by stargazer » 08 Jun 2011, 19:39
hball...you sound just like me..car rides are the worst!..I can tell you that my fissure has pretty much healed, I feel SO very grateful, let me say that first off. I never knew how painful and embarrasing something like this can be..My soreness is so much better as well..it has not completely gone, as I notice it mostly when driving, or sitting on something too hard. Its still there, but not consuming my life like it was or keeping me up at night! There is an end in sight. My doctor feels it could also be something called "coccydynia"...look it up on line, it could relate to you as well. I do believe that the spasms can also create the soreness, as your muscle's are clenching from the pain you feel. I couldn't sit straight on my butt for months! Now I can, for much longer periods of time. I had also fallen back in January right around the same time as the fissure, so I think I was kind of double wammied on that one, as my doctor put it as well! When I fell, I wasn't in any pain, I got up laughing, but within a few days it was terrible..again, though, I believe the fissure got worse and so did the spasms, along with the fall. I became so very depressed, couldn't walk very far or stand for very long either!! You will get better, hang in there.! The empathy I have for this kind of pain is tremendous now, I do not take being able to sit normally for granted! Blessings and speedy healing to you! xxoo