I'm a 42 year old female who has had chronic constipation my entire life.
I'm lactose intolerant and have IBS (both constipation related)
I've had external hemorrhoids before, without much of an issue.
In my 30's I went to my regular doctor with a severe burning when I sat and he gave me a rectal exam and immediately said I had a fissure and gave me cortisone suppositories that seemed to cure it within 2 applications.
This time back in December of 2012 I started to feel some discomfort and feared the possibility of another fissure, therefore I went my new GP and they gave me the cortisone suppositories, worked some, didn't think much about it. Stopped using them. The pain started to come back.
In Feb. I went to my Gastro dr where he put me on the new drug Linzess to help with my chronic constipation and said the next step would be to go to the CRS.
Things have gotten much worse. I've missed a lot of work, I cannot sit.
I've been to the CRS twice, both times he says I have a very small fissure and several internal hemorrhoids, but nothing so bad that should cause me the kind of pain I'm describing. He gave me a compound of three different medicines - this burned so bad I had to stop using it.
All three doctors say a Sitz bath it a healing agent also.
I've been doing 2 sitz baths a day, every time I get out of the bath I pat my skin dry and also let it air dry, again it is like I'm on fire.
Also when I try to go to work and sit, I have to shift from one side to the other, the pain still radiates up towards my back. One more thing my left side seems to be worse than my right.
Has any one experienced their colon rectal surgeon saying they should not be in the amount of pain they are?
I'm so confused!