Hi everyone,
I've been dealing with a fissure since early this year. This forum has been very helpful! I have been to a CRS, and he gave me some creams. It seemed to help at first, but the fissure kept reappearing. It is now back with a vengeance! Now, there is a very hard bump that occasionally bleeds or oozes in addition to the fissure. I'm afraid maybe it's a fistula? I have an appt with my CRS again in a couple of days. I've been in agonizing pain, and am willing to try whatever at this point to get rid of it.
I've been doing sitz baths, using the creams (still had some left), ibuprofen, an old bottle of oxycodone (just took 1), using vasoline pre-BM (which hasn't really helped), and I ordered a bidet to use in the future. The pain of the BM itself is bad, but I can handle it. It just is the fecal matter that is irritating whatever the bump is. I absolutely cannot seem to get it cleaned out very well. I've tried everything I can think of, and it just burns the rest of the day no matter what I do. It is very irritated, and possibly infected.
I'm scared to have a BM because of the awful pain. I know I'm not doing myself any favors by holding back, but I dunno what else to do.
Anyway, thank you so much to everyone who is so candid on here. It is really helpful.