So it's been exactly 10 weeks since my sphincterotomy surgery. I feel like things are progressing...albeit VERY slowly. I'm still taking 4 - 200mg ibuprofen every day after a bm. The actual bm itself doesn't hurt, but then it wasn't hurting much before surgery either. It was always afterwards that it hurt for hours on end. Now, 10 weeks later, the pain doesn't last as long and it's definitely not as strong and debilitating as it used to be, but it's still there. I remember at 5 weeks thinking i couldn't possibly have much longer before i was completely healed, and now at 10 weeks I feel the same frustration and worry that i'll never get better. I'm calling the surgeon this week to schedule another appointment. I don't want a 2nd surgery at this point, I just want him to check things out as much as possible, and at least know that I'm still dealing with this every day. I want to give it another 4 weeks at least before I decide the surgery was a complete failure.
I've definitely changed my attitude towards dealing with this and that has really made all the difference in day to day life. I keep telling myself I'll get over this, even if it may take longer than I'd have hoped. It's been a year now that I've been dealing with this and it has had such a huge effect on my life. I'm so glad i found this site when things were at their worst. And now as i continue in the healing process, it's pretty reassuring to read other people's accounts of their own struggles with the dreaded fissure.
Anyway, that's it for now, just wanted to give another update on my "progress" since the LIS.