So I think I'm doing quite well so far. This morning I had a little less pain at the incision site after the morning BM, but I was anxious, so maybe I strained a little too much....I didn't feel any tearing, or pain at the fissure site, but I noticed the tell-tale streak of blood on my stool that would indicate to me that the fissure is still there. This concerns me, because I thought my surgeon had cauterized it. Up until this morning, there wasn't any blood with the BMs, just the incision seepage afterwards. However, the fissure site doesn't hurt, and the incision site is barely noticable.
I know that it takes time for the fissure to heal, but I was just a little freaked when I saw that this morning. It just makes me worry that in the end the fissure will still be there and the surgery will have been for nothing. I know the doctor was very conservative with the cut, so I worry too that maybe he didn't cut enough. Sorry to complain, especially since all things considered this whole thing has gone pretty well, but I just needed to vent a little.