Hello all,
I called the thread the beginning of the end because I have started seeking treatment options to end my anal fissure.
I have had my fissure for about a year now. About 2 years ago I used to have a burning sensation for a few hours after BMs and last year i started noticing blood. The doctor saw some minor hemorrhoids and I started doing psyllium husk and some steroid suppositories for the hems. The hems were gone but the bleeding continued so the doctor referred me to a surgeon who took a look and found the skin tag and said that I have a fissure towards the upper left side (my own upper left) of my anus. Fortunately, my BMs are and have always been painless. There is some blood on the top of the stool / paper and there is a soreness / burning that starts about an hour after a BM and lasts for 2-6 hours. It has never really impacted my lifestyle. I can run, ski, play games and the soreness doesn't really stop anything. Only if I clench my buttocks it hurts just a little. Anyways so the surgeon recommended I try nifedipine+lidocaine for a couple of months. Its the second month, and the bleeding is definitely gone down. Its more like it happens once or twice a week but it doesn't look like the fissure is going to go away because im almost 2 months done and its the same every week - bleeding once or twice (still better than before where it bled everyday). The soreness/pain is also substantially less but that I think its the lidocaine talking.
The surgeon said the next line of action would be botox if this did not work and I am probably going to call him sometime this week and tell him that it did not.
If anyone has had similar stories please share and tell me what is going to happen hereafter.
I am truly sorry for those who have had far more painful fissures. I pray to God that you find relief and am thankful that my BMs dont feel like passing broken glass.