by Ever the Optimist » 03 Apr 2013, 13:34
AJ,
I had fistula surgery about 9 months ago now and I also endured the pain of a chronic fissure for a few months prior to the fistula surgery. The type of pressure you describe sounds more related to the fissure to me than the fistula. I noticed this most when I was using Diliatizem cream for assisting in the healing of my fissure, which I attributed to spasms too. The pressure made me feel like there was also something there and I felt like I needed to poop or pass wind but there was nothing to come out. This disappeared when the fissure began to heal and I ceased using the cream. Where the fistula was concerned, I experienced some pressure with the "zit" (the abscess, which relieved when it burst and with the fistula sinus when it became inflamed and started to discharge. However, after surgery, I can honestly say that once the fistula was treated, any pressure relating to this issue disappeared. Now my fissure is 99% healed too and I do not experience any of those pressure feelings that I previously encountered, so there is hope!!! Once things start to heal more, and it takes a while, hopefully this will diminish for you. It won't be there forever! - If you need additional reassurance, please call your CRS and they should be able to put your mind at rest - What procedure did they use to treat your fistula?
Chronic Fissure diagnosed December 2011
Healed by Diltiazem around Feb 2013
Anal Fistula followed burst abscess in June 2012
2 internal troublesome piles remain & suspected, but undiagnosed, ongoing Levator Ani type symptoms & flare-ups