Stricture..is the feeling you get always there or intermittent?

A stricture is always there, but if your stool is loose, you can have a BM pretty easy. It all depends on how tight the stricture is. If the digital exam is very painful, you either have a stricture or a fissure. They are two completely different things. You can also have both. But, a fissure would be painful with each BM, unless it was mostly healed and you tore it open with a hard BM or straining.

So, it sounds like you definitely have something going on in your anus and it has been there since at least your last exam. Can you contact your doctor before your next appointment and tell her your emptying problems? I am thinking that if she knows about this in advance, she can set you up for some sedation. If this is not set up in advance, it might be a wasted trip, if she cannot examine you.

Jan

I keep in touch with her boss on this thing called mychart. She came in during an exam one day and we talked became good friends (I suspect because of our red hair lol) but she emailed me on there and told me I'm okay with communicating with them through it so I will def 100% do that. Don't want a wasted trip

When I went in to be checked for a stricture my surgeon didn't even ask me if I wanted sedation. He just went right on in and dilated me and OMG did that hurt. I think they had to peel me off the ceiling. And I have a high pain tolerance. I had a few more in office dilations after that initial one and they didn't hurt half as much. So yes, definatley see if you have a choice to be put out!

The difficulty emptying can definately vary with a stricture. Like Jan pointed out if your stool is very liquid, it will come out easier than if its thick. I had to go five times to be dilated before it finally stayed open. No issues since then. Good luck!

When i went in that day and she did that there was another nurse in there who was holding me down...i was shaking all over...good night! that was horrible experience..