Weight loss for many of us is the one good side effect of having a fissure...please eating healthier!

All
Wanted to update you all from last post.
After stopping the prescription (Proctosyl) and starting the Dr Wheatgrass Anti-Recovery Cream, my fissure is immensly better.
I am not pain free yet during bm time, I am still using the Lancaine (RX) gel 20 minutes before a bm (it does not take all the pain away but sure takes the edge off not to mention lessens the anxiety about the initial excrutiating bms!!)
I apply the wheatgrass cream around the outside and put some on a qtip for the inside. The best way I have found to do this is by lying on my left side with right leg up and bent. I never had luck inserting the qtip standing or squatting on the toilet. You gotta be laying down on your side. I even take a blanket to work and go into a (locked :) office midday.
I cannot say enough about the wheatgrass cream...within a few days I felt relief (less swelling, bleeding stopped, etc). I am still watching what I eat, drinking a ton, taking stool softeners, etc. I am not thinking I am home free yet, believe me. But this stuff is really working for me. I try to do 3 times a day, with one of those times being after my bm.................like I said bm's are not still pain free, but the amount of time after a bm where you are uncomfortable (a couple days in the beginning I was in pain for a few hours)....if you reapply this cream after a bm..........you immediately can tell it is soothing the fissure....and your pain is more bearable.
http://www.drwheatgrass.com.au/conditions/anal-fissure/Default.htm
I would never ever recommend a product I even had slight doubt about, but this is the truth: this cream is remarkable. I would never have thought I would have felt this good by now knowing what a mess I was just a few weeks ago........I honestly thought I was going to go out of my mind with the pain.
I know there is some cuckoo stuff out there, this is the real deal (at least for me!)

That is wonderful you are feeling so much better and the wheatgrass is helping you, Cathy! There's *nothing* like a little soothing and calming of the butt after a rough BM! Witha little luck and diligence, you will continue to improve until this AF nightmare completely disappears! Good luck!

Thanks Kim. I am crossing my fingers, toes, etc this nightmare of AF is healing and will continue to be diligent about eating veggies, drinking lots of water, etc.
I DO terribly miss my occasional glass of wine or martini........................I am scared to death to have a summer cocktail for fear of bad after effects I have read about from drinking with this fissure (ie the next day troubles!!). I sure could use a cocktail, and cannot wait to indulge again!!!!

Cathy, I drink a single beer each night with my dinner, and my stools are always easy to pass, wet and soft (wow, TMI!) and I wonder if a single drink would really make any difference? It may not be worth the risk, but I would think overindulgence would be the risky thing, drinking one drink with some food *probably* would have no effect BUT I am just guessing and not prodding!

Kim
Wow, thanks for the tip. I do like beer, and know that sometimes helps things in the bm dept. I think I will have one tonite!!! Cheers Kim!!!

OK, Cathy, but drink it with some food and don't blame me if something happens - though I can't see it having any adverse effect!

I wonder how the beer went?

ha me too!
I had a corona a few weeks ago and it was fine :)

Thanks Ladies! The beer worked JUST GREAT thank you very much :)
I am normally a wine drinker or martini but LOVE beer in the summer. So beer it is!
Cyber Cheers to everyone for a safe and fun 4th!