Hi! I've been lurking on this page for a few weeks looking for advice and reading about other stories. I started having pain last July and just thought that it would go away. After going to an extremely bad primary care physician that told me I probably had colon cancer (just by listening to what I had to say, no exams mind you) I finally went to a Gastroenterologist and she diagnosed me with a fissure. The doc put me on Proctozone cream and Nifedipine ointment. Told me it would be gone in 2 weeks. That was in December. Here it is April and I'm still not having any luck. I called the doctor back and asked if there was other stuff I could try, stool softeners, diet, etc and she said no if those two things didn't work then there's nothing else. Obviously I can tell that lots of people try lots of things!
So now I'm debating going back to the doctor. I'm one of those people that fear doctors because I don't want to find out something is seriously wrong with me. Like my Type 1 diabetes diagnosis in 2006!
Problem is over the last week I've noticed lower abdominal cramping and my stomach making these gurgly noises. I have started working out and thought that maybe the abdominal pain was from all the core exercises I've been doing. I just don't know what to do. My fiance is currently deployed so I know the stress of him being gone isn't helping. I'm scared though to go back to the doctor. Has anyone else seen a GI for anal fissures or do y'all think I should find a CRS?