I'm attending the hospital at 1pm. Stop eating at 10am and only water until 2.30pm. As it's private and he is already doing two others tomorrow he had a spare slot (pardon the pun) so he added me to the list. It is costing £1620.00 if anyone is interested in the cost. I would sell my soul if it required it due to this pain.

That's brilliant! It's expensive but not insanely expensive (again it depends on financial situation etc). I have Bupa and they will pay for my Botox etc. I know what you mean about selling your soul as the relentless fissure pain is worse than anything I've ever experienced.

I look forward to your update when you've had the LIS done.

Thank you. I'll let you know how it goes. Yours isn't too far away is it.

I don't suppose there is any point in asking him to be gentle with me is there?

It's always worth asking! ;)

Good luck today!

Thank you so much. Was really nervous last night but now I just want to get it over and done with.

How did it go KV hope everything went well

All went well, now 4 days post op and as most on here have said it's a huge relief. No spasms, not much pain after bm mostly stinging which is a breeze compared to pre-LIS. I had a few tears said the surgeon, a fistula and a skin tag removed. So a fair bit of work. I've got bruising there but it isn't as swollen as I thought it would be. I've had 4 stitches which are a bit annoying sometimes when they don't lay flat.

Thank you for the update! It sounds like you're doing great considering it's only been four days since the surgery.

Uk_bum when are you having your fissurectomy and botox done? I've just been told that this is the next step for me after 3.5 years of this fissure an in tag coming an going after that it will be lis