Hi all,
I had just a fissurectomy in Los Angeles (Glendale) with Dr. Beart. I had my surgery Feb 26 2012 and have been fluctuating in my recovery. Some days I don't have any blood at all, but sometimes I have a streak of blood along the length of the stool. Other days, after I drop the stool and tighten up the sphincter, a drop of blood falls in the water. BMs and the rest of the day is SO much less painful than having a fissure. In fact, the rest of the day isn't painful. Only the actual BM is like a 2 out of 10 pain level.
I'm TERRIFIED that I'm re-tearing sometimes and am just gonna develop another chronic anal fissure. Has anyone in here had a fissurectomy and had a similar experience? How long after your fissurectomy surgery did you have your last blood during a BM? Were there some days where there was no blood and then days where there was blood before you were fully healed?
One more problem: I think the reason my fissurectomy isn't healing as fast as I want to is because I HAVE to strain at the beginning of every BM. After a bit I can relax and it comes out, but it's just a bit harder in the beginning. Maybe it's because I only go once a day in the morning, about 20 min after I drink a cup of coffee? How have ya'll kept your BMs soft? I am taking 3 colace a day, once in the morning, once in the afternoon, and once before bed time. I'm eating about 4 prunes a day and drinking tons of water. Other than that, I pretty much eat whatever I want (try to sneak vegetables in meals when I can).
I've been working out for the last week and it's probably not the best idea...been benching and doing abs. Also running a bit. The day after I worked out (March 14), ran and took N.O. explode (a nitrate) I had more blood on the stool than I have had since the surgery. Since then I've been taking it easy working out but still probably shouldn't.
I've been to two post-op visits (1 week after and 2 weeks after surgery) and the doctor and his Physicians Assistant both say that everything is doing fine. Furthermore, they said that the surgical site COULDN'T turn into another fissure FROM the recovery. They said that a fissure could come back anywhere on my butt, but that the surgical site WOULD heal and would not turn into a fissure again. Is this true? Has anyone heard this? They didn't put anything inside my butt but just spread my cheeks and took a look.
Thank you so much everyone. I'm terrified here and need some and advice. Please, ANYONE who has had a fissurectomy reply with any and all comments.