Hey there everybody! I'm Jacob. 21. Glad to be here! So I'm not sure how many of you guys are here for fissures that aren't diet related. I'm VERY hesitant about saying this due to the way people like to judge and freak out. But my fissure issue isn't caused by anything diet wise or anything like that. Mine is from a sexual act. Which kinda makes me laugh aloud to myself for allowing this curse to happen. But, it does. I always thought I'd never be one to suffer from this issue. And all that other resentment.
Lets start with the amount of pain that we are all familiar with. I can't... ugh... it ruins the day! You know? Bowel movements feel like I'm being pulled apart from the innards out. Or like a permanent spiked ball which is on fire is just hanging out.
Despite the amount of pain, and knowledge I lack about fissures, and the degrees of how bad they are, but some of me already feels like it's healing up. Though it hurts, it's not nearly as bad as day 1 and 2 were. Maybe I'm semi used to it now or it's already making me go insane. Or both! Who knows.
All I've done in this 3 days is rest. I am kind of afraid to move around too much. Cause after a bowel movement... oh dear lord walking back to the couch or bed is certainly NOT something I wanna do. But the pain does not last very long. Anyway, I've sat around, drank a lot of water and V8 juice (I'm also suffering from a nice little sinus infection... Double whammy) and take 2 or 3 hot baths a day. I read something about while taking the hot bath you're supposed to contract the muscle a few times every 5 minutes to help blood flow to it. Essentially speeding up healing time. So I have been practicing that. Also applying an antibacterial/itch/pain relief cream afterwards.
I loath the idea of potential surgery. Surgery scares me so badly. Not quite sure why, but I don't want to deal with it. Since I'm so young that shouldn't have to happen. My skin cells regenerate pretty fast. Or that is what I really wanna believe.
Forgive me if some of what I say is either inaccurate or a little off. I only know what I've been reading on various sites I've found through Google. We know how some of those can be a tish misleading.
Anywho! I think I've spoke enough. I'm beginning to ramble.
I wish each one of you the best. I hope you all feel fantastic! We shall get through this no matter what! Y'all don't know how tough you really are. :)
Sincerely,
Jacob