I may have found a solution to my fissure

I've had a fissure on and off these past thirty years and only these past two months that it really bothered me and messed up my life. After going to three different doctors, the last visit was to a gastrointerologist and he basically resolved my issue.

I have always been regular and never miss a day going to the bathroom. My issue was that my stools are hard and no matter how much fibre I ate or drank water, my stools were still hard.

The GI doctor explained that I need to put back water in the large intestine. PS the job of the large intestine is to remove all excess water from the food/poop.

Since the pain started I was eating just oats, fruit, veg and small protein. I had cut off pasta, bread and didn't even touch a cracker, thinking that they will add to my hard stools.

Solution: To put back water in the large intestine one needs to take an 'osmotic laxative' such as Fybogel or Movicol. I bought both of them and since Movicol is stronger than Fybogel, I take a Fybogel after lunch and a Movicol sachet after dinner. They worked wonders - poop is not hard and am now back to eating healthy but everything.

The trick is to soften the stools. It's been now over a week and have zero pain. Fissure seemed to have healed. I will continue taking Fybogel forever so that the fissure will not return. Hope this helps!

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