Hi everyone - hope you're all doing well
It's been a while since I've posted so I'll provide a brief summary of my anal fissure story so far:
• First symptoms of anal fissure end of October 2016 after bad straining episode - blood in stools and pain during and after BM's (not experienced spasms as far as I can tell)
• initially incorrectly diagnosed with hemmarrohid
• prescribed Fybogel to make my stools easy to pass (still taking twice a day)
• back and forth to doctor over past few months to check progress of healing, assured it is getting there but taking a frustratingly long time
• no blood since end of 2016
• last visit to doc I was told it is definitely healing, but slowly; apparently the wound does not look as deep or "raw" as before
So, seems like after nearly 4 months I am (finally) on the mend.
I am just wondering what experiences others have had during the later stages of healing. I feel like my pain has gone from excruciating glass cutting type pain, to very sore scratchy type pain, and now to more of an aching pain shortly after BM's, but only sometimes. I also experience occasional itchyness. I don't have much pain during BM's, but I can feel there is something there, scar tissue I'm guessing. I also feel like it flares up if I am stressed. From reading other people's stories on here I know I need to be patient, and that it may take many more months before I am back to normal completely. Just looking for any advice to make sure I keep moving in the right direction! Any words of wisdom greatly appreciated :)