I am SO glad I found this forum! My fissure story started in January when I found myself in horrible pain. I felt like I was going broken glass everytime I used the toilet. Then there was blood. There is Colon cancer in my family - my mother is a 12 year survivor and my Dad died in 1990. So I was petrified beyond belief. I had a colonoscopy (my first) 11 years ago when I was 37 and it was clean. So I went to see my mother's CRS and he found a fissure and prescribed Nifedipine ointment, 3x daily and scheduled a scope for 4/15. The fissure began to heal and I was doing really well with the ointment, Metamucil, and stool softeners. 2 weeks ago, the pain returned and I called the doctor. They canceled the scope and I need to continue the ointment and see him again on 4/18 and we will go from there.
I want to have this scope done to rule out anything further, but the prep scares me - the thought of being in severe pain and not being able to stop it. But the fear of having colon cancer is a big incentive to get the scope done. I have too many additional symptoms and that is pushing me to get this done.
Dee