Well since I'm pooping my pants everyday while driving and on a golf league I had to go this route. Walgreens brand had xsmall/small and the elastic is snug to my legs. I great pair for me . I went and bought a size up in my shorts so it's not noticeable. OMG I got home with my diapers and I said to myself, I could cry or I could laugh about
it all and I decided not to cry, although I'm on the edge.
I see a new rectal doc for my fissure on the 19th, I'm suppose to go on vacation on the 21st. I haven't started steriods yet because I want to see if a week it will start to heal on it's own. I'm on advil and that seems to help more than tylenol. I tried Tylenol and it didn't touch the inflammation or pain.
Pred healed my other fissure, but being off it, it came back in the same spot. I would like to do a short course, say at 25mg for a week and taper just so I can go on vacation or I will cancel it. If my vacation was today, I would cancel my flight and lose my money, because the fun is gone away when you have a fissure. Trust me, I signed up for golf, it's my first night, I hate to be a quitter before I even start, ya know or I would have cancelled that.
What is a short taper of pred, how much and how long? I read on entivo pamplet, you may get fissures and gut infections while taking the medication. I thought it was to help fissures? My first inital dose of Entivio, I had a lot of diarreah for a week after! I get my second infusion this Friday.
If it were you, would you do a short course of pred? If so, how much and how long? I think I'm doing it to heal and get out of pain mostly. I've cancelled a vacation before, that's not stressing me, it's the pain and not having my fissure get worse or bigger. If I could into a doc sooner, I would but man we only have two rectal surgeons in a hour radius from me. Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions.