Hi everyone,
I have been checking out this forum for 4mths now. I developed an AF a week after giving birth vaginally to my first baby. I couldn't believe the pain the AF caused. I had never heard of an AF before and found it very difficult to get help. The first few months were so hard with a small baby and intense pain through the night and day. I ended up going to the emergency department but was not given much assistance there. I then saw a very well known CRS and he diagnosed me with a AF but said he would not recommend LIS surgery as I am a woman of childbearing age. He also told me not to take GTN as I am breastfeeding. I left his clinic crying and feel so despondent. My GP told me to take the GTN anyway and just express around the times I take it. So I did that but the GTN would only work for a few weeks and then I would re-tear again. I then got a second opinion from another surgeon who booked me in for LIS straight away. He said he had not had anyone experience incontinence from the surgery and that it was very safe in a women of my age. I would though in the future have to have Caesarean sections.
So, here I am waiting for my LIS surgery next Wednesday. I'm so nervous. Worried about the pain, the recovery, breastfeeding my baby whilst in pain and making things worse. My fissure has been annoyingly good the last week so I have been having second thoughts but I know (from past experience) that it's often good for a week or so and then terrible again.
I have been doing lots of reading of people's posts after LIS and they mostly sound positive so I'm feeling okay about it all. This forum is amazing and I wouldn't have been able to get through the past 4mths without it.
Thankyou :D :D