Hello Raoden,
I had the LIS done 9 days ago .
I have to mention that the pain for me was for about 2 months , I could not focus at work and just the road to work was a nightmare and at some point I thought that I will faint in the subway.
I did not try any treatments before getting LIS as I have read alot about this and found out that most of the creams / sitz baths / supozitory were for a period of time and after some time the fissure would come back hitting harder than before ( I'm not telling you to believe this , this is just my opinion and the way i see things). I did not want for that to happen I just wanted my normal life back as you have seen having the pain each BM is devastating and it leaves you witouth energy to do anything in that day.
I went to the hospital to first see what is my issue and the doc told me that I had a fissure and first he offered me the botox thing but also told me that this should be left for the future and needs to be tested more before it could be as succesfull like LIS .
He schedueld me for the surgery and I can tell you that I was so scared , I have cried from the doctors office until I have arrived home and after that the hole day and the rest of the days until the surgery , so I was a mess.
On Sunday 5/20/2017 in the morning I have sat down with my mom ( I'm 23 ) disscusing this operation .
The only risk : Fecal Incontinence ( For me personally this is the most scarry thing about this as I did not want to soil myself but as you have read from the forrum there is a low chance for this )
After disscusing with my mom I had decided out of fear as well to go to the doctor and tell him to cancel the operation as I'm not doing it . Also because I have took some dulcolax in the morning for about 2 days my BM's were water and I did not feel the pain as much but did not want to delusion myself that I am healed.
Went to the hospital and disscused with the doctor that finnaly convinced me to do the surgery this is what he told me:
1. This operation is verry easy and it is done alot by him 6-7 cases each week.
2. Recovry after the surgery is about 7 days ( this is what he told me after I have asked him if I could go to the gym )
3. The operation will be fast and I will not feel a thing .
4. Instant Relief of the pain .
Even if I was scared and by scared I mean I could not even speak until the operation time I have decided to go with it.
I was scared mainly as they did a Partial Anaesthesia (Rachianesthesia ) that in the middle of the surgery I would feel how he cuts me ( that was not the case and I was paranoid with fear ) I was awake the hole time speaking with the doctor until the surgery was done so that was nice because time flew.
After the surgery I was keept at the hospital for 4 days to make sure I do not bleed or feel the pain after OP ( they stuffed me with painkillers ) I was also lucky that I had good medical insurrance and they did not send me home.
After OP first day in the hospital I had minimum pain and also painkillers that helped me .
Second day was the worst I could not sleep witouth the painkillers .
Third day was nice , no pain no nothing.
Fourth day that is where they pulled the stuff from my butt to not bleed ( SO MUCH PAINNNNNN )
The 4 days that I have stayed in the hospital I did not have a BM as before the surgery I had taken dulcolax to be empty and also did not eat or drink wanter.
On 24/05/2017 I was sent home , because I was again scared that the first BM would hurt my butt I could not go and had to take dulcolax ( it worked ) but I have to say that it hurt allot for me the first time , I have read here that some people after the first BM they had no pain but this was not the case for me ( also have to mention that the BM was so hard and thick
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Second day was the same only the BM in the morning was soft as icecream but it still hurt.
Third day the same only 1 BM in the morning that hurt .
Just a side note the pain was much more reduced than before the OP and it took about 10 minutes for the pain to go away.
Fourth day had 3 BM'S and no pain at all .
Fifht day that is today 29/06/2017 again had 2 BM's again no pain .
The only thing that I'm worried about is that my butt is leaking a yellowish liquide that has no smell and it is in a small ammount when I wipe my ass. ( HOPE IT IS NOT INCONTINENCE)
So by far the OP helped me and also this LONG LONG story that I have told you here will also help you .
Also this was my experience , I cannot tell you that you will be the same as me of fell the same as me so do not take it word by word if you read this hole essay.
This story is my story and just wanted to let you know that even if I was scared and if you read the story SCARED is a kind word for what I have felt I still decided to go with the OP.