Anal Fissure Support Forum

Hi Hayleyw, Thank you for the reassurance. Boy oh boy are the good and bad days thing so true. Being patient with an AF is incredibly challenging...ahhh. But I must hang in there!! Yes, I definitely am starting to think it is a sentinel tag rather than a hemorrhoid so I have stopped using the Procto...

Hi Canadabum, I'm so glad to have found and read this and follow your journey! CONGRATULATIONS on the 1 year anniversary!!!!! I can only hope to be where you are in the future. I have seen many of your replies and advice throughout the forum and you radiate such a positive aura. I am almost sure thi...

I think it may be an irritated skin tag! It seems to shrink when I'm in less pain and be enlarged when I'm in more pain but I can't be sure. It feels like internal hemmies when I feel pressure inside but the one outside, both my GI and my CRS (who I saw yesterday just for a consultation) seem to thi...

Hi SavaIci, I really don't want to jinx it, but today was a tiny bit better. My usual level of pain went down a notch during my BM. It's weird because even though it was painful, I was thankful that it was not THAT painful as it has been. I instantly became overjoyed and felt like I could breathe fo...

Hi Manitourose, I see that you are a fellow New Yorker - so I just wanted to say hello (I am fairly new to the forum)! I know how hard it is to live with anxiety disorder and the fissure intensifies the anxiety to a whole another level. I always had bad anxiety to begin with before my fissure starte...

Can't say it enough, but y'all are truly the best. Is it weird that I haven't met you guys, but feel so comfortable talking to you and never thought I'd get so much comfort from strangers. Definitely trying to take everything one step at a time!! I will be starting a pain/food journal today. I will ...

Sorry about that, SavaIci!! I will try to stay on one post. I just created a new post, but not sure if it should be under here. I do apologize as I am unsure and hope I am doing this right. Feel free to let me know whenever if I'm effing up! Thank you for your kind words. I was able to have my GI pr...

Hey all, Over the past 3 days, I have been bleeding a lot more during BMs. I did discover my hemorrhoids acting up and so my GI prescribed me some Proctosol-HC 2.5% cream, which I am now using with my Nifedipine/Lidocaine. I'm just confused as to whether or not the bleeding is from the internal/prol...

Thanks Hayley & SavaIci for the reply and encouraging thoughts and advice -I really appreciate it more than you'll ever know! I definitely had my mind running rampant due to my fissure being located off side. I believe it's called a unilateral fissure? Not sure...but yes, I don't have any abdomi...

Canadabum, For stool softening, I have currently been taking a tablespoon of Citrucel as recommended by my GI along with one Colace a day. But I think I might try Miralax as it seems to work for a lot of you and also because I'm not sure if Citrucel is really softening the stool as opposed to bulkin...