I have been suffering from fissures since 5 years. Its effected me personally and professionally. Like many others long term plans are on hold and it would appear they will remain so for the next decade. I am 37 year old Male and had my first fissure 5 years ago and it healed in 20 days, fast forward 3 happy years, I had another fissure when i lost my father. I think I was in depression and wasn't eating well, and then boom fissure is back. This time with a vengeance. It hides for a while, then its back. I have had 11 setbacks in the last 2 years and i don't even know what is going down there anymore.
Anyway to the current string of specific problems. I have a lump from the original fissure 5 years ago and it remained so. I have been taking miralax since 2 months. A sachet of 34g a day. The stools are real soft and shouldn't hurt ideally. To my surprise the last 2 times i saw blood and in the process re-torn it, the stools that day were very soft but had cracks in it. The cracks have done something to the lump or around it as i developed swelling around my anus and it was so bad for days that i cannot sit, sleep or move. They got fixed on their own without any ointment or me applying any thing. But it was still so soft that i did not think anything would happen. 2 years ago the same sort of soft crack consistency did not do anything but now even the most softest stool with cracks is tearing something apart and is impacting me. Imagine what would be the case if i had to stop miralax...its gonna be mayhem down there
What I believe now is the skin down there has become so fragile that it would tear to the most gentlest deviation in stool consistency. I am worried that this will never end. Has any of the long time sufferers experienced this. What are your thoughts to getting back to being sane. There is no end in sight. I cannot live like this forever. What are my options now given the state of fragile skin condition down there.
Also how long can one take miralax for. Google says long term use can bring about electrolyte imbalance and it can impact absorption of certain minerals etc........has any one had severe issues with long term use of miralax.
Any appointments to the doctor in my country are very strange. I tell them my story and the pain, the response i get is you should see the life of a cancer patient, that you are much better off. Unfortunately i live in a country where the pain quotient is high and people tend to get through to a lot of pain without even consulting doctors so the Doctors response doesn't surprise me but then again there is no attempt from any doctor to empathize and give me alternate options or some sort of hope. I am resorting to google and this god send website to vent it all out and learn from fellow sufferers.
Regards
Kal