by phtgrphr » 17 Nov 2015, 11:32
Read my post for more details about recovery. If I were you, I would not cancel. I had mine for >10 years. It was never as terrible as many people on the forum get, but it never went away and stayed away, and the cyclical, often worsening, fissure problem became more of a psychological issue than anything else for me. Don't get me wrong, though, it was also painful and uncomfortable.
Feingold's procedure is relatively minimally invasive. I took 6 days off work as I recall mostly so I could sit all day in the tub and soak. Pain was really not that bad. First day before first BM had some anxiety but would definitely do it again.
All he does is dilate (which was actually great and I was very loosey-goosey for the first weeks, though not frankly incontinent to solid stool; felt very nice to be so loose, though; it has since returned to about normal), cauterize the fissure which is not a big deal, and inject steroid, which will eventually go away. No muscle cutting!
Also, I'd be more concerned about the steroid cream. Really not a good thing to be using long term, and frankly that could affect your wound healing postop as it causes thinning of the skin/mucosa and poor wound healing. Make sure Feingold knows about that. If I were him, I'd want you off the steroid cream/suppository for a while before the procedure, but I'm not a CRS!
Good luck !
Make your own coconut oil suppositories. You can google suppository molds, heat up some oil, pour in and refrigerate. Unless you store them in a pretty warm room, it should stay solid. Or make your own by molding some together.