Hi there - I've been suffering with anal fissures on and off since the birth of my son twelve years ago. They have been troublesome and caused a bit of discomfort, but nothing to what I have been experiencing since the Spring this year and particularly in the last couple of months. This is in a whole other league... The burning pain, itch attacks, the lack of sleep - it's really getting me down. I've been on Anoheal for 6 weeks but the itching has just become unbearable - I've had to give up using it. I have not tried nitro this time around, I only used it once before and the headache was immediate and explosive - perhaps I will give this another try.
Anyway I'm off to my GP today for an appointment and I hope to get a referral to a Colorectal surgeon. I am a teacher and due to go back to work this week and I am really really stressed about how I am going to cope. Does anyone have any tips about how to cope with headaches from nitro? How to cope at work? Also how to convince my doctor of the level of pain I'm experiencing? I'm really struggling here...
Thanks for all the information on this website by the way - I have felt at least that I have got some support and stuff to try out for eg, a sitz bath is on it's way from Amazon as of now. Funny thing to get excited about I suppose but there you go...
By the way - I don't generally get any bleeding from my fissure - what does this mean? I can feel a ravine at 12' o'clock on my anus that is maybe about 5mm deep? so it's there alright and is very very sore but doesn't bleed- any ideas? Feels so weird talking about my sore bottom on the interweb, but desperate measures for desperate times, I guess. :oops: