Hi all,
I just finished two weeks of self-dilation post-anal stricture, the first week at 12mm and the second week at 13mm. The surgeon said to do it two weeks to see if that "breaks the cycle." However, 2 days after stopping, it already feels like the stricture is starting to come back (incomplete evacuation, loud sounds of gas in the abdomen, etc).
My question: Should I ask him if I could do dilations regularly or semi-regularly? I'd prefer this to trekking in every (x) months to get a dilation under anesthesia and/or painful examinations-turned-dilations by the doc at office visits. I can see from searching older posts that some do self-dilate regularly, and I'm fine doing them with the dilators he had me get, so am wondering if this seems feasible.
Thanks in advance!