cherylk wrote:Use makeup remover pads if your wife has any of those. The idea is to use the Balneol b/4 going in the tub. Then you won't have that icky residue in the tub which is probably not very hygenic!
Question--if you always healed up your fissures in the past, why did you choose such a drastic measure as LIS and 2 fissurectomies which would be a LOT for any butt?!
Just to clarify, I didn't really heal them. My fissures would start to heal until they got to the point where they would no not hurt a lot and then they would rip open again. So, I never really healed them. I think true healing takes a couple of months and then its a year or 2 before its ever as strong again.
This re-ripping would continue over and over again. The CRS took a look with the scopes and said that I had excessive scar tissue built up all over the area. He thought that due to all the scar tissue, it would be difficult to heal. Then, there was the issue of the sphincter muscle being too tight and strong. I read that all the contracting works out the muscle and makes it ever tighter. This cuts off the blood flow which slows healing. From what I understand, it also increases the tension which makes it harder to easily pass large waste without new irritation, straining, and cuts.
So, after trying with the medicine and re-ripping again, I decided that I might have a better chance of healing if the tension in the area was lowered due to LIS AND the CRS cut out the scar tissue. I actually didn't know that I had 2 fissures until I woke up from the surgery. Maybe I made a new fissure in the weeks before the surgery.
So, basically, I did this because the CRS took a look with the scopes and felt that based on what he saw, it was the best option. Basically, at the office visit, he just took a look right there, which hurt a bit - but I didn't care b/c I had been suffering too much. He gave me some more time to try to heal it using the medication. Any my efforts with using the medications were resulting in a pattern of weeks of healing followed up by new rips. But, when I ripped it open again, I had had about enough. '
I figured that the long I prolonged this, the more scar tissue would build up. I figured that the sooner I got this surgery, the sooner I could start trying to heal from the surgery, which I am hoping is the last time.
You really, really impressed me when you said that you were taking a class in differential equations because I know that would be difficult. I don't have a laptop, but want/need to have something if we return to Florida this Feb. Woud you recommend an ipad or laptop for getting e-mail? My son uses a laptop solely. He's a pharmacist, and I'm proud of him! :D
