I've had this fissure for about 8 months, tried rectogesic for about 8 weeks without sucess (it caused irritation), and now have resorted to a regime which seems to be working quite well: Being very careful to keep stools soft, using duphalac and occationally ducolax, fibre, avoiding too much meat, getting a lot of exercise, and keeping my bum clean by showering after BM and applying this cream called AC3 Comfort which is composed of natural ingredients that neutralise bacteria.
This has worked really well, and for the last week I've had very few symptoms. This has been largely consistent with how soft my stools has been. I've had the feeling that this time around I would actually make it across to "the other side" and heal. Then, this morning, I had a bit of a struggle with a slightly harder (not constipated) stool, that I had to work a little extra to get out. And now it's painful in a more pronounced way than it has been the last 1-2 weeks.
My question is what does this imply? Am I back to square one and all the healing that would have taken place has to start over again? Or is it more of a setback or a temporary irritation?
(I know this is hard to judge over the internet, but just would like people's experience with similar experiences).