Anal fissure.. living hell..Plzz Help!!

Digestive health
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Hi all,

I'm new to this forum.. I'm 30 years old female and a vegan..so no unhealthy history of bad eating..

I got this chronic horrible anal fissure from july2017..(got multiple internal fissures)so it's been a year now.. since then my life became hell.. worst excruciating pain I have ever experienced in my life..I wish I could have taken any other pain but this...I did every possible thing.. changed my diet,took stool softener.. but couldn't get relief.. after 6 months of fissure pain, finally figured out to manage the pain instead of thinking about recovery.. just when things were getting under control I got another health issue which made me to take antibiotics and bathroom rounds after that made it worst..

No matter how much I take care of it ,it keeps on coming..I saw a colorectal surgeon in December who checked me.. (only with his finger) confirmed that it's anal fissure and suggested me to go for permanent solution which is surgery, LIS (lateral internal sphincterotomy).. but thinking about other issues(incontinence) associated with it I am not able to step ahead.. I have so many questions in my mind.. whether LIS surgery will fix my problem permanently? will I ever get my normal life back or it will make my life even more worst..?( have read so many bad experiences of people) I'm so frustrated.. I don't know how I'm going to spend rest of my life with this.. any suggestion and experience would be appreciated.. one more thing , from last 2 months I'm having pain in my right side of anus, I got uncomfortable pain when I touched it from inside , it was like touching the rashes..is it fissure cut or something else..plz help me..

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Try Laxido and one 500 mg of magnesium citrate, every day without fail. Give it a few days to get into a routine. It worked for me after years of hell, just try it.

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I too have been living with this hell for way to long... having surgery next week . I wish you the best, the people here on the forum are great support! ☺💜

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Thanks Laura, I've been taking stool softener from the first month of my fissure..which helped me intially but from last few months its not helping me that much.. but I'll try what you've suggested.

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Good luck Theresa!! Do share your experience.. and I also feel people in this forum are great support..

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I had a Fissurectomy 2 days ago. Had my first BM today and pain is intense. Just as bad as before. I hope things improve! At my wits end

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I had a Fissurectomy 2 days ago. Had my first BM today and pain is intense. Just as bad as before. I hope things improve! At my wits end

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I can feel your pain.. take care and get well soon.. everything will be fine.Keep us updated on your progress.

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I had Lis yesterday.. I am waiting for my first bowel movement... Let it how can I withstand the pain..

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First let me say I hope and pray for a speedy recovery for you! Keep us updated about your recovery.. did you get it done by colorectal surgeon?

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Thank you. I had done lateral internal sphincterotomy. Today I did the BM but it was watery so didn't feel pain.. I have spinal pain due to anesthesia injection. Now I am giving massage thru hot water bag. I didn't had any solid food that's why I had the watery bowel movement. Now I am planning to eat solid food and waiting for next bowel movement.

Taking the medicine at regular intervals as prescribed by the physician.

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I am 3 days post op Fissurectomy. I have no idea why my surgeon did a Fissurectomy and not LIS? I am in agony after every BM and I cannot cope. What is the best method to cope with this pain? When can it expect to get a bit better. I don’t know how much more I can take 

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Hi Galaxy, I feel your pain as I been suffering for now 7 months. 4 months ago I had the LIS . I was told it be 90% effective , unfortunately , i was the 10% were it didn't work for me. However, I am not in that much pain as compared before so it did help some. I avereage now pain 4 out of 10. Before I was 10 and was at the point where life was not worth living in that pain, I have no issues with incontinece and honestly I would've rather deal with that than fissure pain. As to the pain you feel to the right side, that's probably where your fissure is. I wish luck. I hope that your are the 90%. Keep us posted as to your progress.

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Happy to know your first bowel movement was bearable(this is what which scares me a lot).. every day will be better than previous day.. don't mind me asking why your doc did it in half body anesthesia? My doc told me he prefers full anesthesia for this..

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Hi Debra, feeling really bad that you are going through this even after your surgery.. I pray for you to get out of it soon.. I'm also going through the hell right now.. but I would say give it little more time, take medicine, distract your mind as much as possible.. (this is what I do).. if possible talk to your doc.. and as Laura suggested to try magnesium citrate and laxido, you can give it a try and see if that works for you.

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Hi Gia, thank you so much for your response on my each and every questions..I am feeling extremely bad that LIS didn't work for you as it supposed to be.. one opt for surgery when all Hopes and effort go in vein, and there is no other option.. I wish and pray that your pain goes down gradually to 0... did you discuss this with your doc ? What did he say ??Did you get it done by a good experienced colorectal surgeon?? I read somewhere that in LIS they cut the muscle to loosen that area if they cut it less than expected, then it won't help but prevent from incontinence.. and if they cut more, then it leads to incontinence.. so it should be taken care properly by the doc..

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Thanks, Day 4 post op now and still terrible pain. Went for a short walk and now the pain is worse. My area is also leaking a red watery liquid... I’m guessing that would be normal after the op? I am hoping there is no infection. Getting really despondent 

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Hi i am improving and no pain in 2 and 3 bowel movement.

To answer your question they gave half body anesthesia due to less risk and there is not much risk even go for whole body anesthesia. But now I am facing only issue in pain in my spinal which is not heavy but still when I walk I am getting and it's gradually reducing. I think it will take few more days to recover from pain

Let me give you some tips :

1. Go for LIS bcoz these cream and ointment no use

2. After surgery take medicine properly..bcoz you need to take several cream and antibiotics

3.Take sitz bath and go to restroom in that way you will have soft BM

4. Apply ointment (they will give you one ointment for wound and other for infection)

5.Take food properly. My suggestion first 2 days liquid diet to escape from hard BM.

All I need to say is go go go for surgery. If you want further update pls contact me. All the best.

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Thanks a lot Suresh for the details you gave me.. did you have digital examination in the anus before surgery? So that doc can have a good look on the condition .. How many fissure you have? Is it on the opening part or its inside. (my fissures are inside) how long you have to take antibiotics? Do you find it difficult to clean that area after surgery?? I find it very difficult to clean that area properly because of swelling and extreme tightness there.. I can't even imagine how will I clean that area if I go for surgery..

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I think you should consult your doc.. get well soon..