Hi everyone, I just discovered this forum today and I am so glad I did. This all began this past October when i noticed there was blood on the toilet paper when I had a bowel movement. My physician thought it was a hemorrhoid and just told me to increase my fiber intake. However, after 2 months the bleeding didn't stop so I got a CT scan but they didn't find anything abnormal. But the bleeding didn't stop so I went to see a gastroenterologist. The PA gastroenterologist thought it was an internal hemorrhoid and again told me to keep taking metamucil. After another month or so of seeing blood with every bowel movement I was freaking out. I know colon cancer or rectal cancer is uncommon at 26 yro but I was still really worried so I insisted on getting a colonoscopy. Fortunately, the colonoscopy showed that I had an anal fissure in the anal canal. I always thought anal fissure occurred externally at the anus so I was really surprised that anal fissures could occur inside the canal. The bleeding had went away for about 1 week especially when I was on miralax for my colon prep. It officially came back today and I am devastated and feel so hopeless. My physician prescribed a compounded medication so I will try that soon and I hope that works. I'm already on a healthy diet and I drink plenty of water but my stool still seems hard. I don't understand why the fissure won't go away. Can anyone offer some words of encouragement? For those with anal fissure, are your fissure external or internal?
BTW I'm been fortunate that I haven't experienced any excruciating pain just some discomfort after a bowel movement but not pain.