by Rembese » 25 Jun 2016, 13:23
I've been suffering from chronic anal fissure for 8 months. I was scheduled for surgery last month but I thought the fissure was finally better and cancelled it a few days before my scheduled date. A couple of weeks later it's returned, in all its glory. I was also advised to have a Hemorrhoidectomy at the same time as the LIS mainly because of my external hemorrhoids. The doctor said it's a painful operation which he wouldn't normally recommend but asked if I wanted it done now since I'm going to be in pain anyway from the sphincterotomy. He said it's up to me, it depends on how much the hemorrhoids bother me in terms of pain and getting myself clean after a bm. Of course he would get rid of the internal ones as well, all of which have been exacerbated by the anal fissure problem. So I'm ready to have both surgeries done now. Anybody have both done at once? Any thoughts or recommendations for recoveries?