Hello all,
So long story short... 2 years of chronic fissure. It used to heal and then re-open, but ever since I had my first botox injection it's been much worse overall. the stretching/ripping involved in that procedure made my fissure much deeper, more painful, and it developed a skin tag. There is so much scar tissue and the doctor just recommended that I get another round of botox (first round was in December). Well, of course, I haven't had pain now for nearly two weeks and botox is scheduled for next week so I'm terrified of having it rip everything open all over again and make it all worse.. again. Now, let me stress that this fissure is no where near HEALED. It is a mess of scar tissue and skin tag down there, but right now, I am not having PAIN! So, during the day, it doesn't feel like I even have a fissure. The only thing I have changed is that I am now using a coconut oil and vitamin e suppository at night. I don't know if it's actually healing it or if it's just making things work better during a morning BM, but whatever it's doing, I have not had pain since I started.
I have been here before... where things improve and I have false hope of healing.. only to have the monster rip open and ruin many days again.. but I am leaning towards cancelling my botox next week in fear that it will set me back more than help due to the stretching/ripping involved in the procedure. I also don't feel like I'm having spasms... I just think there's so much scar tissue down there that it can't heal... is there anything to do for that that isn't totally crippling? My doctor isn't concerned about the scar tissue, but I'm starting to not trust him very much.
Any response is welcomed! Thanks!