Hi, I figured out that I've been suffering from AF for about 5 years now, always going to the Gyno and saying, "I think I have really bad hemorrhoids", and every time they would look down there, they would say, "oh, they don't look so bad". I only knew that I had extreme pain, I had no idea about AF and apparently the next 5 docs didn't either. I was finally diagnosed just this January, she put me on nitro ointment and I have a colonoscopy scheduled for this Monday. Things are not better, pain like everyone in this forum describes "like pooping glass" AND does anyone have irritation, pain, screaming skin on the outside around the anus? My skin is so raw from what I think started from the "wiping" even know I try to do it minimally, and softly, on the outside is 50% of my pain.
Not to even mention the actual process of pooping, 20 minutes long, doesn't want to come out. I think I'm finished and have to go again within 5 minutes. This is enough to drive a person crazy, yet we live with this process and the pain every day. TryingtoCure....