Peachy, it is posts and stories just like yours that made me go straight for the LIS..I know how dismissive many doctors can be, and just went in with an attitude of NOT taking no for an answer, or I'd drive straight somewhere else! I had read about the massive headaches from the nitro, botox not working, etc. and again, figured why mess round with that?
When someone is not the one in this extreme pain, what's it to them to give you some cream and send you off on your way?... and they're on to the next guy and then off to their pain-free golf outing quite possibly...let's face it, just like with most things, when it's not you or your immediate family, most people forget another person's problems in 20 seconds and go back to THEIR life and THEIR perceived problems..doctors included, they're only human. It was stories just like yours that frightened me one million times more than a surgery...God, I hope you can find some relief!!
When I first went to the Prompt care about 4 1/2 weeks ago, the doc there said i had a hemmorhoid and gave me the Hydrocortisone type prescription cream..when that really didn't do anything, I basically self-diagnosed myself with a fissure (with help from tons of research online) and then found the CRS in town online and called. Made him look at it and wala, what do you know, I was right! Told him about stories like yours and said I wasn't going to bother wasting time with those treatments, "surgery or death" is what I only half-jokingly said.
Don't know really much at all about how your Health care System works, but all I can say is be confident when you speak to them and very no-nonsense and I'll be praying for you!