I am new in the board, but been reading all the incredible information for a few weeks when finally I found out what my painful problem was.
For over 28 years I had problems with hemorrhoids thanks to the birth of my first child, after confirmation from my doctor and no much help at the time for the condition I got over it until my second child two years later and problems again, for years on and off but manageable.
Well until a year ago in June when I end up in the emergency room with pain on my side and had surgery on the same day to remove my gallbladder and a large stone lodge in the bile duct, everything went beautiful I was up and about the next day with not problems, until I went home and diarrhea became my nemesis, I developed chronic diarrhea to the point of losing 17 pounds in just one month, I was given medication and while the diarrhea became more manageable I was still suffering, well the hemorrhoids (or what I thought it was) became very severe.
I had a case so bad 3 months ago, I went to my doctor and told her my problem, she gave me the suppositories call Anusol and that work like magic within few days, she recommended a colonoscopy because my age and I decided to ask the Gastro doctor to check on my hemorrhoids and do whatever was necessary to fix it.
Well after I woke up from the procedure he gave me the great news that everything was clean, but what I thought was hemorrhoids were just one and a very small one, but no to worry sometimes the smallest things cause the worst problems, that is what the gastro doctor said.
I went home no problems with my butt until two weeks later when the sensation of passing glass surprised me for the first time, Anusol didn’t work this time around, I went back to the gastro doctor and after further and painful examination he came to the conclusion that it was a fissure.
Since then my life has become very painful and surrounded by my butt and its behavior, I was given the nitro cream used it for 4 week with minor relieve, gastro doctor told me about surgery, I declined and decided to give the nitro cream three more weeks in which I went pain and discomfort Free for 2 weeks and on my appointment gave the great news of my success to my doctor, Oh, boy littler did I know what was waiting for me when a bout of diarrhea hit me the next day, the pain and discomfort came back.
Now I have appointment in February next year and am telling myself that if this doesn’t go away by then with all the loving care I am giving myself and controlling the diarrhea bouts I am all for surgery. :(