All,
I had a fissure about a couple of months back, which seemed to heal by itself. Now, for the last 1 week due a hard BM, I had a re-tear.
I saw a surgeon and he said the only option left is Surgery. I cannot take a surgery immediately as I am into change of jobs and I won't be able to get many time offs from work. I also have the fear of loss of control after surgery.
There is not much of pain during every BM but there is bleeding. There are drops of blood on the toilet bowl when mixed with the water makes it look like I have lost a bottle of blood.
I am taking a stool softener based on Sterculia. This seemed to work the previous time but does not seem to work this time.
I have not yet started Miralax. What is the ideal dosage of Miralax to make the stool pasty ?
My question is does bleeding daily bleeding lead to blood loss and anemia ? I have started taking Iron supplements already. How long does it take before I lose siginificant amount of blood leading to anemia ?
Is there anything at all I can do to stop this bleeding. I am on the verge of giving up on life. Please help.