by buttgirl » 02 Aug 2007, 10:43
One last update, since I haven't done so in a while:
Fissure pain still gone. I've eaten chunks of cheese twice over the past week and no retear, extra soreness, nothing. Of course, I'm not overdoing the cheese and still doing the fiber water thing. But still super duper yippee!! yey botox!, though I still feel like I have to knock on wood.
Mini-roid pain steadily decreasing. I can sit on a heating pad again without the area throbbing. I also found that lanolin (stuff used by nursing mothers for nipple chaffing) works wonders on cutting down the irritation and burning of the roid. I also noticed that a soap I have been using makes the area sting, so I stopped using that. Also, I can't remember who posted about a yeast infection, but I figured it couldn't hurt to add a little miconozole to the lanolin. Whatever the case, I'm not totally roid-burn free yet, but I am to be improving.
Yesterday, went to see the CRS who Botoxed me. He checked me out, but not with the anoscope because he did not want to risk retear. He said the spasms are MUCH better than when he saw me the first time (duh!). And he also said to come back in 2-3 mos if the roid is still bothering me and we'd do something then. He is reluctant to do anything now because he doesn't want to probe me and injure the fragile new scar over the fissure and thus negate the progress on the fissure. (Interestingly, he's the first one who had cared about not reinjuring me. All the other drs I've seen have been like, "let me jam this device up there and take a look-see.")
Anyway, yey Botox!
P.S. I know a numer of people on the board are considering Botox. Even though my experience with Botox has been positive, I hear that it is not so for everyone. According to the medical lit, it only helps about 50% of patients and there are several patients who need to go in for a second dose three months after the first for complete healing. I have also read in the medical lit that the percentage goes up to about 80% when GTN is used in conjunction with the Botox, but this doesn't seem to be widely practiced. At any rate, though it did work well for me, it is not a miracle cure. Still, I think it's one that should be considered.