I'm starting over my diary as this thing is really happening tomorrow. I promise no matter what happens, quick or long recovery I'll come back and update at 6,9, 1yr. I know it helped me to read a few others that came back and reported on success or further complications they had. It helps ease the anxiety.
If you want to read my pre-LIS diary it's here: https://anal-fissure.org/need-lis-but-i-m-not-quite-there-yet-t25630.htmlThe basics of my story :
* Fissures would pop up ever so often for the past 20 years. Most of the time the pain was bearable and would go away
* About 8 years ago was prescribed nifedipine after a particularly painful bout with a fissure. I started on Miralax at the same time. This kept the pain away, but every once in awhile I would have blood in stool, and would occasionally have pain. I knew at some point I would need this more permanently taken care of.
* Back in April of this year, I started to having minor issues (no pain, but a little blood), until I had a really rough BM in June where it was very solid and I pushed to get it out before I was getting on airplane. Pain was pretty bad all through June.
* I made an appointment to see CRS with a lot of experience. By the time I saw him I wasn't in pain anymore, but after Anoscope exam things got worse again. Worse than they have ever been. Unable to work at the moment because pain lasts most of the morning for about 4-6 hours.
So I asked the surgeon if he could get me in, and they obliged thank god. I am going in tomorrow (Monday) around late morning. I can't go through another bout like this again... I need my life back. My surgeon has done over 1000 of these. I trust in his skill...
Depending on how numb I am I'll see about posting tomorrow. Trying to be optimistic, that I will be on my way to a pain free, blood free, and fissure free life starting tomorrow.