Hi everyone!
I know it's been forever since I've posted on here, please forgive me!! I hope that those of you who I've met before have finally healed and moved on.
For those who don't know me, I was on here quite often last winter/spring and my story is somewhere under the surgery heading. I went in for LIS and a dilation and my fissure didn't heal. I still have a fissure today. It healed at some point in the early summer, but I still had irritation and the fissure has reappeared for some reason. I don't exactly know why.
I go to the Rudd clinic in Toronto Ontario (Canada) for treatment and I've seen 4 different doctors there. I'm currently seeing a senior surgeon, who told me 2 months ago that the fissure was there, albeit very small and "nothing to write home about". After going through two procedures this guy tells me to watch my diet and eat All Bran daily. And come back this upcoming Monday. That's it.
In the meantime I have been seeing a traditional chinese doctor for a separate issue. I have mild rosacea so she has been treating my skin with cooling and blood-circulating herbs. She has explained to me that rosacea is the external manifestation of internal inflammation that is trapped inside my digestive system. I revealed to her that I had fissure problems too and she says that it's another sign that I have an inflammatory condition. This makes a whole lot of sense to me. The treatment for the rosacea is slow but progressive, but the best part is this: she gave me a powder, made of cooling herbs, to apply to the anus before going to bed, preferably after a shower while the area is still damp.
My friends, this powder is MAGIC. Within 2 days, I had no pain and no bleeding. NONE. I used it for a whole week last week and it was wonderful. Trouble is, when you stop using it, the pain/bleeding returns. The doctor says this is because the internal inflammation is still there and that until the inside is treated, the outside will continue to suffer. The herbs I take for rosacea, she says, will help take out that inflammation. A non-acidic, high-fibre diet does the rest.
If any of you are interested in seeing this TCM doctor in Toronto, her name is Adina Stanescu. Just goggle her name and you'll find her website. As for the Rudd clinic, I don't know what they can do for me anymore. I'm not convinced another surgery will help and I want to avoid it if I can.
For those of you who have been to the Rudd clinic, what do you think? Which doctor did you see? Have they been helpful? Let me know, I'd really appreciate someone else's point of view!!!
Anyway I hope to post here more often now that I'm married and settled into my new job. Gareth and Cheryl, are you still around?
Good night,
G.