Sigh, my stomach cannot digest beef like it use too.

Hello all,

I have been doing very well the last couple of weeks, little or no sign of bleeding, and the spasms have been diminishing to almost not at all after a BM. I have been following everyone's advice here on the forum as to using Vaseline before going to have a BM and that has actually helped out a lot.

I normally eat chicken, fish and some pork for protein, but 2 days ago I ate some beef fajita meat, and well today I had the biggest and thickest BM that I have had since I originally tore my anal area.

I did not have any pain nor did I see blood on the tissue paper or the stool. I was really suprised that there was no pain followed by the BM, I still took 2 advil just in case pain came, but it did not come.

This just happen about an hour ago, so I'm hoping I did not retear the anal area again.

Oh, before I forget. may everyone here have a HappY New YeAr!!!

Big log!

LOL, funny Kim

I remember when I use to tell my friends,"I'll be back, I'm going to lay some bricks". It always got a laugh.

Now I really get worried when my stool is bigger than the size of a banana.

Sounds like you're doing great Raul. It's actually a good sign to pass large volumes and not have any problems.

You should be "proud" of your produce!

Here here !!

I know them big logs are scary but Kim is right be proud

Happy new year Kim and Raul !
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good progress raul!

as to the "size of a banana"... i can't pass anything bigger than a finger without horrible pain, stretching and tearing. banana size would kill me! yikes!

I keep telling myself that I'm making progress, but in the same time I don't want to be to overconfident about my present condition.

A lot of reading on this site has taught me that this thing can re tear anytime, if not careful.

It is frustrating at times, but it's good to have a site like this to vent out.




Oh and I gave up eating beef for the time being, and notice that my bm's have gone back to their normal smaller, softer and fluffy consistency.

I think chicken and fish are easier to digest than beef, and I eat very little of the latter.

Kim wrote:You should be "proud" of your produce!

"Produce" again Kim

Red meat is bad for fissures, but other than that I think that one can "toughen up" one's digestion by slowly introducing things like red meat, etc. Of course this doesn't help if one is allergic or intolerant...

And what do you think about chocolate, Corsi??

I like chocolate, but some of it has milk in it and then it's a problem if one is lactose intolerant.
Is dark chocolate constipating?

Corsi,

I think chocolate might be hard to digest for those of us with IBS, but I really like it. I posted a picture that is supposed to be of Corsica in my last reply!!

I tried to stay away from chocolate for a while, but ended up blissfully realizing that chocolate here and there really doesn't make a difference. Yippee!!! But then, my usual dose of chocolate is a couple bites.

I found that beef does make a huge difference though. I have it rarely because it now makes me a bit high. i have veggetarian, fishatarian belly. When I do eat beef, i take an extra magnesuim pill (188 mg), just incase. This seems to help.

I take a 250mg. Magnesium pill every morning for the last month or so since I read on this site it may help with softer BM's. I think it has helped with that and is a good idea to take.

Hey BG, did you say you get high on beef?