Hi all,
I'm a 58 year old guy who is now on my second go around (or maybe a recurrance of first) with an anal fissure. It was getting difficult to make a bowel movement and finally got to the point that I was flat afraid to go. I nearly ripped the handle off our shower door as I watched my legs tremble uncontrollably. A visit to the local immediate care netted me a bunch of Anucort-HC 25MG suppositories and some Norco 10-325MG pain pills. The pain pills have made taking a dump barely bearable, but it took me a number of attempts to figure out how to keep the suppositories inside. Once I learned how to use them, I've had a bit more comfort, but still nowhere near normal.
Since the trip to immediate care, I've seen my primary care physician, and he prescribed 2% Nitro-BID ointment plus Meloxicam 7.5MG tabs as an anti-inflamatory. I also still have some 2% Lidocaine Hydrochloride Jelly from a previous go around this past year.
The Nitro came as just a tube of ointment with a bunch of paper "applicator sheets" which appear to be meant to rub the ointment on my chest. I do have some finger cots but am not sure how much of this stuff to use. Also not sure if it will conflict with either the suppositories or the Lidocaine. Also, after reading the blurb sheet which came with the Nitro, I'm a bit paranoid about using it.
Thankfully I have found this resource. This is not fun, especially as I'm also dealing with a sciatic nerve issue plus some as yet not fully determined neurological-psych issues. I cannot remember the last time I experienced any pain quite this bad.
When I take a dump, it feels like someone is jamming a railroad spike up my butt, and for hours thereafter, it feels like my sphincter is coated in ground up glass.
I'm hoping to find advice and encouragement from others here who've been through this before.
Rob