Hello everybody,
I don't know if some of you guys remember me or not but I had LIS/Fissurectomy procedure last December. It's been 5 and a half months Post-Op and I'm having some issues still...Ever since the surgery, I had leakage after a BM. I would say the leakage got slightly better since the first week after the operation, but I do notice that I still have the leakage after a BM. I will clean up and wipe, and then a half hour later, I'll notice that I have some residue on the toilet paper still...Sometimes there's very slight mucus discharge on the toilet paper also. Last time I went to my CRS(2.5 months post op), my doctor said I was 95% healed. I mentioned the issue of cleaning up afterwards to him, but he said to me that it's probably all diet related. I really don't and haven't believed him on that one though...I know my body and ever since I developed this fissure over a year ago, I had some problems with leakage after cleaning up from a bowel movement. After the surgery, there has been slightly more leakage than before I had the surgery. I was always told originally that the leakage was most likely from the fissure scar tissue that had been building over time. After I would have a bowel movement, some residue would get attached to the scar tissue, thus creating the leakage.
It's still happening though...Will I have to live with this for the rest of my life? Should I get another opinion from another CRS? I also want to mention that I've been keeping a fiber diet ever since this ordeal. If I don't have enough fiber in one day, and if I have to "push" a little for a bowel movement, I'll notice that the leakage is worse afterwards than if it just "slid out" without pushing. Has anyone else experienced this? I just want to be totally healed and have all of this behind me but it seems like I can't.