My anal fissures began about 6-8 weeks ago. I had two weeks of pain so bad I wished each day I would die before I had to use the restroom. The amount of blood in the toilet made it look like I was bleeding to death. I started diltiazem 3 weeks ago. I've had a day or two pain free only to experience pain again the next day. My CRS said I have two fissures both of which he described as shallow. He felt they would heal quickly.
I called him today to tell him one of them has still not healed and he said, "let's do surgery". Its scheduled for the 9th of March right now.
On one hand I really want to do the surgery because I want my life back. I have a 4 month old baby and it has been consuming my thoughts and making it hard to enjoy her. On the other hand I don't want to have surgery if it means a life of gas incontenance. Not worth it yet.
I was wondering others experiences. I am a 30 year old active woman and have had one vaginal birth. My doc said my sphinter tone is good and on the high end for women. i don't want to continue to drag this out for months and I never want to go through this again but I don't want surgery if the risks are high...