by dan2012 » 22 Nov 2012, 16:40
Alright, I just came back here after a month or so of absence, and this is the perfect post to reply!
So here it is:
I HEALED WITHOUT SURGERY AFTER 3 MONTHS OF SUFFERING FROM A FISSURE
I had a chronic fissure for 3 hellish months (it was the second time in my life with a fissure) and I did heal with conservative treatment.
I'm still dealing with the aftermath of these terrible months and having to treat anal irritation from all the stuff I put down there, but that doesn't even come close to the actual fissure - which was confirmed healed by anoscopy. Save for some itching and occasional burning, I spend my days mostly pain and bother free, and I'm eating almost anything I want (with the exception of the things that are bad for the anal irritation, like citrus, chocolate etc).
I can't call myself "normal" right now given that the area is still getting irritated easily, but compared to my open-fissure days, boy I'm SO much better. I should post later about my irritation, which was actually caused by using the vasodilators for too long after the fissure was gone (I was using 'just in case' during a few weeks where I was completely back to normal with no burning, pain, itch etc), but even the irritation is certainly getting better now that I dropped every cream/medicine etc I was putting down there.
I'm not saying that my fissure won't ever come back, but I wanted to say that it's possible to get your life back... And actually, my doctor was very clear to say that he has never seen a fissure case in his life that didn't eventually heal for good.