by mysorebutt » 25 Mar 2018, 20:49
Patience, unfortunately I do not live in the Bay area. I traveled to San Francisco for treatment back in 2010 and stayed for about a month and then went back every 3 or 4 months for the following year. I am open to traveling out of state for treatment, but based on my previous experience, it is not very effective to only have sporadic treatment. I believe it is much more beneficial if you can find a PT where you live who can do ongoing treatment, such as what you are doing. Unfortunately, I live in New Mexico and there just aren't very many PT's who specialize in pelvic floor issues. I've had Botox done 3 times over the past 2 1/2 years and it worked the first and second time, but my fissure recurred quickly after my second treatment wore off and I do not believe the Botox has worked well this third time. I feel that if I were able to figure out how to relax the pelvic floor during BM's, then my fissure would heal and I could avoid surgery, but I just don't know that I have the resources available where I live to accomplish this. Surgery scares me, given my chronic pelvic issues, but I don't know what other option I have and I hate having to live with this fissure pain all the time. Just out of curiosity, who is the PT that you are seeing for your pelvic floor issues?