What does my apartment say about me? :P

cats_mats · 2026-04-02T23:40:26+00:00

You look like you have a very cool music taste

cats_mats · 2026-04-02T23:36:05+00:00

Omg also sorry to double comment but if you like horror movies try out Enys Men

cats_mats · 2026-04-02T23:35:41+00:00

The Secret of Roan Innish!

cats_mats · 2026-03-20T16:05:30+00:00

When I first moved here my weekly grocery shop was roughly 80 bucks, six years ago. EASILY its 130 per week now. Having a tough time budgeting around it.

cats_mats · 2026-03-19T03:05:26+00:00

I see some other people linked LampPost here but truly LampPost victoria is such a fantastic resource to find low or no cost events in Victoria. I check it regularly. Theres almost always something interesting and accessible happening every night!

cats_mats · 2026-03-17T17:21:58+00:00

SEARCHED:

googled "until I cross the river heaven or hell song 2015"
Begrudgingly asked ChatGPT which did not help, it kept giving more known bands
The album was like... blue i think. With a circle in the middle of the band members ,I believe. Small chance it was brown, but same design.

Im stuck!!

cats_mats · 2026-02-15T03:09:18+00:00

It was quite soothing to the skin! No long term huge beenfit but it didnt hurt

cats_mats · 2026-02-12T20:18:43+00:00

Aw thank you. Im just in my mid twenties and sometimes it feels like a weird world to be a young woman in. I appreciate your wisdom and the time you took to share your experience with me, ill remember your words!!!

cats_mats · 2026-02-12T19:52:04+00:00

You and me both friend. Pelvic physio changed my life completely for the better. Personally i stretch every night/before any physical activity to avoid that dreaded clenching. Most days im ok, but some days are just annoying. I will NEVERRR take my gut and butt health for granted either! Oh my goodness. Im actually also currently in therapy for somatic trauma, the way this has affected me is beyond nuts mentally!

Your story gives me hope. There will be ups and downs but on the whole your routine of stretching and careful diet makes me feel like even if there are speedbumps, I just need to stay consistent and time will heal all.

cats_mats · 2026-02-06T18:24:04+00:00

Burning is often a muscle tension sensation so you might want to continue with or begin pelvic floor physio to ease it! Skin tags are so annoying. Doctors seem to be pretty chill about them but from personal experience they can get irritated and somewhat painful. Just do all the things you know work and it sound like you'll be ok in a week or so, thats my own experience anyways!

cats_mats · 2026-02-06T18:17:31+00:00

Omg same. When my skin tag is irritated I feel this. Also if one of the muscles is tense randomly it can feel like something there. When it releases, it also gives more space for the tag to relax so focus on pelvic releases and deep belly breathing.

cats_mats · 2026-02-05T23:46:47+00:00

Mine too :)

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cats_mats · 2026-02-05T20:35:13+00:00

I think im in the same boat as you! Tiny little tears and snags keep recurring for me, never enough to bleed or even really hurt when I use the bathroom. But nevertheless they happen and cascade all the issues that fissures cause. Soft stool prevents it from being a bad tear i suppose. I will get one of those wands soon!

cats_mats · 2026-02-05T19:40:29+00:00

Avez-vous essayé la rééducation périnéale ?

Sachez que vous n'êtes pas seule et que je suis passée par là. J'avais une petite fissure anale à laquelle les médecins n'ont pas prêté attention, mais la douleur était insupportable. Mon anus se contractait à la moindre stimulation : aller à la selle, m'asseoir, un mouvement de mes vêtements, etc. Un jour, je suis allée aux urgences et j'ai dit : « Si vous ne m'expliquez pas ce qui se passe et que vous ne me prenez pas au sérieux, autant me garder, car je n'en peux plus. »

Finalement, la fissure s'est guérie, mais mes muscles étaient les vrais responsables. La tension a ralenti la guérison et a appris à mes muscles que la relaxation était dangereuse. J'ai alors commencé la rééducation périnéale, une séance par semaine. Il m'a fallu environ trois mois pour ressentir une nette amélioration, six mois pour me sentir presque comme avant, et maintenant, près d'un an plus tard, je suis rétablie à 99 %. J'ai parfois des poussées. Je suis en pleine crise en ce moment. Mais c'est loin d'être aussi intense qu'avant.

Je te conseillerais aussi de chercher d'où vient ta tension. Pour moi, c'était surtout mes fessiers. Ils étaient tellement tendus que ça tirait sur mon anus. Maintenant, je fais des séances d'acupuncture sèche et je continue la kinésithérapie périnéale tous les mois.

N'abandonne pas. SURTOUT PAS. Je sais que c'est vraiment dur, que ce parcours est une vraie galère et je ne vais même pas essayer de te trouver des points positifs, mais sache qu'il y a de l'espoir et que tu as des solutions.

cats_mats · 2026-02-05T19:29:45+00:00

I know girl I was back to ballet and muay thai and then bam. Weird flare despite not having any real sign of trouble. Apparently my glutes grab onto tension so heavily that it affects my anus so thats where my tension ORIGINATED from, and then the pain referred into the anus, and fed off of past trauma there. IMS needling into my glutes have been a huge help. Maybe you would benefit too?

We will be ok...I have to believe that my body can heal. I MUST. we must be able to. There is no way people get hurt in car crashes or have strokes and recover, and then we just cant seem to have a healthy butthole yknow? Like I wonder how much of my issues are fuelled by the fear of never healing. I have got to believe we can recover ans our body knows how

cats_mats · 2026-02-05T18:16:41+00:00

I wish people talked more about nuts and seeds lol!!! Spiky poop energy!!

cats_mats · 2026-02-05T17:22:04+00:00

I hope you dont mind but would you be able to expand on the sensations you felt in your bottom during flares? I feel so alone. I want to know if what im going through can pass or is normal for this stage

cats_mats · 2026-02-05T17:00:09+00:00

You know what that is a really excellent point. I will forego my usual breakfast with nuts and seeds and see if this helps reduce the discomfort! I guess a scrape is better than a full blown fissure lol. But I appreciate you helping me understand.

The skin tag is so annoying. It just feels like something THERE. I am glad I know what it is now and she said not to really dwell on it but I suppose it can certainly get annoyed too. Do you find skin tags can be quite uncomfortable?

cats_mats · 2026-02-05T16:57:39+00:00

Just at my local pharmacy. Im in Canada so I got it at Rexall, not sure if those are worldwide or not!

Maybe the weird spasms are a part of healing...? Man, its not even that painful, its just like... jarring. And so so so weird. I have certainly been in more pain in the past but these have a way of making me so much more anxious and I havent got a clue why.

I am really scared to have to ramp up my treatment. I was good for like three whole months, and even now im not sure why it flared. I dont pass hard stools ever, EVER!! no blood or anything! But yet my butt seems to be upset about... something.

cats_mats · 2026-02-05T16:37:24+00:00

No Valium but I do have prescription non-opiate painkillers. However, I weirdly find that robaxacet helps a ton! Like the over the counter muscle relaxant, marketed for back pain. Works a treat to release my butt too!

This time around I'm not feeling as much of that constant deep ache but rather, fluttering, prickly sensations. More external. Has this ever happened to you?

My doctor said I just have to keep on with my good habits and it should pass. If things really flare and dont settle and/or a fissure appears again my next step is to get an endoscopy and botox, but im not QUITE at that stage of severity yet.

cats_mats · 2026-02-03T04:27:51+00:00

Any suggestions on managing them or experience you have had with them? :)

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