It's day 4 after the surgery. Had a fairly firm (but not hard by any means) poo this morning, one that would have caused immense pain only last week (indeed one just like it prompted the blood but not from fissure thread) and guess what....no pain, no blood, no roids...nothing. Even the little pinch from the injection site next to the miniroid has stopped itching. I keep thinking that this just can't be right and I keep waiting for the painful relapse, but so far every day has hurt less and less (knock on wood). Maybe it's all the wood I have been knocking on :> I have also kept up with my sitz baths and the neosporin/monistat.
I can't tell you how utterly astonished I am. My CRS said that he doubted the botox would help very much because the cut would still be there and have to heal, and because there is the risk of infection....yada yada.... so I had moments of doubt while in the drs office (and indeed the scenario of putting on my drawers and leaving an apologetic note as I hightailed it out of the building did cross my mind. But I figured, I was at wit's end and the next step would be months of pain or an LIS). Still, I recalled my impressions over the past year that Botox would help, the multitude of times I had come close to tears nearly begging for it, and indeed Botox has helped.
What's more, aside from the slightly itchy/throbby feeling around one of the two injection sites, a feeling that steadily lessened over the past four days, I have had no ill side effects. Even when experimenting with holding the loose stools for as long as possible, no leakage, no incontinence.
The best part--this morning, for the first time in over a year, I forgot about my butt for a little while, even after recently pooping. iFor that little while, I remembered what life was like not constantly thinking "if I do XYZ, will that make my butt hurt more?" It was paradisical. (Knock on huge, heavy, dense pieces of wood!!!)
Sorry to run on, but, as I said, I am utterly astonished, especially after my CRS's warnings that the botox probably wouldn't help that much.
I'll let you know how things continue to progress.