Hello everyone,
I am new to the forum and hope it can help me. To give you some background I started with on/off anal pain in 2007. I had it looked at with a sigmoidocscopy and nothing was found. Pain went away after a few months.
It came back in 2014. On/off anal pain. It then became more constant. By this time i was getting buttock pain/sciatica too all on left. The pain since then has always been left sided about 5pm location just inside anus which can spread to buttock at times. I got a referral - it was looked at, he found a small prolapse (which he fixed) and minor hems and no fissure but did a small stretch for good measure. None of it really helped in the long run. I have constipation issues and a borderline underactive thyroid. Not on meds for thyroid as GP says if I feel well ie not tired and I'm underweight weirdly not overweight then no need to go on meds for that. BUT I think it may be causing sluggish bowel.( which I've always had since teenager)
I use fibogel twice a day and eat well/drink well and exercise, but still have days of hard stools. This is what sets off pain cycle for me and this left hand 'patch' like a sore ulcer inside the anus. I can go a week or so with no pain at all, then bingo it's back. GP currently prescribed Rectogestic I started it last week but can only use a tiny amount 0.5cm or gives such bad headache. GP offered to refer me if this doesn't stop pain cycle. She couldn't feel/see a fissure but said it sounded like one was being opened up and closing again. There is no blood and never has been. I'm not sure it even is a fissure the last specialist did not find one!! I have had three children by the way and I'm 43!
Can anyone relate to this, I've been on this pattern since 2014 and every time I think it's gone it comes back maybe after a day, a week or even a month. Any help on hard stools or anyone in a similar situation and should I get referred would be amazing as I feel so alone in this and worried it will never go away.