by MattMecham » 26 Aug 2012, 17:31
I had LIS about a year and a half ago. The pain I felt the first day after surgery was more like a bruised tailbone, and that went away after a few days. I stopped using heavy painkillers the morning after my surgery -- Tylenol seemed to work just fine, and stopped taking that several days later. I felt no pain at all from my fissure upon waking up from surgery, and have felt no pain from it since. My diet has fluctuated over the past 18 months, I've even been constipated a couple of times, and have had zero fissure-type complications because of it. It's good to incorporate a regular amount of fiber into your daily diet, but if your experience is anything like mine, you do not have to be . . . well, "anal" about it. Incontinence never became an issue, other than having to do just a little extra wiping a time or two throughout the day, but that has cleared up. I'm happy for you! Here's to a wonderful, pain-free life!
Semper Fi,
Matt