Hi there,
Wow was I amazed a few weeks ago when I found this forum! I am absolutely amazed at the amount of people who are also going through this nightmare! Same symptoms and everything!!
Well, onto my introduction. I have been living with a fissure for the last 4 months and have experienced a little bit of everything, from the feeling of passing shards of glass during a BM, to the feelings of frustration and helplessness at the doctors and their lack of usefulness. I have tried the nitro and am now on a cream of Dil--something something lol!! And can't get over how much the daily sitz baths and the ideas on this forum to start using mineral oil and adding more finer to my diet have helped me manage most of my pain and irritation!
I finally decided to post when I found out that aloe Vera is a god send to AF sufferers! I went out and bought a plant recently and have already noticed some extreme differences in the amount of healing and resuced inflammation that is occurring!! I also wanted to ask if anyone had had success with tying off a sentinel pile? I have a large one located right above my fissure and it is about the size of a quarter and I have noticed a lot of my pain comes from there. I heard one story of someone on this site using dental string to tie off a skin tag and it dropped off 3 days later with no issue. So, my question, how good of an idea is this really? And Is there more than one person who has tried this technique?