Ok first my history. I am a 45 year old woman. I had a CHRONIC fissure problem that lasted for well over a year. Slowly, it went away. I started eating better and I was just marvelling to myself recently how nice it was that everything was cool. I didn't think you could heal a chronic fissure, so was pleased that everything had been nice for almost a year. It was wonderful that I had seemed to heal it on my own; I had scheduled surgery at one point but I chickened out. It did not cause me a lot of pain so I just dealt with it for a long time.
A while ago I got the crazy idea to go back on the Dukan (low carb) diet to shed a few pounds. I have done this before (lots of protein, veggies) and it works fast. So I lost some weight over the course of a week or so and then got really constipated. How quickly we forget! So I did not have any bleeding but I did have a really painful bowel movement.
One of two things happened, and now I am in some serious pain. It hurts to walk and it hurts to sit. I feel like there is a small lump in my perineum area. That's where the pain is localized. Very painful to touch no outside, but no "wound". It's just a little bit hard. I was worried that I had some kind of hemmorhoid but I do not have anything visible like that. It doesn't look like it is thrombosed or blue or black or anything, just firm.
Then it occured to me that maybe I had been retorn internally, but I just cant see it. The pain radiated to the posterior direction. I have no visible fissure and I have no bleeding. Just extreme shooting pain, worse than it ever was. It's gotten worse over the last 24 hrs.
This problem started yesterday morning after my painful BM. The only thing that helped yesterday was 2 glasses of wine. I know not advised, but I think it helped me relax, as I was getting a bit desparate.
I almost wish it is a hemmorhoid, because I think I can deal with that better.
Any help please, I will try anything. Hear the desperation in my voice. The diet is done!