Hello, again! Well, 2 years and 4 months after surgery and I have another fissure. I've kept to my dairy-free, high fiber diet since surgery. The only change I made recently is not having my oat bran/ground flax breakfast every morning the last few weeks. Reducing that made everything a little looser, so I guess that's how I ended up back here.
I'll start Nifedipine/lidocaine ointment today. My CRS suggests botox if the Nifedipine doesn't heal me. He says he doesn't recommended a 2nd LIS, except as a last resort. I can't believe I'm going through this, again. I feel like I'd just gotten back to as normal a life as possible. I was finally running regularly and at my highest mileage, feeling good. Thankfully, this is a small one. The pain and spasms are not bad, more uncomfortable than excruciating like before. The worst part is the mental aspect. I'm right back to stessing over every bite and it's potential to hurt me. Thank God for this forum. I had kind of blocked out that period of my life. I'm thankful for this diary, since I don't have to retry things that didn't work last time.