by Fissulyna » 06 Feb 2008, 19:12
Dear Erin,
I wish you luck with recovery ! The Botox should kick in already !!! How much of Botox did you get ??? If your sphincter is relaxed you should not be in so much pain ?!? Did he check your sphincter status ??? Fissure is deep, of course, he cut it just a week ago ! Since I had both - fissurectomy AND LIS - I can tell you that LIS side was healed in 2 days strait - incision and all !!!! Fissurectomy site needed 4 weeks to stop bleeding and being sore completely and developed nasty skin tag on top af everything. So, you got worse procedure -pain vise : (. If you had just a LIS it would be easier.
Regarding incontinence - I interviewed 4 CRS surgeons and all of them said that they never had a case in their whole practice time.
So, just find an experienced surgeon and you will be fine. I have no problem controlling anything, neither gas nor loose stools.
All the best !!!!