Surgery Day - Thursday 25th November 2021
To say I was nervous was a understatement but the consultant visited me shortly after arrival to talk to me about the procedure and allow me to ask questions on it and the recovery. He told me he may not do LIS depending on whether the muscle was in spasm or not but would only give a botox injection if it was not. His registrar also told me I'd be in less pain immediately, that after about 5 days the pain should be gone completely and that the only pain would be during BM's for a week or two.
2 hours later and I went down for the op, night night and wake up about 45 minutes later.
I feel less pain than before with just the fissure already, probably a 3/10 where it was 7/10 when i went down. Wasn't able to have a BM before the op which concerned me a lot.
There is a lot of wadding in the exceptionally stylish mesh undies they've put me in just to soak anything up.
CRS visits to tell me he did a small botox injection and a 15% LIS incision. Apparently the maximum they can do is 50% but he wanted to be conservative since the fissure was showing signs of starting to heal anyway. He also said he has made a small stitch in the fissure which he doesnt usually do, but with the minimal LIS and botox, the stitch should hold and allow the fissure to heal quicker. Mum and Dad brought me home where my 17 year old is looking after me. Very little pain, taking ibuprofen 4 hourly, have antibiotic tablets to take 3 times per day and passing water without issue. 1/2 sachet of Laxido before bed (full sachet makes for very loose stools for me)
Dinner of gluen free protein oats. Drinking like a fish and still seem dehydrated.
Day 1 of recovery - 26th November 2021
Bit of an on and off night, woke up 45 minutes before i could take more ibuprofen with fissure pain (i think!) and tossed and turned for a while. Took ibuprofen at 2 am and nodded off as they kicked in. Was awake again with the same pain this morning before taking more.
Sitz bath with epsom salts before breakfast. Very soothing.
Breakfast: 1/2 bowl All Bran, 1/2 of gluten free oat museli
Snack: 1/2 Trek bar
Lunch: Wholegrain brown rice and tin of tuna.
Had my first BM this afternoon. Ouch. Felt very rough despite being low volume and not hard. pain went from 4/10 before to 9/10 for about 45 minutes afterward. Sitz bath after cleaning up with moist toilet tissue. Few spots of fresh red blood but little else. Dressing placed inside the anus came out with the BM without issue.
Currently drinking orange squash sitting on a hot water bottle and pain has gone down to a 2 or 3/10.
Not sure what I'll have for dinner, dont want to overdo the fibre. Will see what the rest of the family are having.