Well. i think the surgeon must have deformed my rear a bit. I found the cause of yesterday's awful pain late last night. A popcorn kernal thingy (not the kernal itself but the brown hard wrapper) got stuck in the fissure area. that hurt like mad, let me tell you.
this happened once before a few months back. I remembered this when I thought to myself about the last time I was in such pain. So I squatted over a mirror and viola a kernal and pretty much instant relief. I could actually sit and walk without tremendous pain.
I'm not too sure what to do about this. I am afraid to eat popcorn now or any thing else that is a bit hard and could get stuck. Any suggetions??

I remember when that happened to you before too! I used to have some issues with puffed wheat because there were little casings or something that would come off and get stuck too. I have the same problem with popcorn too so I have just had to stop eating it for awhile. I love getting those big tins from the Popcorn Factory though. Butter, cheese and caramel!

I guess now you know that it was a cause of pain if it happens again you could check down there and see if something is stuck. I am glad there was something you could do about it and it wasn't a major setback.

Oh, I am glad to hear Chris that you found a culprit again !!!! I also remember when a salad got stuck first time around : (. My CRS told me that they sometimes have cases of people having fish bone stuck
and they have to remove it under sedation.
I stay away from anything scratchy for now. No popcorn and such : (((

OMG that sounds horrific!
Glad you found the source of the problem though :)

Chris,
Let me tell you I ate popcorn the night before I came down with the stomach bug last January. Imagine all night long those little suckers ripping out everytime I went to the bathroom. Oh man I think that was one of the contributing factors of my fissure.
Patty