Fissure story and update on upcoming surgery!!!
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umka wrote:Hi letsgetthisover,
I hope your healing will be fast and easy.
I am wondering why your CRS didn't do fissurectomy, but only LIS. With LIS the healing seems to be so simple. I mean less painful. In my country all CRS suggest me only fissurectomy with sphincterectomy. They want to cut the whole fissure, cut another part of skin to cover the place of fissure and also cut the sphincter. I can't even imagine how painfull it will be to have so many cuts and have BM after that. Did you CRS tell you something about scar tissue (skin tags) which should be removed because they prevent the fissure from healing?
Luka wrote:Thank you again for your advice! : )
I just take Colace each day, but will probably start up Miralax after the surgery to help things along. My bms are pretty irregular in nature, ranging from being on the harder side to really loose and muddy-like. : ( So, it's going to be difficult for me to balance things out. Powders never worked for me. I found that they make my stools harder and more difficult to pass, so I gave up, at least on Metamucil. I already have a high-fiber diet (full of veggies and fruits), so I just don't think it's necessary for me.
I've never had intense pain with BMs, unlike a lot of other fissure sufferers, so the post-op BM really worries me. My main pain comes afterward and continues for hours. : ( It's horrible and really destroys my days. I can't plan anything because I never know how I will be feeling later in the day. It's awful and I want it to be over.
Thank you for the advice about taking it one step at a time. : ) That helps a lot. I really like the idea of that and it makes the situation not so overwhelming. That's pretty much what I've been doing; taking baby steps. I always remember that from that "What About Bob?" movie where Bill Murray's character Bob is struggling with getting over his extreme anxiety and he uses baby steps to overcome it. I will be sure to just take things one step at a time.
Thank you again for all the advice and I wish you the best of luck in your recovery. : ) I hope you heal up completely soon and are back to normal and pain-free in no time!
umka wrote:Hi letsgetthisover,
I hope your healing will be fast and easy.
I am wondering why your CRS didn't do fissurectomy, but only LIS. With LIS the healing seems to be so simple. I mean less painful. In my country all CRS suggest me only fissurectomy with sphincterectomy. They want to cut the whole fissure, cut another part of skin to cover the place of fissure and also cut the sphincter. I can't even imagine how painfull it will be to have so many cuts and have BM after that. Did you CRS tell you something about scar tissue (skin tags) which should be removed because they prevent the fissure from healing?
Luka wrote:How are things going, letsgetthisover? I hope you are doing well.
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