Hello, everyone, I'm new..
I have been reading your posts and have to chime in. Just for a bit of background, I'm a 41 year old female, generally very healthy, but have always had IBS, which I assume led to the fissure.
I only suffered with this for 3 weeks before I called a CRS (after having gone to the Prompt Care) and set up an appointment. I demanded the LIS surgery just last Friday, even though my deductible is $6,000 - I absolutely REFUSED to have my life taken over by this any longer. Money can be made up, living like this was unacceptable. How can you plan anything? Enjoy anything?
I actually said to the doc, "surgery or death - and if you won't give me the operation, I'll find someone who will - it's either that or I'm gonna throw myself in front of a train, you don't want that on your head now do you?" (I always have my humor - LOL) After a few minutes he acquiesced and before i knew it I was having pre-op stuff set up and they said "how about in 4 days?" I said "can you make it any sooner?"
I just was NOT going to pussyfoot around with more creams, baths, etc. I researched on the net and just figured too many times the patients ended up feeling not much better and/or ended up having surgery anyway, why screw around?
By Monday I was doing the prep (not as bad as expected) and was wheeled into surgery Tuesday morning. I can honestly say that for me this had been a cakewalk..barely any pain and I'm only on Day 2. Had my first BM's this morning, no problems. The whole thing was a breeze (for me).
To anyone scared of it, please don't be, get your life back - I certainly feel for you all. It is NO way to live ...'cause it's NOT living, it's merely existing. Bless you all for helping me just by reading your posts, etc. It did help to know I wasn't the only one, because no one can even begin to comprehend the pain, unless they've experienced it firsthand. They should give anal fissures to serial killers, etc or anyone they want to talk or confess a crime...they'd be singing like a canary in no time!!