Hi all, found this forum and am glad I did , I've suffered from anal fissures since a horribly young age around 13 and still go through the usual panics when looking for advice online every time they re-occur when the first things that come up are bowel cancer. I tend to forget how I got over them the time before any new fissure (although most aren't new just damaged area's that reopen thanks to a stomach bug that does what it does to your bowel), I expect a lot of people forget in the same way as it's not something you like to remember.
Reading through the site I have had a different experience to most, the pain doesn't bother me much anymore mainly because I am an overweight man who deals with far greater pains everyday (although at long last I appear to be winning that particular battle, and reguarly losing weight each month). My main issue is one I'm not sure is common and that is the feeling that I need to goto the toilet all the time when a fissure is open, this tends to make me useless for anywhere upto a month or two, even missing events and doing things I enjoy just because of the constant worry.
It is comforting in some sadistic way to see I'm not alone in this personal hell , and actually just sitting here reading through the forums has allowed me to not notice the pain and nasty feeling my AF is currently treating me with and I thank you good people for that brief respite. I will be hitting the shops tomorrow to try the first of people's suggestions that I hope will work for me.
So just as a start from someone new to the forum I'd like to say a quick thanks to both the forum creators and all posters.