I have had an anal fissure almost 2 1/2 years now. The worst period of all was October this year when I found this forum. I had pain with BM every day, lasting up to 4 or 5 hours and pain in urinary tract area. I took thrush and ended up with the worst itching imaginable. The week beginning the 10th of October was one of the most painfull of my life I even went to A&E but there was a 4-5 hour waiting time which obviously I couldnt do.
On 14th October things came to a head and I have been pain free magically since then. I have never been pain before as there was always a certain degree of pain.
I started taking Movicol(which I should have been on from the beginning), stopped using creams, added fibre and there is no pain, no spasm, no nothing. Five weeks with 0 level pain having experienced about a 6-8 on an ongoing basis. I am becoming like the person I used to be. But I dont trust it.
My question is how do you know you are healing. Is this just a break I am getting. Is it a cycle of pain. Will it be back with a vengeance. It is still very visible as it is an external one but not as bad red/blue as before. It apparently was a very deep one.
Can it just lie dormant until it heals? Could this be for a long period? has anyone experienced this for a long period and then healed.
Do not be afraid to burst my bubble as I need to know.
Future plans are I am trying one more botox (the third) before LIS but at the moment could live ok as I am and would prefer to do nothing if this continues.