by dmcff » 26 Apr 2016, 03:23
Today I still have the rectal/anal pain, and didn't sleep last night, or slept very little. Am not sure what to do. I've been to doctors so many times with these fissures during the last eighteen months, yet nothing changes, it seems. When I did consult a GP again the week before last, she told me to stop taking amitriptyline - it's constipating - and for stool softening to take an increased dosage of Laxido (Miralax), up to 4 sachets a day. She did not examine me. I find that the Laxido seems to irritate my back passage, so am reluctant to increase the dose - yet I will have to do something.
During the night the condition seems to worsen, and during the daytime I have to try to navigate the pain. Sitting still seems to be effective, while walking and standing make it worse.
This morning I managed to go for a swim at the local pool. But afterwards I felt cold and shivery, and my head is muzzy, though it may be the effect of the 75 mg pregabalin (Lyrica) I'm still taking twice a day (maybe I should give it up, but it is supposed to counteract the pain, am not sure that it does)
2014 Anal fissure
2015 CAT, EUA, sigmoidoscopy, 2 MRI
2016 Pain severe then moderate to low
2017 Moderate pain
2018 Physical therapy, pain management
2019-20 Living with it
2021 Still AF
2022 Therapy, meditation
2023 Onward, up
2024 CT scan