by PreggoAF » 02 May 2018, 23:42
Hey gals, So last week I went to see my CRS to discuss the LIS procedure that was scheduled for last Friday. I told him that I hadn’t felt fissure pain in about a month but that I still had bleeding and believed it to be from a new fissure. He examined me and said I had some large internal hemorrhoids that were likely the source of bleeding and that he didn’t see a fissure. Based on this he felt that my surgery would definitely entail a hemorrhoidectomy and skin tag removal of my sentinel tag, but maybe not an LIS if he couldn’t find a fissure. He said that I should postpone the surgery until my baby was older and I wasn’t breastfeeding because I would most likely spend 7-10 days on painkillers in bed and not be able to do anything else.
So now I’m a big ball of anxiety because my family moves to Jakarta next month where I won’t have access to any doctor except for a general practitioner that works at a clinic for expats. I haven’t had fissure pain in awhile but I’m terrified of retearing or developing a new one because I still feel tight down there. Plus, it’s totally possible I could end up with travelers diarrhea in Indonesia and aggravate things down there. Ugh, I’m stressed. He said my muscles will eventually relax down there if I’m careful and keep things smooth but I don’t know how I’ll control that with all of the stresses of moving to a foreign country with a newborn and a toddler. Sorry to rant and sound negative but I’m pretty scared.
Chronic fissure: January 2018
Diltiazem since Feb 2018
Miralax and Magnesium
LIS, tag removal, hems banded: July 2018