Hello everyone from Newcastle upon Tyne!
I'm in perimenopause and about a year ago I was diagnosed with a fissure and sent home with no advice apart from 'it will clear up', which it didn't. It waxed and waned with bleeding and pain when I went to the loo; finally I was sent for a sigmoidoscopy (lovely!) which revealed piles but nothing more. When the consultant examined me he immediately said the fissure was still present and it was an excruciating examination. I am now on 2% Diliatazem cream and stool softeners; the pain is less but not gone yet. I live in hope!
I am so pleased to have found this support forum! :)