle need for bathroom.

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kathy_64894
kathy_64894

I have managed to keep my stool soft enough to pass without much pain BUT sometimes it's too soft causing urgency to go. As you can imagine this can be a problem. Has anyone else experienced this? How do you handle it?

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  • nicole41359
    nicole41359 kathy_64894

    Posted

    which stool softeners are you taking and how much?

    • kathy_64894
      kathy_64894 nicole41359

      Posted

      Hi I take 150 mg of magnesium citrate nightly and about every 3rd night I take a stool softener that is comprised of senna, casera, licorice, juniper and oil of peppermint. I take this about every 2-3 nights otherwise my stool is too hard to pass. I won't take a chance on getting another fissure as mine took 3 + years to heal.

    • nicole41359
      nicole41359 kathy_64894

      Posted

      hi, thanks for replying back. whats the name of the mag? and the name of the stool softeners please?

      any tips for healing a fissure?

      how did you heal yours?

      i have had my fissure for a year, still wont heal. they are hard to heal

    • kathy_64894
      kathy_64894 nicole41359

      Posted

      Hi

      I'm in Canada so not sure you can get the same products. I use Webber Naturals Magnesium Citrate and Nature's Harmony stool softener. I had no surgery for my fissure. At its worse I seriously considered it but opted not to as it has a slight chance of causing fecal incontinence. Here's what I did:

      -avoid hard stools at all costs, magnesium really helps

      -drink lots of water

      -shower head right up into the area to clean well

      -anti inflammatory pain killers

      -avoid spicy food or food with seeds or sharp bits like popcorn

      -don't overeat as to cause too much work for your bowels but you have to eat to keep them working. Hard I know but I've lost 40 lbs. in past 3 years which I needed to so not so bad

      -0.2% nitroglycerin cream by perscription

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