Hi to all, just thought I would drop in to give an update. I have been following your posts with interest but honestly have felt I have little to contribute as I am now so confused by this whole thing.
After having what I was told by 2 GPs was fissures, I went to a CRS who told me he could see no fissures and that I had some hemorrhoids and a polyp. He elected to do nothing about this. Thats the British NHS for you!!! I then went back to my GP and got referred to a private CRS. He did a proctoscopy and an anoscopy and also said that he could see no fissures but could see grade 2 hemorrhoids. He then said that he could treat them on the spot if I wanted. Difficult decision to make on the spur oif the moment, but I was so desperate to get something done that I agreed. The treatment is called sclerotherapy, which I'm sure some of you know about. It is an injection into the hemorroid that causes scar tissue to form and ultimately the hemorrhoid shrivels and falls away. He injected 3 hemorrhoids.
This was about 2 weeks ago. Now I seem to be no further forward but the situation does seem to have changed. Before I had the uncomfortable squishy feeling that seems to go with hemorrhoids. Now I seem to have a more acute pain inside the anal canal. The problem is, that sclerotherapy it would seem, can cause an ulcer in the mucosal lining of the anal canal. Otherwise known to all of us here as an anal fissure!!!!!!!!!!! So.......I'm hoping to god that this is not the case, but from having ditched my rectogesic, I am now treating myself with that agiain in case it is a fissure. The pain certainly feels more acute, like that of a fissure.
I'm going this week back to my Gp to try to get referred back to this guy, but on the NHS this time. He will no doubt be a completely different person when I see him on the NHS.
Oh well, in the meantime I wish all of you the very best in your struggle with this horrible and totally underated ailment. You really can feel very alone with this and I totally sympathise with the post by small flower re this. I do have that feeling..."why me" cos all around me I se people happily going about their business completely oblivious to this horrible condititon...as I was before all this!!!!!