I'm new to this site so forgive me if this is posted somewhere else. I looked and have not found anything. I suffered badly from 2-3 anal fissures for a year and a half until I finally went to a Dr. I was put on nitro and that did not work. I went for surgery in June 2013. I was still very tender at the incision site at my 4 week post op. There was a new Dr at my post op. I told him it was much better after the surgery, but still a bit sore when using the bathroom, I just wanted to make sure it wasn't an infection. He went to examine me and stuck his finger right up there with no warning I wanted to die!
He said he really needed to examine me to make sure everything was ok, then he asked the nurse for an anal something or other. I was bracing myself for another finger prodding when the unthinkable happened......The goodyear blimp was shoved up my a55. 
I now know what an anoscope is. I screamed and screamed and screamed, the nurse just kept telling me to breathe, as if I was having a baby! After the exam the Dr asked the nurse for some lidocaine. She was like "we don't have any of that here". 
The Dr. then told me to go home and take a sitz bath, everything looked good, no infection, I just need a little more time to heal. I went home and took some pain pills and a sitz bath. I was bleeding like I was having a period out the wrong hole. I was in a lot worse shape and never wanted to go back to the Dr. again! 
(colorectal surgeon fyi) About 4 month later I was still in a lot of pain and the spasms started up again, so I went back, although this time I demanded to see "my" Dr. I explained it was the incision site and the situation I had with the other dr. at my post op. She first addressed the anoscope and said that it was procedure to use one if the Dr. felt it was necessary. Then she seemed skeptical that it was the incision site and not a new fissure. As I was getting into exam position she was explaining "if it was the incision than it would be in this location yada yada yada" 
She shut up 
when she saw it was in that EXACT location. She gave me some antibiotics and some suppositories to help with inflammation and told me that should work. 
YAY. 2 weeks later I'm back in her office with no change 
. She said it looked like I had some granulation tissue buildup and needed to get rid of that to start with fresh skin to heal. She used silver nitrate. Oh, it will only hurt a few minutes she said (It hurt for 2 days). She said Oh, this will be all you need to heal and you wont need to keep your appointment in 3 weeks. A week later not only was I still in pain, I developed a new fissure! I tried calling the dr. that day due to the ungodly amount of pain. I was told" Nurse will call u back". No one called. A few days later the fissure healed on it's own. I'm now more concerned why the incision site isn't healing, because clearly things *can* heal there. 
??. I went back to my next appointment and I was told I needed to pay for the visit. I told them it was a problem from the surgery and they needed to correct it! (It's the incision!) They told me they would see me if I paid up front or got health insurance, otherwise nothing they could do. I cannot afford $150 per month for who knows how long. It's now been 7 months after the surgery with no healing in site. I still use the nitro, eat well, sitz baths, ect. I have however, found a great deal of relief if I take 2-3 advil, and 1/4 oxycodone 30 min before a BM 
, and Lidocaine just before, and a sitz bath followed by a light walk after. I don't know what else to do 
. Has anyone else had issues with healing after surgery?
