by tiredjay » 14 Aug 2013, 21:18
Hi suzy,
Apologies for just replying; I was on vacation with my family and didn't have access to internet. As always, your posts are incredibly helpful and I sincerely appreciate your response(s). I figured that what you were describing is what is going on. I had done some research (which is definitely a double edged sword), and had pinned the burning down to the area reacting to trauma. It certainly comes in cycles, where the worst of it takes place when the burning sensation lasts for most of the day (currently it is only when I go to the bathroom and is ever so slight; definitely not like when I had my fissure). I considering going to my CRS for this but he really seems to think that it is pruitis ani even though I have cut out all of the foods that commonly cause it and have not reacted to the corticosteriods/suppositories he had prescribed. The burning sensation used to be paired with a feeling of tightness or bruising in the perineum (my fissure was posterior, so this feeling was definitely not related to the old fissure), which made me believe that the area was just reacting to the surgery/the 1.5 years of the fissure. Now hearing that your p.t. is sort of confirming this theory is more than comforting as I know that this is going to get better. On a positive note I am slowly improving as I no longer have that tightness feeling I had a month ago, and the pain on the actual incision site is slowly easing up.
I do want to say that I truly appreciate the time you take to write your posts, not only when responding to others but also in maintaining your own updates. Documenting your journey has certainly helped me and many others. While it is nice to know that we are going through this together, I hope that you heal quickly.
-tiredjay