Hi all
I am a 30 year old female who is suffering with af since the birth of my son 11 months ago.
After he was born (by high postioned forceps causing lots of trauma below) I was left in so much pain and was hard to distinguish where the pain was coming from...I put the pain in my bum down to piles but 6 weeks after the birth after weeks of crying and shaking in pain after bm my mum drove me to docs and insisted on an examination. The doctor was clueless sent me to hospital who confirmed I had AF. They told me to increase fibre and gave me a GTN cream and a follow up appointment 6 weeks later. During this time things got worse I found high fibre made more pain and GTN gave me migraines- that with trying to look after a newborn and Post natal depression was a recipie for disaster I was rock bottom and couldnt get out of the house due to the pain.
After 6 weeks the consultant put me forward for botox the followingf week . Under anesthetic discovered I had 2 large fissures. This was January
The botox took 15 days to kick in and in the mean time I felt like the op had made me worse. I was in so much pain one day I went A&E the gave me movicol and explained I needed to keep bm as loose as possible while the fissure healed and the botox would stop the spasm in my bum so I was onto a winner.....
anyway one the botox had kicked in I was in significantly less pain with an occaisional once a week flare up after bms....however 2 mon ths later the daily pains came back and I was bk where I started.....
After seeing the consultant in april I was put forward for another round of botox....the same thing occured...2 weeks of hell and then some relief for around 2 months
In july I was back to pain daily, bleeding and generally being miserable....the doc gave me the option of a replacement flap but said that there was a high chance fissure would reoccur and the a high chance the procedure wouldnt work
I managed to persuade his for one more course of botox and I will do anything to heal..anything...so hoping joining this forum will provide me with help and support.
I am so miserable this illness has almost ruined my relationship as I am a miserable cow who is no fun I go to bed early as exhausted from the pain and the tramadol makes me sleepy however I cant get through the day without 8 tramadol 8 paracetamol and 3 diclofenic and 4 sachets of movicol
Im day 12 post botox and skin tag removal...been in significant pain but numbed by painkillers
any help advice or tips would be appreciated xxxx