Hi y’all. I’ve been on nitro (a .125 percent compounded w Vaseline) for about a week now. I find it already helps with the sharp, knife-like pain I used to have following BMs. Last week I basically retore and it was agony but the nitro helped and it actually wasn’t even until 2 days ago that I began having smaller BMs (I was overloading on fiber) so I was in moderate pain the whole time after pooping anyway - a more burning, sore pain.
These past two days I’ve had great soft smooth BMs that slip right out but I still get sore and tight and slightly burning in my butt. Is that normal? Even the nitro only takes the edge off of that type of pain - but I also acknowledge that even w smooth BMs I have gone multiple times and that can irritate the fissure or even the act of dabbing w water could too.
I guess my question is, is it normal for it to still hurt a week into nitro treatment and w soft BMs? I’m just worried I might be ignoring the nitro not working, or another thing that must be addressed (eg scar tissue? Idk.) All I know from my GI - have a CRS appt in July - is that he saw a fissure (he didn’t say if I had multiple or even where, trying to get him on the phone to discuss, they’re internal from what I know so not easy to see and I don’t actually feel anything when I put the ointment on) so I feel like I am flying blind.
Thanks for any input!