by alpinestrawberry » 01 Dec 2011, 07:41
Yes doctors can be so clueless, I agree with Dawn! The nurse practicioner at my OBGYN's office told me that the fissure would literally have to be cut out and that it was very serious and unpleasant. Maybe she was right in a sense, if she was thinking of a fissurectomy. But not all doctors do fissurectomies, I didn't have one and I'm glad I didn't. At any rate doctors shouldn't say things like that that scare the hell out of you and cause you to keep putting off an inevitable surgery that, in the long run, was NOT a big deal.
Anyway hotpink, it really sounds to me like you're on the right track. Just keep pushing to get a referral to a CRS. Don't despair over the random pattern of tearing and healing, it basically happens to all of us and it's maddening! But the others are right, CRS's don't 'sew it up'...they treat it with surgery but it's a minor one. Your GP just doesn't know much about fissures, but at least he knew enough to give you nitro instead of steroid cream. Hang in there!