Hello all,
I've been reading through this forum for a while, and now feel it's time I've made a post of my own. My fissure has been around for a year now, and the past few months were going great. My stools are consistently soft (I'm on Miralax and stool softeners) and my diet is the best it's ever been. I've also been on Nitro since my fissure was professionally diagnosed (about 6 months ago), and do at least 2 sitz baths a day. I hadn't seen any bleeding or felt any sharp pain since July (3 months ago), but today out of nowhere, there was blood in my stool (although my diet has not changed at all) and the familiar pain returned. This has been an ongoing cycle for the past year- things go well, then I have a setback that pulls me into depression. I'm now seriously considering LIS, but the only thing that holds me back is that I'm a very young female (21 years old), and the incontinence risk scares me to death. At the same time though, I'm realizing that if this thing hasn't healed up for a year, my odds are slim to none without surgery. Do you guys think I should wait it out a little longer with hopes that things will get better, or go forth with getting surgery? I just want my life back. I'm actually holding back tears as I write this. Any advice is appreciated, thank you all so much!!!