I can't tell if what I am experiencing is severe butt burn which is leaving me close to screaming in the bathroom or if it's still cuffitis. It's not the skin around the anus it's very much the anus and a little bit up there. I was using preparation H to no avail which does nothing. And I have been using cortifoam which burns only right at the end so I feel like that it where my problem is. It used to burn further up so I feel like some of it is getting better. I bleed a little sometimes and it gets itchy as hell. My stool varies during the day from formed to complete liquid and I've been getting terrible gas lately. But that's besides the point. I am looking into a lower acidic diet but I feel like I don't really consume really high acid foods I am not adventurous when it comes to diet I miss my veggies. But I already go to the bathroom a lot and I don't really consume much fiber. I had a mucosal stripping about 2 months ago and I feel like my doctor is just waiting to see if it gets better he doesn't seem to have any other options. I miss my ileostomy quite frequently. My takedown was in February. This Ilex paste sounds good but I don't know if that's what my problem is?