I have been afraid to post my story earlier for fear of jinxing myself. i am sharing my success story here for others who might be considering the surgery.
threads here helped me a lot to make up my mind for Surgery and how to take the after care. Thanks a lot everyone on this Forum. you suggestions helped me a lot to manage this horrible condition of mine for last 9 months.
HOW IT STARTED: It was middle of November 2012 that i started having some mild pain during BM. after a week or so it turned into Sever and intense pain during and after each BM (lasts up to 4 hours after each BM or till i went to sleep). pain during the BM was intense but what came later was even more horrible. i am a software engineer and 8 hours/ day i have to sit on a chair but the spasms after BM made it impossible to do my job normally.
i saw a Doctor initially who put me on pain killers for a week but the condition never improved. after a week or so i was refereed to a Surgeon. who asked me to start GTN 4 times a day and specially 15-20 minutes before each BM. i went through GTN course for 4 weeks and the results were amazing. when i went back to see the doctor at the start of Jan-2013 he told me that i was 98% healed and another 4 weeks GTN will do the Magic (i was naive enough to believe this). it was all going perfectly till i had a re-tear in mid February. and this time it was twice as painful as to initial AF. i went back to see the doctor again and he said re-tears are common with AF. it was at this time i found this great helping forum. i started reading through the Posts and changed my eating habits to include more fiber and vegetables. in fact by the end of February till last month all i had in last 6 months was fiber supplements and vegetables no meat no beef not a single piece till last month of July.
it was in July that i went for surgery on the day 14th July. i was afraid of surgery initially due to the fear of complications and was delaying it as long as possible. but by now i had reached the end of my hope and decided to surrender to the knife.
my surgeon was really helpful before and during the surgery.
i felt wonderfully well straight after surgery. and had my first pain free BM 3 days after the surgery. i was checking up with my surgeon every week to monitor my Fissure and three weeks after the surgery he told me that i am fully healed and can start my life back.
my suggestion: if the fissure doesn't heals in first couple of months then go for the LIS. the surgery was a breeze. it finally ended the misery of last 9 months for me.