Thanks Matt!
We've had a ton of folks who had LIS this year and I've never saw this poll until recently.
I voted 2nd option.I suffered for a week or so with pain, and took up to a month to feel back to normal. My post-op was much better than living w/ the fissure. I've not felt fissure pain either. The last time I felt my fissure was the day before my surgery! Just a bruised feeling like you said. Kind of like somebody punched me in the arse.