Hi
I have suffered with AF on and off since 2005 but since January 2012 I have had AF constantly. I also have a jolly sentinel pile and did have skin tags too.
I had to take two months off work and even when I went back they had to work round me (not good in a primary school). I had emense pain when going to the toilet but the worst was the pain I continued to have for hours after, no pain killer seems to help. I was given diltiazem and that seemed to work after a while to ease the pain I suffered and although it didn't entirely heal the AF, I did get my life back and was coping with the discomfort (which is what it had become). My GP sent me to a surgeon and she suggested botox. I went for this surgery on 9th November and having been reassured by the surgeon it wouldn't be painful, had the skin tags removed too!
Well, it is now 5 weeks on and I have been in incredible pain and still am. The surgeon has obviously made the AF worse and I am now waiting to see my GP again because I am fed up with not being able to sit down until 4pm each day! And fed up with the severe pain again. My poor husband has to deal with me crying every day about going to the toilet. I don't have a life again and its getting me down, I even counted out my tablets last weekend because I didn't think I could cope with a life time of pain. I get up to go to the toilet in the morning, I then have pain until it eases slightly about 7pm just in time for me to think about getting ready for bed just to start the day of pain the next morning. Sorry to go on because I know there are people so much worse off than me but when you are in such pain you cannot see an end to it. Especially when you held out so much hope on the surgery working and it has just made it worse!!