Hello,
I'm newly diagnosed with what my internal doctor thinks is a fissure. I went to him because I was having extreme pains after having bowel movements and there was a lot of blood on the wipes, in the toilet, and on the stool. I've had hemorrhoids in the past, so I thought this was just an extreme flare up, but he is thinking otherwise. He went ahead and referred me to a GI surgeon to have a look, but I'm freaking out a little because the bleeding is persistent after every bowel, the pain is seriously unmanageable, and I've never experienced anything like this...blood coming from there isn't good right? I just need some kind of comfort and don't know where else to turn. I'm a 32 year old single father...well almost single father, just got engaged during this whole fiasco, and I want to make sure I'm not...well...I'm just scared. Support from anyone? Words of advice on what to do...foods to eat, meds to take, things to do and not do?