Hi Severelydepressed
I'm sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, but I didn't get the usual email alert, so only just seen your reply now - but thanks too for your supportive words...
And no problem, at all, it was the least I felt I could do, even though I wasn't able to offer much sound advice..., as you say, we're all in this together!
So how are you now?! Its been 11 or 12 days since your original post, hopefully now you've seen some improvement and that the healing's much quicker thanks to your LIS ?! If its proving slow to heal perhaps you could ask for Rectogesic/GTN oint. to give your spinchter a helping hand if the tone is still a little tight...?
I can empathize with your concerns re: child-birth, as right now I feel like my sex life will probably never be the same again either thanks to this fissure...not a great thought for someone who still harbored hopes of meeting the girl of his dreams one day...
The mental trauma of an AF really is under-estimated by the medical world. Its incredibly difficult to stay positive at times, with the impact it has on your life and the frequent knock-backs the condition brings...
Thanks for taking the time to read my story too. And yeah, I got my AF on Easter Friday last year, so would indeed have been a similar time to your LIS! I've been considering LIS for some months now, part of the issue is that I'm not really in pain any more unless I do something to aggravate it, more just discomfort, so my GP isn't keen on recommending me for surgery, whilst I'm still showing signs of improvement. However, the AF is still there, its just I've adapted my life to such an extent to manage it, that its not so obvious anymore. I stand all day at the PC (sitting for more than an hour still hurts really bad!!), I've stopped driving, I don't go out anymore, can't exercise (re-tears it!), cant have sex (ditto!) etc etc.. So all in all, I'm just existing at the moment, NOT living.
My parents and family feel like my GP, that I should just be patient, and I know they have my best interests at heart, but there'll come a time soon when if I still can't function normally then I'll have to admit that its not good enough and bite the bullet and go privately to see a CRS....
Anyway, enough about me. I sincerely hope that the next time I hear from you, that you're well on the way to recovery and starting to go about your normal life again...fingers crossed for you x
Take care
Mr F