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An unexpected success... fixed my ‘healed’ chronic pain

Postby Fissurefrustration » 03 Mar 2020, 05:31

Hey all,

My diary is in the diary section but my history goes back for years battling these stupid fissures. I was marked as healed by my crs a few years ago but the pain from the scar tissue just felt like a fissure and flared up every few months.

On a whim I’ve tried Palmers cocoa butter formula with added vitamin E. it’s thick and feels great, I add it twice a day and I’ve not had pain with a bowel motion for around a month.

I won’t count my chickens before they’ve hatched but I’m so relieved I’ve been pain free for a month.

Ff
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Methods tried:
GTN cream - migraines!
Manuka Honey / Coconut oil / Aloe
tag excision X 2, botox x 3
Dilatiazem
dilatation 2 X daily + Retin-C Vitamin Scar Treatment Oil 2 X daily - best thing ever.
Now pain free 2/7/21
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Re: An unexpected success... fixed my ‘healed’ chronic pain

Postby Lin_2010 » 09 Mar 2020, 18:49

I'll give anything a go at this point! Thanks for the tip
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Re: An unexpected success... fixed my ‘healed’ chronic pain

Postby brent1981 » 20 Nov 2020, 01:46

Kind of a weird idea at first glance, but hell. I think sometimes we are willing to try anything.
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Re: An unexpected success... fixed my ‘healed’ chronic pain

Postby Fissurefrustration » 02 Jul 2021, 08:09

I've posted an update in my diary, but as a short summary - I tore open again only the scar tissue last week with a super hard BM that wouldn't move. no blood but my goodness the pain was awful. So I went back onto nifedipine twice a day, once the stinging stopped I've been dilating twice a day with cocoa butter and have been using a vitamin c/e scar repair cream I found online and this morning I had my first painless poop - it was mind blowing not to be in pain.
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Methods tried:
GTN cream - migraines!
Manuka Honey / Coconut oil / Aloe
tag excision X 2, botox x 3
Dilatiazem
dilatation 2 X daily + Retin-C Vitamin Scar Treatment Oil 2 X daily - best thing ever.
Now pain free 2/7/21
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Re: An unexpected success... fixed my ‘healed’ chronic pain

Postby owmybum » 10 Nov 2021, 07:06

FF, how are you now?
who prescribed the nifedipine? I was told it wasn’t prescribed here in the uk?

ive just torn again and I’m devastated.
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Diagnosed with HS EDS type 3 (causes poor wound healing )
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Re: An unexpected success... fixed my ‘healed’ chronic pain

Postby Fissurefrustration » 10 Nov 2021, 07:14

Hey OMB. It was prescribed by my GP. It’s in a twist tube and I’ve still got it in my cupboard. Sex still causes a small flare for me so have to go back on that afterwards for a bit.

So sorry to hear you’ve torn again :( was it a bad one? I hate the feeling when you tear and you know it’s a huge step back. So gutting.

Big hugs x
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Methods tried:
GTN cream - migraines!
Manuka Honey / Coconut oil / Aloe
tag excision X 2, botox x 3
Dilatiazem
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Now pain free 2/7/21
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Re: An unexpected success... fixed my ‘healed’ chronic pain

Postby owmybum » 10 Nov 2021, 09:12

Sorry to hear you still have trouble after sex. It doesn’t tare fully open though does it?

I will ask my dr to prescribe me some nifedipine when I speak to her later. I’ve never tried it and couldn’t get on with the diltiazem.

I don’t think it’s a bad one, but the coccyx pain along with it is awful.

Hugs back x
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Botox June 13
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Re: An unexpected success... fixed my ‘healed’ chronic pain

Postby owmybum » 10 Nov 2021, 13:31

My dr had trouble bringing up the nifedipine… she’s not sure she can prescribe it… she said she will look into it.
I was always told it wasn’t licensed to use over here in the uk… but that was a few years ago now.
Do you tolerate it well?
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