You are welcome :-)
You should really start your own thread, then Im sure you will get all the help and support you need. Let us know what ointments you are using, and what you are doing to soften your stools. I personally found that 6 on the bristol scale worked best for me. A soft bristol 4 would rip me open every day, so there is more to it than just getting soft BMs.
People who never had a fissure will never understand how much it hurts, and how big an impact it has on your life. I got depressed, and lost weight too. About 12 pounds, but Im gaining it back again now. Bristol 6 BMs and botox was what gave me my life back, and Im sure you will get there too. Just try to stay positive and keep fighting!
I hope the toilet seat works for you. If I ever get a setback, Im ordering a seat too.
P.S. It sounds like your fissure is pretty new. If you had it less than 6 weeks its most likely acute, and way more treatable than the cronic fissures more of us have in here.