Ever the Optimist wrote:Butt,
Tell me about it - I am also impatient and a perfectionist & a bit of a control freak over my life, so feeling I'm not in control of all this drives me mental!
I've also noticed an increase in pain in the fissure area, over the last few days and can't tell whether it's the sentinel pile playing up, whether I've aggravated that, which has aggravated the fissure, whether the fissure has retorn a little.....I'm scheduled for a CRS visit 10th May and I have a few questions again about all this stuff! I'll update you on his opinion on the skin tag issue.
I haven't yet used Witchhazel as I've only see the alcohol based stuff in the shops so I'm going to research on the net. I'll let you know as soon as I find something which could be of interest to us!
That sucks about your anal sex issues! A fissure is such an intrusion on your life is so many ways, but in some respects that has to be the ultimate intrusion. I so hope you can get it sorted soon so you can resume your love life! Did you get any useful advice on that from a CRS? I can only suggest dilation, based on what I've read here as a way forward??
I made a mistake by visiting a gastroenterologist instead of a rectal surgeon!!! I went in thinking that I had internal hemorrhoid but he said it's actually fissure (which makes sense now!). He gave me suppository Cortisone and not Nitro or Dilitiazem cream. I used Cortisone thing for 6 days and then I read that it can actually make it worse. I stop that and bought Nitro from United Pharmacy. Nitro definitely has helped but it's best used at night right before you sleep so you can bypass most headache. I also hate that very "slippery" feeling when I walk and sit.. I think it irritates my skin tag.
No, I have not seen a real good Rectal Surgeon yet. I don't have insurance so everything is self pay. Money isn't a big issue but I know fissure takes a LONG time to heal and I need to stick to a good "routine" to see if I can heal it myself. I am just very anxious about surgery as cuts may make it worse?
Regardless, I finally figured out one thing I shouldn't do which I have been doing for the past 2 months. That is Sitz Bath on the toilet!!! Yes, Sitz Bath helped me tremendously when my fissure was acting up so bad with a lot of pain and blood but for the past 2 months, I didn't have any blood. I think sitting in that position (the seat I bought from CVS) actually "tears" my skin...and that's why the skin tag won't go away! I know this because my brother has fissure too and it's acting up and he said he tried Sitz Bath seat and it TEARS so much that he is in tears. The location of our fissure seems to be the same (6'O Clock, closer to our testicles).
Starting from yesterday, I no longer sit on Sitz Bath seat. I am only going to sit in the tub and bend my knee a bit. I want to see if that can help my skin tag.
I also think skin treatment lotion that helps wrinkle/scar should help.. I don't have proof on this but I think it can and that's why I use Palmer's Cocoa Butter with Vitamin E lotion several times a day. My skin tag has reduced in size since April but I need it to go away completely!
I am only 2 months into this Routine. I guess I need more time and I am getting really impatient!!!