I went in today for LIS, after having tried everything else to fix my issue. However, I woke up after the surgery was supposed to have happened to find that my doctor decided not to go through with it. She told me that my sphincter was not tight enough to warrant the clip, and was concerned that doing so would result in a greater risk of incontinence. I respect her decision 100%, but it's frustrating that I was so worked up over having made the decision to take the risk, only to wake up and instead of having a "fix," I am back to square one. I was previously told that I had a high resting pressure, so I don't know what the deal is...
She is now recommending that we look into the flap surgery. I guess now I have to start researching that one... another victory for the fissure. Seven years and counting.