I'm new here and have been reading everyone's posts, Lots of helpful stuff on here. I was googling side effects for diltiazem and I stumbled across this forum!! I was diagnosed with a fissure this past December 2012. This is the absolutely WORSE pain I have ever had in my entire life!!!! I have anxiety and near panic attacks when it's time to have a BM and I don't have much of a life because of this. Some days I hardly eat because I know I'm going to have to go potty!! It's driving me crazy, thankfully I got a RX for diltiazem ointment which is a blessing!! The diltiazem has made it more tolerable to sit and especially sleep. I know it's going to take some time for this to heal. But no way can I live like this for to much longer.
I had weight loss surgery (duodenal switch) over 10 yrs ago and a side effect of the surgery is chronic diarrhea which is how I got my fissure. I have started to increase the fiber in my diet which seems to make it smoother to pass bms. I'm also anemic and have very low D3, so I'm sure lacking these things didn't not help my problem. I take lots of iron and D3 as well as other vitamins.
As I read other's posts I get a little freaked out because I've only had my fissure for going on 3 months and I can barely handle this long.... I can't imagine life with a fissure for much longer. I read some have had this for many years. My question is WHY??? Is there no relief from a fissure? Doesn't it EVER go away?? Why not have surgery and not suffer for so long?
I'm getting so tired of being in pain and just want it to end.
Is a fissure a life sentence??
Sorry if I rambled