Hey all!
I joined this site over 5 months ago. I am 25 yrs old and was diagnosed with internal hemrroids and an anal fissure back in August. It actually began in July 2011 but I was leaving the country for 2 weeks and didn't have time to treat it. I just thought the blood I saw was from a hemorroid since I never had this issue before. I workout and eat fairly well.
Well i finally got it looked at in August and the proctologist told me to up the fiber in my diet, and to use these hydrocortisone suppositories, with this antifungal cream. I saw him 4 more times. I would have alittle bit of bleeding in b/t visits but only noticeable on the toliet paper. Sometimes I really had to look for it to see it. On the 4th visit he said the fissure has healed and that I didnt need to see him again.
Well every once or twice a month since then I would have a bowel movement that didnt feel comfortable and it was usually follow with a little bit of blood. It feels like a scraping motion as the stools exit, but it was never painful although it did hurt a few times. So i recently decided to see another protologist. I saw him today and he definitely saw the fissure. It's about a quarter inch facing the front of my body. He said that since I had it so long I will prob need LIS, which I am afraid of. But he did prescribe Diltiazem 2% ointment to see if it helps. He said if I would have used this cream when I first got the fissure it prob would have fully taken care of it. Now Im angry because I wish my previous doctor would have prescribed it instead of just telling me to up my fiber and to use suppositories, which are really for the hemrroids.
I really hope the diltiazem works. Any advice or tips? I will try drinking some miralax the next few nights since I have been slightly constipated lately. I just dont want my body depending on it since I'm only 25! I feel like I'm falling apart.
On one hand I want this to heal on it's own but then I am depressed thinking about having to constantly make sure my fiber is at a perfect amount. I have had weeks of perfect BM and it jsut takes that 1 off day to retear. So I gotta live the rest of my life being weary of my BM everyday. On the other hand, the LIS is supposed to help solve it but the recovery sounds rough from what I read. And that makes sense because they're cutting into you. There are also some potential side effects of this procedure which may be the same or worst than what I am going through now. :(