Hi everyone,
I tried posting this in the general discussion but no reply so I thought I would try here. I haven't found anyone yet who's had a similar problem and am feeling quite desperate.
I am 25, and developed my first fissure about 7 months ago and have not been pain free since then. I think the fissure happened because I held in BM's for too long and started to get very bad pain and bleeding while walking.
If I am careful most of the time I have no pain when having BM's and no pain when sitting or standing however as soon as I have to walk for anything more than 5 minutes I can instantly feel the fissure start to retear and there is blood and lots of pain for days.
This has happened so many times that the only way I can get around is by using lots of hemorrhoid cream (not the steroid kind). This seems to soothe and protect the area enough so that I can at least walk for a little while (10 or 15 mins).
I have been in and out of the hospital many times and been told the fissure is actually quite small and should heal. I have tried using nitro cream and already am on my second botox injection but I still cant walk for very long without retearing.
The odd thing is I have been told by the surgeon that the fissure heals when I avoid walking for a while, but then retears as soon as I start walking again. The longest I have gone without retearing it is a month and it felt like it got slightly better/stronger over that time, but eventually I have to walk without cream and as soon as I do it retears.
The surgeon said that this is my last chance with botox and the only other thing he can do for me after is surgery, but I would like to avoid this if possible.
Has anyone else experienced any similar problems with walking?
Will it eventually get better if I am really carefull not to retear it for a few months?
Thanks for reading