Hi Sadies-day,
Odds are that half your co-workers have had a fissure at some point in their lives, whether they'd admit it or not
LIS seems kinda aggressive, but some docs are.
If you are unsure, why not get a second opinion?
LIS is minor surgery, but it is still surgery.
Have you read some of the posts here? There's a search engine in the top right corner and lots and lots of info.
My AF isn't too painful either, but I don't get the itching at all. But neither doctor I've seen thinks I need LIS. The one guy seems to think I should just live with it if it doesn't heal on it's own. That, of course, would suck. I don't know if it's a Canadian thing or what. Are Canadians supposed to be more stoic? I wouldn't have thought so...
-Tanya