Hi MichaelJ,
I hope you get the appointment to see a new doctor, and good to see that he is a specialist. I imagine that they do Lord's procedure with a different method than in the early 1900s...
A fissure can be far more painful for its size (often the size of a paper cut, like on our finger, or the cut we can sometimes have on the side of the mouth). There are so many nerves in the that area, and it is the same for all of us that have this thing.
I did not have a colonoscopy, but only a sigmoidoscopy, where they told me I had large hemorrhoids...but, it is difficult to tell you if the hemmies are giving you the trouble, or if it is the ifissure. I go with the fissure, which can re-tear, and give more pain for its size than having a baby!
Hemmies usually do not hurt constantly, unless you have a thrombosed one, which can hurt like hell. As JHH said.
I suspect that eating pizza, etc., has brought back your fissure, but only a doctor can tell you if that is the case.
This is the site of the colon and rectal surgeon who did the surgery for wecc:
http://www.colonandrectalsurgeons.com/crsli/AnalFissure.htmlYou might like to show this to your specialist...
By the way, have you tried soaking your rear end in a Sitz bath, or just soaking in a bath, to relieve the pain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitz_bathHere is a
for you. Believe me, we know what you are going through.