Hello all, I thought for my peace of mind I would start a diary of my healing. I have posted a few times on the forums but I thought I would try and keep a record now
My fissure developed 5 months ago after childbirth and constipation caused by pain medication. I have always had problems with constipation and so if someone had told me that codeine caused constipation I would not have taken it.
After being originally diagnosed with piles ( i definitely had those as well) I struggled for 3 months with the pain which was always up and down!
I finally went back to the GP and she could see a fissure which she thought was healing. She gave me rectogesic and I have been using that for 7 weeks
In that time I feel the original fissure healed quite well but I seemed to develope another one the opposite side! I also have a rather larger skin tag which gets irritated and hurts a lot
For the last 2 weeks I was feeling a lot better but I went for a GO review yesterday where she did a rectal exam, which was extremely sore!
Today I feel like I’m back to square one, in a lot of pain, feel like there are multiple fissures and back to bleeding again
I’m really upset at the pain and blood, and feel like I’m back to square one
She has referred me to a CRS as she feels like it should have healed
I am now worried that I’m so stressed when having a BM that it will never heal. I go once a day which is lucky I guess, and I take lactulose! Although the past few days I feel like my BMs have been harder. So I’m back to the drawing board. Things I am going to try
1. Rectogesic twice a day morning and night
2. Apply Vaseline and germoloids cream before BM
3. Squat
4. Eat well, does anyone have any good healthy recipes?
5. Drink lots of water
I’m hoping these things will get me back to where I am in a few weeks
Any suggestions for supplements or anything else I could try would really be appreciated, I’m starting to loose hope that I will ever get through this
Help would be appreciated
I am just going to track my healing again here! Just for peace of mind and something I can look back on to make me feel better
Thanks
Ashleigh