Hey there. I've been suffering from a fissure for over 3 years and have been visiting this forum for sometime now. I had LIS and a colonoscopy last Thursday morning and wanted to tell my experience so far.
I used Duculax and Pico-Salax for the colonoscopy prep on the Wednesday. Very easy and not painful on the fissure at all. I recommend that you start eating light 4 days prior. Get off the fiber supplements, but still eat fruits and veggies. Starting on the Tuesday, I went on a liquid diet of broth, juice and Gatorade.
The anticipation of the surgery is WAY worse than the actual surgery. I was freaking out for weeks and I was scared of general anesthetic. Got the hospital Thursday morning at 6:45 got undressed and was asked a million question over and over again by the nurses, surgeon and anesthesiologist. Was brought into the operating room at 7:30 got on the table and was covered with various heart rate monitoring stickers and the IV was put in. Was speaking to the nurse at one moment and the next moment I was waking up in recovery and given 2 Tylenol 3s.
Woke up with ALOT of gas pain from the colonoscopy, which I expected. Pain from the surgery was not that bad yet.
Left hospital at 11:00. Was in pain, but not even enough to complain about. Drive home was uncomfortable, but I only live 2 minutes from the hospital.
Got home, went to bed and ate a small snack. Toast, apple slices and a cracker with PB. Laid in bed for several hours taking 1 T3 at 2 and another at 6. Pain was minimal so I stopped taking the T3s. Took a couple of Advil before I went to sleep that night just in case.
Day 2 was pretty painless, but I still had the padding stuck inside me which was starting to become uncomfortable. So I decided to pull it out. It was a little difficult and hurt to get out, but felt so much better after. Was a little sore from the removal, but a nice hot bath fixed that up. Most of day was dealing with the gas pain. Surgery pain was minimal. Ate some oatmeal and fruit and a smoothie.
Today is day 3. Still dealing with some gas pain and every once in a while I get some shocking pain at the surgery site, but all in all, I feel pretty good. However, I am still waiting for my first BM. I'm guessing it may take a few days since my colon was completely empty and I haven't really eating a ton. The surgeon gave me stool softeners, which I have been taking and hope it makes the BM nice and easy.
So, that's my story so far. LIS hasn't been that bad for me yet. I hope after my first BM it continues.