T-6 days until surgery. I’m ready to be done with this!

Thanks for the updates!

I had my LIS and Fissurectomy this morning. Everything went well; pre-op and post-op experience thusfar are 100% exactly like my Botox / Fissurectomy. I'm far too numb from the waist down to know anything - tomorrow will be the day I begin to know what my recovery is going to look like.

Day 2 post LIS: My recovery thus far is an exact replica of my recovery from Botox.

I went back and read day 1 and day 2 from Botox while sitting on the Sitz bath after my morning BM this morning. It’s uncanny how similar the recovery is so far.

The only differences for me between Post Botox recovery and post LIS are:

1) A lot more blood and seepage. I’ve been changing my gauze every 2-3 hours and have been impressed each time by the amount of seepage.
2) Overall less pain. This could be just me being more experienced with the pain having worked through it over the last year, or the diligent dosing of pain meds and prophylactic usage of THC. If marijuana is legal where you live, I highly recommend an edible indica strain.

So far, so good. The pain I’m experiencing is not shooting or stabbing pain from my fissure - it feels dull and swollen.

Looking forward to better days ahead!!

Hi Nitroglycerin! How is your LIS surgery going ? I find myself similar to you. With the nitro and miralax combo I feel no pain no blood really (sometimes my butt is slight sore) but otherwise good. If I reduce nitro tho , my poop gets stuck and I have a lot of pain . I have the kenalog procedure scheduled on August 24 which is basically a fissurectomy with the a kenalog injection. Just wanna know how it’s going for ya

All is well now about two and a half months later. My fissure has healed and in general everything is better.

The healthy eating habits and exercise routines I established due to my fissure journey over a year and a half have caused me to drop and keep off over sixty pounds.

In short, the LIS surgery was one of the best decisions I ever made.