I had LIS on August 15th and, as some of you may remember from my earlier posts, felt great right away. I thought I was healed. Unfortunately, I re-tore a little over a week after surgery and it has been up and down since then. My CRS put me back on nifedipine at my 2 week check-up, which helped at first, but I am still having issues. It's weird though because some days I don't have any pain, some days I have minor pain, a lot of days I just have pain in my tail bone/coccyx area after BMs (I started feeling this pain after BMs right after surgery, but thought it was due to swelling or something and would go away, but it hasn't completely). The pain isn't anywhere near what I was experiencing before surgery and is almost livable (I've only had 2-3 times where the pain was close to pre-LIS days), but I know it means that things aren't completely healed yet, which means the fissure could come back full force at any time. My husband and I want to have a baby, but I really need to be healed up before going through a pregnancy and delivery.
I'm curious if others have experienced this kind of rollercoaster of healing after LIS and gone on to a complete recovery???
Also, at my 4 week check-up, my CRS said we could try Botox and it might give the muscle just what it needs to completely heal up. Has anyone else had Botox *after* LIS and did you have success with it? I'm considering doing it, but, unfortunately my CRS isn't covered by my insurance so anything else I have done I have to pay for out of pocket. (Surgeon's fee only; the hospital/anesthesia is covered by my insurance.) I've already met my $2,000 deductible for the year, so if I'm going to have anything else done, I really need to have it done this calendar year so I don't have to pay that deductible all over again!
Feeling frustrated!!!