by Jbl22424 » 10 Aug 2014, 11:50
Hi All - I continue to battle the re-tear. I think it might be getting a little worse each day instead of better. It's not that painful but there is tightness/spasms just like before plus burning just after a bm. It's not nearly like a re-tear before surgery but it still sucks. I'm going to give it a week or two and if it doesn't clear up, talk to my CRS again. Maybe we do botox or maybe a second LIS down the road? I'm not opposed to that or half as scared of surgery as I was the first time around. After having a taste of a fissure-free life, I know that I would take the incontinence from LIS over fissure pain. The other thing I've resolved is not to take away all of life's dietary pleasures in order ensure soft bms. Miralax is enough for me. I cut out everything before surgery (cheese, meat, bread, alcohol, coffee, etc) in the hopes that it would heal my fissure. It basically did nothing for me except make me absolutely miserable. The only thing that gave me soft bms were miralax and cutting back on breastfeeding. I've also been reading about others who have re-torn after LIS on the forum. I guess it is not uncommon. They usually heal quickly... but I'm going on a week now so I don't think that's going to be me.
Anyways - the good news is that a re-tear after surgery doesn't hurt that much but the bad news is that it is still possible. I wish I had kept up a full dose of miralax. My mom was giving me grief about still taking the miralax which influenced my decision to start weaning from it. I don't know why I haven't learned to discount other people's opinions and follow my own instincts yet... next time I'll know better.
Developed fissure from constipation due to breastfeeding 7 weeks after delivery (Jan 2014)
Nifedepine
Colace
Magnesium
Miralax - godsend
Nitro - some improvement
LIS (May 2014) - cured for 3 months then setback
Diltiazem
Feeling better for now