by Peachy724 » 03 Feb 2010, 08:50
Hey Folks,
Sorry i never updated earlier, i actually tried to and twice my post never saved after a lenghthy update so gave up. The advancement flap surgery that my surgeon was meant to do on the 21st of december turned out that when iwas under he banded the hemmies that were bothering me but he "thought" the fissure was starting to heal so just gave me more botox so you can imagine how dissapointed i was. Fast forward a couple weeks and i was still getting bad fissure pain despite now being on morphine aswell as the rest (pregabalin, valium, paracetamol, diclofenic, chlorpromozine and prozac but thats for my mood as you will probably know) so he said he would do the advancement flap, the took me in two weeks ago today and finally i got it done! the first few days were great, not alot of pain but then the stitches started to tighten and pinch and really hurt but i was told it was normal and by then i didn't kno if it was fissure pain or healing pain. I now know its healing pain, i had a follow up with the surgeon yesterday and he seems very pleased with his work (lol) and said it was all healing up nicely, im still getting pain but i guess thats normal, he actually cut out the fissure and cut a diamond of good tissue to cover up the wound. He actually cut himself slightly during the op so we had to get HIV tests and HEP B and C tests done, but i wasn't worried and the results were all fine, i didnt give a toss to be honest, my bum is my main concern. Im still taking it easy and taking 3 movicals a day as all the pain relief is sstill constipating me. Im still unsure, the stitches are still there and i do get a slight throbbing after i go to the loo but do you think thats either psychosomatic or just understandable as there is a wound in there healing?? Im still scared this hasnt worked as ive suffered for so long and know this is the last chance saloon as there is nothing further that can be done, this surgery is used if LIS fails so it has to work! Ive been putting vaseline on the stitches that are outside and im starting to get itchy at times which is good isnt it? only thing is i cant touch it as its still very tender. If anyone hasany questions im more than happy to answer as i know this surgery isnt performed often
Jackie xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx