14 years ago I had LIS surgery for a stubborn anal fissure. After I healed from surgery, I did not have another fissure for about 10 yrs. Then, 4 years ago, I started to get small fissures again (when I started into perimenopause) that would last a day or two and heal. June 2013, I got a new fissure after drinking alcohol one night. I figured it would heal like usual and I would go on as normal. It would heal and open again, heal and open again and then one day, it torn big time. Worst fissure I ever had. That was in August 2013 and I have been fighting this since then. It seems to get healed but within a week, it's opened again. Using Miralax worked well but I find out I can't use it. It dehydrates me so badly that my eyes burn, throat gets store, heartburn and mouth burns. I was drinking 4 or more huge bottles of water to offset the dehydration but it wasn't doing the job so I wonder if it's more a reaction to the Miralax ingredient rather than the fact that it pulls water from the body.
So here I am today, after two weeks of no symptoms and just writing about being symptom free last night on this forum and this morning, it opened up again.
So the question is, has anyone had LIS a 2nd time? I'm scared that having it a 2nd time will leave me with permanent leakage and/or incontinence. Has anyone who had it a 2nd time had this happen to them?