Anal Fissure Support Forum

I'm going to attempt to post a picture of bilateral advancement flaps. Someone was kind enough to tell me how to do this so I hope it works. This is the surgery I had done 3 years ago. Sorry in advance if this doesn't work. Also I don't want to scare anyone, it looks pretty bad but I did it. IMG_189...

Hi, I wanted to talk about nerve pain after surgery. I see a lot of questions about it. I've had LIS and almost 3 years ago I had double advancement flaps done for severe stenosis and a deep fissure. I suffered 8 years. When you have a fissure that's trauma to your anal region, if you're lucky it he...

Hi, I haven't been here in a while but I've been catching up with everyone's posts. It's good to see that some of you are better and for those just starting this journey please never give up hope. I had double advancement flaps called bilateral sliding flap anoplasty. The donor sites were left open....

Saturday will be a year since I had double advancement flaps done. Wow. I haven't posted under success stories because I just don't want to jinx myself. It's been quite a journey but worth it. I can't believe I suffered for almost 6 years with an anal fissure and the awful spasms. I tried just about...

Hi, I just wanted to share my experience with dilation. I honestly never thought about this before my surgery but after surgery it was part of my instructions for recovery. I had to start one week after I had double flap surgery. I initially thought my doctor was crazy because it really hurt. I did ...

Hi, I had double advancement flap surgery 9 weeks ago. I never thought I would have to go through something like that but I did it. My stenosis was so severe I was on the verge of not being able to have a bm at all. I saw my CRS today and he said I'm doing really well, so well that he released me fr...

I'm 5 weeks post op from double advancement flap surgery. I just started dilation at home. My CRS wants me to use a 19mm dilator once a day for 4 weeks. I started with the 17mm with no problem, yesterday I moved to the 18mm it was more difficult, used the 18mm again today but it took a long time. I ...

Hi, I'm in the hospital , I might be here fore a few days. Turns out my scar tissue was really bad. I had double flap surgery. The doctor scraped away the scar tissue on two sides and slid a piece of new tissue into it's place. Where he took the donor tissue he left it open to regenerate new skin. H...

I have a question, I'm using magnesium citrate for bowel prep. I just took it not even 10 mins. ago and it's already working. The bottle says it could take 1-6 hours.. Is this normal? I know I'm supposed to drink more liquid but right now I'm fighting nausea any suggestions on how to help this ? Tha...

I thought I was doing okay, keeping busy but all of a sudden my nerves have kicked in. I was able to eat breakfast but from now until surgery it's strictly liquids. Tomorrow I do the dreaded clean out and friday morning I have surgery. They will be keeping me overnight to make sure they manage any p...