Hi everyone. I'm a happily married guy in his late 20s. Last summer I developed a fissure which grew to two this summer (I didn't know that certain dietary and lifestyle choices I was making aggravated things).
After being in intense pain for several months, I saw a specialist and have made dramatic changes across every phase of my life (cut out all caffeine, chocolate, soda, fatty food, introduced pain relief creams, etc) and I am finally seeing long stretches of a "zero" on the pain scale over the last week or so. Movements are smooth and nearly pain free as well.
I've been feeling noticeably better for over a week now. I know this is a long process and that I will always be prone to fissures for the rest of my life as a result of this occurrence … but I'm wondering if I'm naпve to think that this stretch of low to no pain is a sign that I'm on the mend? How long do you have to be pain free before you can feel confident that things are healing?