Hiya, I'm a 29 fit and active female. I have been suffering with a AF now for about four years. I was first treat with creams and my Consultant suggested a diet change. I've always had a good diet so changing it didn't really help my AF. The creams help short term and reduch the spasms slightly but it always comes back with a vengeance. I had Botox two years ago which helped for about a month but the bleeding and the pain returned once again and I was prescribed creams again. Last august I had a lateral sphinterotomy which helped it was very painful afterwards but the bleeding and the pain subsided. Unfortunately in October I was admitted to hospital to have my appendix removed and this brought back my AF worse than ever :( I was prescribed creams again which this time did not help at all. Im now booked in on Monday again for the Botox procedure which I'm hoping helps but just feel like I should resign myself to it returning again as I'm fed up of getting my hopes up.
Obviously this is frustrating me and affects every part of my life. I work in an office but if I sit too long it's uncomfortable, I'm unable to ride my bike and my sex life has been affected as sometimes the pain is too unbearable. It's one of them things that you don't like to mention your ib pain with as it's embarrassing. But I'm now so fed up with it I keep my stools soft with movicol but this doesn't help as soft stools still hurt. Has anyone had any other treatment they can recommend?
Thanks for reading xx