Hi everyone, i'm 28 yrs old and was diagnosed with my fissure in oct, right after the birth of my first child. I am so grateful to have found this site, i cant believe how helpful this has been compared to any doctor or other website ive found...thank you all so much for all the ideas and tips ive learned in just a few days. i have some questions though if anyone has any input...
1- whats with the throbbing/pressure i feel? i used to bleed a lot after every bowel movement and was sure that i was tearing every time, but since i was placed on diltiazem cream by my CRS and figured out the miralax, fiber and water importance...i havent bled at all in the past 3 days. i thought that meant my fissure was healing but i have a somewhat new/different pain, now its more inside and throbbing, almost pressure like. i dont know if im healing or getting worse.
2- is exercise ok? i read that walking is but what about lifting weights and such? ive hired a personal trainer to help with my "baby fat" and id hate to give it up but if its making my fissure worse i could care less how much i weigh.
3- is diarrhea bad? im so scared to have a hard bowel movement that im on the verge of taking too many stool softners and the only consequence i can see is that it'll cause diarrhea, which im not convinced would be so bad, am i wrong?
4- since i haven't been bleeding for 3 days, can i assume its healing at all?
5- my first CRS recommended surgery but i got a second opinion and he wanted to try the diltiazem cream for a month because he said i have a normal sphincter tone. im definitely hesitant to have my sphincter stretched if its normal to begin with, i feel like it will leave me with a loose sphincter and ill have more issues then.
any answers to any of these questions would be so appreciated- again, i am so thankful to have found this site just for the reading material alone. do any of you take pain pills? my CRS wrote me for vicodin which i take only when its intolerable, but i hate taking it and i feel like it causes constipation despite the stool softners...would taking an anti-anxiety med like xanax or ativan be better? i feel like i want a relaxed sphincter so maybe im taking the wrong med for relief?