by Ever the Optimist » 18 Apr 2013, 15:30
Hi,
I'd just like to add my bit on Coconut Oil!!!
I read about this for so long and was a little sceptical but I finally took the plunge and bought myself some Virgin Raw Organic Coconut Oil off Amazon. Just to add, my fissure is chronic and 1 yr 4 months old now! Up until using the Oil, I wasn't suffering in any major way - just a few twinges now and again and the feeling that the area was still very delicate, nothing extreme. Since using the oil (just a small dab just inside the anal opening after a good BM clean-up) I have noticed an amazing difference in the full week I've been using it! I hardly feel anything "weird" about my anus afterwards, my bottom is beginning to feel almost back to it's old self again and it is extremely soothing and moisturising and natural. Today, I stressed a little - I had a slightly firmer BM and found myself pushing (just a little, which I know I must NOT do!!!) I used some oil and everything felt OK! Normally, even if I only push a little, I can still feel I have stretched the area too much - today, for the first time, nothing!.....
Trust me I have tried so many things since having this fissure but I'm praying that this could be the "icing on the cake" for me.
I have been truly converted!!!! :)
Chronic Fissure diagnosed December 2011
Healed by Diltiazem around Feb 2013
Anal Fistula followed burst abscess in June 2012
2 internal troublesome piles remain & suspected, but undiagnosed, ongoing Levator Ani type symptoms & flare-ups