Anal Fissure Support Forum

Hi, I'm so sorry you're suffering so much, have you asked your doctor for valium? I'ts helped so much. I use ice(wrapped in a thin sandwich bag and loo paper) , after a BM, and when the pain has settled a bit due to the ice, I get in a hot bath with savlon in it. I have paracetamol and ibruprofen to...

thanks everyone! I'm glad I can take the flaxseed as a capsule, how much do you take?, The aloe vera isn't so bad, as Juney said, it's nearly tasteless, but taking a capsule is easier. Can you overdo all these oils though? I've just found out that we're going away for a weekend in a couple of weeks ...

Sorry, also forgot to ask.. someone I know mentioned something called slippery elm(think that's right!)
Anyone tried it or know if it helps?

between flaxseed oil in a bottle and aloe vera in a bottle and the same thing in capsule form. I think flax oil is THE most disgusting thing ever, especially this last bottle I've got(even though it's the same brand as usual from the same place) Because the aloe and flax oil are working though, I di...

I haven't had time to be near a computer because I've actually been out!!! Then for no reason whatsoever, because I never cheat on the diet and do the same things every day with regards to the supplements etc., wham, I was up all night in bad pain again! Isn't it a shock when you've had a few good d...

Yes I'm the same, some good days now, then a bad one again. Do you find , though, that when you've had a run of good days, everyone thinks you're back to normal and can do evertthing you could before? Even on good days, it still hurts, and I feel so tired all the time for some reason, maybe just laz...

so glad you're on the mend, you seem to have really suffered, and I know what you mean by the kind of day you have depends on the bathroom trip!It would be funny if it wasn't so awful, wouldn't it? Imagine having to explain to any invitations anywhere-"well, if I perform ok in the loo, I'll acc...

Hi
glad you've got something for the pain- the best my doctor could give me was codeine-ahhhh! oh and pethidine, which didn't really help!
Hope you feel better soon

Hi, the diltiazem is in a cream which you have to keep in the fridge. They won't want to prescribe it and it's a special order which means a)most chemists don't want to know(includingBoots) and b)you will have to wait up to 3 weeks for it to arrive. Hence I ask for 2 tubes at once. Also it says to u...

I think one of the worst things is not being able to plan anything in advance. If I have a good day, I say yes ok I'll go there! and then when the day arrives I can't go. It's just so frustrating!!
Has yours healed now, Lecia?