Introducing myself here. I've been lurking since I found this forum and had my first experience with a fissure in September. I healed after about 6 weeks and life was wonderful again and then re-tore in December and am in misery again. I am seeing my CRS on Monday to see what is going on.
How do you all cope with this? It's so hard to just carry on with my everyday life. It feels so all-consuming. Nobody should ever have to have this awful, awful thing!
Wondering if anyone on here also has IBS? I did a search and didn't see anything. I am absolutely terrified of having surgery and risking the incontinence especially with my IBS. I was doing so well with that problem, taking Benefiber and probiotics daily. I have no idea what happened. I was terribly constipated for 3 days (which isn't my normal problem - I have diarrhea usually) and then finally had a bm and got the fissure. Life has been miserable since then except the month of November when I had no pain.
Thanks for listening to my whine.