Hi everyone!
I recently found this place, thank the lord! I'm so glad (and sorry) to find others who I can relate to. I have been suffering with fissures since after my first pregnancy. I got pregnant again very quickly after and found myself in a world of pain with the horrible constipation that comes with most pregnancies.
I put off going to the doctor about my problem for a few weeks, then when I asked about it, I was told hemmrhoids, and then finally diagnosed with AF's. Now, 6 months after baby's birth and I'm still suffering, so I have chronic fissures :( I'm currently taking 15mL's. Of Lactulose every evening to helps soften my BM's and I'm also using the nif...(Can't remember how to spell it) its a calcuim channel blocking ointment 0.2% to help relax my angry sphincter. So far, my BM's are much less painful, but not I'm trying to get my fluid intake and my eatoing habits under control.
I feel like a freak. Nobody knows about my prob lem except my husband. I see my dr again next month and she'll decide from there weather or not I need to see a specialist, but as of right now she thinks I'll need surgery, as the fissure I have is quite deep. But what scares me most, is that she said they will sew the fissure shut !?! I've never heard of that procedure before. So I'm very worried but doing everything I can to relax and take care of what I put in my body.
Any healing success stories and other advice is greatly appreciated! I'm looking to make friends who will help me through this horribly difficult time. I'm a busy momma, so I need to get better fast.
Thanks everyone!