Had my follow up appointment with my crs yesterday 2 months after LIS was done, I didn't think I was healed properly cos I still have pain after every bm & I have had several episodes of bleeding aswell. My crs examined me & confirmed fissure is still there, he was very apologetic that I hadn't healed & said I was one of the unlucky 5% that lis doesn't work for. I've healed ok from the incision of the procedure & havnt had any incontinence issues at all so crs suggested repeating the procedure & making another incision on the other side. I'm not ready to have surgery again yet so I asked if we could leave it awhile & he suggested I try using anoheal (diltizem) cream for 3 months to see if it heals. To be honest the pain I have since the LIS isn't quite as bad as before & doesn't last as long so at the moment I think I'd rather wait & see how things go.
Does anyone have any similar experiences? Would you recommend a second LIS? I do keep my bm soft with high fibre diet & lots of water but did eat quite a lot more & drink quite a lot of wine over Xmas & new year which maybe didn't help!!
Any advice would be most welcome.