I will give my history here...
I have taken up running in the past year. I started running on may 7th 2009, I started with walking and by the end of June 2009 I was running a couple of miles a day. Over the year I started running for at least an hour 6 days a week. In march/april of 2010 I started running further as I was going to be entering some half marathons this summer. However In mid april of 2010 all of that came to stop.
For a long while I noticed I had to poop after every run. And running while holding poop in almost every day. One day I Noticed I couldnt poop before a run so i strained to poop I remeber pushing very very hard and feeling a bump on side of my anus that went away a few days later. However I noticed in the days and weeks to come I had pain coming on and it has just gotten worse. Horrible pain Not so much during a B.M. but about an hour after words thats when the pain hits the hardest.
I went to the doctors and he said it was most likely hemmoriods and he gave me cream. I was back in the office 3 days later begging him for something else. He had me get a colonoscopy. I was scared to death! I wouldnt even let them put me to sleep for it. The Colonoscopy came up with a fissure. And i was given another cream starts with a d, Anywase I put some on the outside of my anus thinking that would work. I didnt know to put it on my finger and put it in the anal canal. So for weeks I have still been suffering. I'm a strict vegan and have been for 8 years. So all I did was drink more water and have been eating more veggies and grains and not any white breads. ANYWASE... The pain was back so bad that I went back to the doctors and he sent me to a surgeon who has schduled me for the LIS next week. It has been almost a month since I met with him, He did an anscope and said he saw a fissure. I dont want the surgery, but its only getting worse. If I eat one thing that isnt perfect I'm in awful fall on my knees someone punched me in the B-hole pain!
My questions are
1. Did anyone else have to stop running/wieght lifting when they got their fissure?
2. where is the fissure usually located? is it on the back side the part that is nearest to the back bone/tail bone or the part that is nearest to the penis or vag? depending on which one you have.
3. Can a fissure cause swelling in the groin lyhm noids ( I dont know if they are swelled or always felt this way and i just didnt noticed before ( the reason i checked was because ever since this fissure i have been checking every possible anything on my body, I have never had any health problems outside of a cold or flu so i have been in a complete panic for the past 2 months). I asked my doc about this and he had me get a blood test that came back normal.
4. I have only seen blood on my stools once and no more blood just one streak once? Is that normal?
5. has anyone else had a total nervous break down from their af? It really has ruined my life. When ever I try to go running to manage stress I can feel it in my bum. And it makes things worse. Walking is ok but i want to run again! Will I ever have my life back?