by NeuropathicGuy » 21 Jul 2010, 00:46
Hey Dee, yup the kid thing has been an ongoing issue. He was formally given a diagnosis of cerebral palsy and just had surgery a few weeks ago. I've had some other nastiness enter the picture myself that I'm currently wrestling with. No real end in sight but I'm glad that it looks like the butt problems, for the most part anyway, may eventually be behind me (har, har) with some more time.
Now, you're making me highly jealous with your hedonistic lifestyle! Ok that's overstating it obviously, but seriously, it's awesome that you're off the stool softeners. I've been a tiny bit more lax diet-wise lately but I just can't bring myself to try stopping the stool softeners. I don't know if the fear of rectal pain will ever let me stop them even on a trial basis. I'm definitely still Captain Fiber, cape and tights and all, personally.
If there's one thing I'll say about fissure surgery, it would be that if you're pretty sure it's the only way to take care of the problem, then don't wait. The longer you wait, the harder the fissure is to cure, and the more butt related anxiety gets ingrained in your psyche. At least it did in my case. I'd say to throw everything but the kitchen sink -- meaning any cream you want to try plus Botox plus whatever other remedy you care to entertain -- at the fissure with the quickness, and if none of them work, then consider surgery and make a definitive yes or no decision on whether you're going to do it. Don't sit around thinking "hey even though this cream hasn't worked for 6 months, maybe it'll magically work in month number 7." For the last two months, I've thought that I should have either opted for surgery way earlier or simply not at all. It's only in the last few weeks that I've begun to believe that going for surgery after waiting a year was the right thing to do. Granted, compared to your 13 years, Dee, I guess that 1 year barely even registers :)