Has anyone on here been healed by diet, sitz baths and creams alone?

Yes, I used diltiazem and baths for four months and was healed.
There are some threads that discuss my healing process back on page 1 or 2 if you want to read more about it.

I thought I had healed with diltiazem - it certainly helped with the pain, but then went on to get an abcess then a fistula and was told I had a 12cm fissure.
Had LIS, problem solved!

Yes. Many people do that but they are than not on this forum LOL !!!
"Normal" fissure usually goes away in 2 to 4 weeks , chronic ones are the problem. I managed to heal with conservative treatments but my fissure opened again after 3 weeks and I just didn't want to deal with it any more- I wanted my life back !!!
So, yeah, it is possible even for chronic fissure to heal, but it is not advisable to wait more than a year (according to my CRS) since so much scar tissue forms that than healing is very hard even after LIS.
Best of luck!

i healed with the combo of metamucil and 2% nitroglycirin cream 4 times a day,took a few months though.i continue with the metamucil to give me "peace of mind" so to say....

How long did you all use the creams after your pain/bleeding went away? After you stopped using the cream, did the fissure come back? Why did it come back?

I had the fissure for 8 months altogether. I got the diltiazem about 6 weeks after it started, I think, and it helped the pain after about a week. I continued using it the whole time even when I felt better, but then developed an abcess, then a fistula! But was told to still keep using the cream by the CRS.

Ok...I have another cream question after talking to my buddy JA....
How many times a day do you apply your cream and what kind are you on?
I am on .2% nifedipine, and I put it on twice - once in the am, and once in the pm. Should I sneak in another dose during the day?

Part of me is getting so discouraged reading about everyone's different situations. Is it just me? I guess I'm just having a bad day! I have nothing to use at the moment - any over the counter topicals that might help in healing?

nancy - i've tried neosporin for various amounts of time. i just put it in/around the fissure area as much as possible. i doubt it did much to help, but it was comforting to put a familiar healing cream on it at least