Hello All,
Firstly thank you to everyone that has provided advice to my previous posts - these are totally invaluable ( as per my other post with the same title)
So I went back to my consultant 24th Dec to discuss my care post botox surgery that happened on 13th December.
To cut a long story short, I have two fissures front and back and have been suffering with these since April 2012. I have tried all other treatments including creams, and now two blasts at Botox. I am currently now using Anoheal at the same time as botox. (trouble with Anoheal for me is that it dries me up and makes my BM harder to pass - not good).
At my meeting with the consultant on the 24th Dec he said I was 'moving towards' LIS although he had concerns because the fissure at the back runs the full length from inside through to outside. Therefore any cut that they would have to do will also run the full length too - which is the maximum that they can cut. He says that this increases the risk of incontinence.
Has anyone else had LIS with a fissure that large?
Do people know of other options - for example a shorter LIS cut and treating the rest with botox?
What questions should I be asking?
The consultant also said that at the last operation my muscle tone was relaxed, which suggests that I should heal with botox and anoheal. And also that he was giving me caution about the operation. However my experience is that this is not the case - I am not healing. Also I still have spasms and I certainly do not have any problems with wind incontinence with botox - which he says is encouraging.
My next visit to the consultant is on 31st Jan. For me I was put off on the 13th December and at 24th December agreed to give myself a good 6 weeks between operation and next steps before thinking about anything.
if I heal between now and then - fantastic. But if I dont - I need to have all the information together to have a really good conversation with him and agree a sensible timeline for LIS.
Your comments and views would be appreciated. Cheers.