Hi sandman
Don't lose heart. It can be a lengthy process.
I had to change my diet completely in order to get consistently soft bm's and only have 1 per day. I was a veggie that ate loads of fruit and veg.
Now I don't eat fibre. No fruit or veg. I have croissants, pain au chocolate, white bread, cheese, lemon cake, ice cream, cornflakes, boiled sweets. Basically low residue food (on advice of hospital dietician)
I drink at least 5 pints of non carbonated fluid per day
I take 1 sachet of Laxido per day and use GTN cream.
My pain is about a 1 on a scale of 1 to 10. At the end if Septber I am booked in for Botox as I have had fissure since Sept 2013.