by Ever the Optimist » 24 Mar 2013, 13:32
Hi Jazy,
At two months you will probably be still recovering from your surgery and won't be entirely healed but hopefully, things should be feeling a lot more comfortable and less raw than just after it. Lots of others have made several trips with very painful acute fissures or after surgery and survived! so you should be fine. Just ask for extra cushions and maybe take a painkiller if needs be to make yourself comfortable. If it's any reassurance, I went off to Center Parks one week after fistula surgery! (Yes, a different form of anal surgery with different after effects) but I was just fine. I curled up on the 4 hr car journey on my side quite comfortably, packed my ibruprofen and baby wipes and had a great time. As Center Parks are quite active orientated, I still managed to walk loads and ride a bike for a short while!! The only thing I couldn't do was swim unfortunately because it was so soon after surgery but nonetheless, I had a truly fantastic break and it provided a welcome distraction from everything that had happened a week prior to that.
Chronic Fissure diagnosed December 2011
Healed by Diltiazem around Feb 2013
Anal Fistula followed burst abscess in June 2012
2 internal troublesome piles remain & suspected, but undiagnosed, ongoing Levator Ani type symptoms & flare-ups