Hi everyone,
I have once again been recuperating from another yucky illness...the dreaded flu bug got me, it is all around me, my husband just had it, it was awful, hope you all avoid it!
Anyway, I did a ton of research and through a friend found an incredible CRS in Manhatten who was actually the pioneer in the treatment of AF and hemorrhoids with nitroglycerin. He has many, many Top Doctor awards deservingly so, he was by far the most reassuring, compassionate, intelligent Dr. I have ever seen, no kidding, and like I said, I am a nurse which makes me really picky when it comes to health care!
The long of the short of it is, my fissure is not even an issue, I am healed...yippee (I say that in a whisper because you never know with these things)! My bleeding is definitely from my internal hemorrhoids, which I have a few options on how to deal with them. I could have a hemorrhoidectomy and hopefully never bleed again, but in my case this is not necessary at this time, but if I chose to do it, I could. He seemed to discourage me from this choice for now. I could have bandings and/or infrared done as well, but I would have to have many treatments to get rid of them all, so this is something I am thinking about, or I could just go on with my life, knowing that the bleeding is from my hemmies and try to calm down because he reassured me over and over again, that I will NOT die from my hemorrhoids!! He seriously calmed me down, and made me feel much better in regard to bleeding. He said basically noone wants to see blood obviously, but that I can really just realize that this type of bleeding may come and go as long as they are still there, but it is ok, I will not die from this or bleed out!! He also said the most important thing I can do is keep my stool soft (easier said than done as we all know), and this should obviously help. He also agrees with my other Dr. that my digestive system has not been right since birth, that I was born premature and that it probably never developed properly, and that I should take MOM, Mag, whatever it takes for me to go, every day for the rest of my life. So any of you who are worried, that is 2 Dr.s that have said if you need it take it an a daily basis forever and it is fine (as long as your kidney function is ok).
I just wanted to share this with everyone, so now I feel much better...today anyway!! Hope everyone else is feeling good today!!