Hello All,
I'm really happy to have found this website...it's so hard to get feedback from people who actually suffer from this damned problem.
I have suffered from an Anal fissure for the last 4 years. Unfortunately I had been constantly been mis-diagnosed by my GP with haemmoiroids for the first 3 years. The pain would come and go and I told myself that I hadn't been as vigilant as I should have been when I had a bad bowel movement.
Eventually I got reffered to a Proctology clinic at Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK . The specialist told me it was a fissure and to just continue a high fibre diet and it should dissapear. I did this for 5 months and no change!
On my 2nd visit I was given Diltiazem and have been using it for 3 weeks. Unfortunately I've also got a pretty irritable bowel and one dash to the toilet and 6 weeks of progress have gone.
I'm now completely at the end of my tether. The Doctor at Charing Cross won't see me till October as he's too busy with other patients. As this condition has really screwed up the rest of my life I am seriously considering going Private for surgery.
Should I wait till Oct to see the doc and get surgery through the NHS or go privately immediately?
If Private can anyone recommend an excellent private surgeon? I have been petrified of incontinence since I read about fissures.
I really want my life back
THANKYOU