Anal Fissure Support Forum

Just curious but is the incontinence that everyone fears following LIS a permanent- like poop yourself every day for the rest of your life and have to wear adult diapers-deal or is it temporary for some months? Permanent sounds pretty ...

Ok so lately I've been eating lots of veggie soup, taking Miralax dutifully, taking Valium, and using both nifedipine and nitroglycerin (on different days) for my fissure. It seems to have been somewhat successful in that my stool is soft and frozen yogurt like most of the time (you're welcome for t...

... that you are much more likely to become fecally incontinent after childbirth (almost half) than you would after LIS (2-5%) Incidence of fecal incontinence after childbirth. Guise JM , Morris C , Osterweil P , Li H , Rosenberg D , Greenlick M . Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medical ...

... normal life after 1,5 years disaster. However he said that the procedure will not be done before very careful consideration because of the risk of incontinence. http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/affraid.gif I feel that I am living in a hell because I cannot stand this pain but I am getting so scared ...

Maybe i'm making this up but has anyone heard of temporary incontinence from LIS or is that just botox since the botox isn't a permanent treatment? I'm having small issues with gas and having to wipe a lot more, I actually mentioned it in another post. ...

This really scares it out of me! I googled and came upon a website that said the procedure is complicated by varying degrees of incontinence in up to 35% of patients, more frequently women. That percentage sounds high to me. I will try to find the website again and post the link. I just ...

Hah, I am writing a lot tonight/this morning. I cant sleep. Thats what happens when you go off your meds for surgery and then go back on them right? Anyways, I am just curious...about a few things. Since I have had my surgery, I have had a lot of gas! Its not uncontrollable gas, but its a lot more t...

just a note to all..i was doing some research on the 5% that had problems with incontinence ..it seems from what ive located.. its folks who are obese and very unhealthy..and most seemed to be a diabetic..?,,humm ..??.... from what ive got on failure is: 1)obese ...

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and was wondering if any of you who have had surgery have had problems with incontinence? I'm scheduled to go in on Dec 8 for surgery, and I was told that this is a risk. I'm only 24 and the thought of having this problem so young terrifies me. ...