Yes, maintaining that half-squatting, semi-standing posture for seven years to avoid UTIs has structurally and neurologically conditioned your pelvic floor and sphincter muscles into a state of chronic, high-tension guarding. Hovering or half-standing forces your muscles to brace continuously to keep you stable, preventing the natural relaxation required for complete evacuation. Combined with four anal surgeries, your tissues and nerves are trapped in a feedback loop of spasm, pain, and incomplete emptying. Your body has an incredible capacity to heal and unlearn chronic tension patterns, but it requires shifting away from surgery and laxatives toward nervous system and muscular rehabilitation. Taking a strong stimulant or osmotic laxative that causes daily diarrhea and nocturnal cramps is destroying your sleep. Take high-fiber, whole-food approach, allowing your gut and sleep cycle to recover. Stop the half-squatting posture entirely. Sit completely down on the toilet seat with your feet raised on a 7-to-9-inch footstool. You have every right to avoid a procedure that feels unsafe for your exhausted body. Seek a second opinion from a specialized colorectal surgeon who works alongside pelvic floor physical therapists,

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