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Chronic anal fissure losing the will to live

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lou7272
lou7272

GOOD AFTERNOON

IVE BEEN SUFFERING THE HELL OF THE ANAL FISSURE FOR A YEAR (chronic) AND ITS REALLY TAKING ITS TOLL ON ME NOW IM SCARED TO GO BM BECAUSE I KNOW I WILL BE IN TORTEROUS PAIN FOR HOURS AFTER ALL THE CREAMS DO NOT WORK ME IVE TRIED MANY

IVE TRIED SITZ BATHS ETC NO RELIEF THE ONLY SLIGHT RELIEF I GET IS SITTING ON A HEAT PAD

IM DUE TO SEE A SPECIALIST NEXT MONDAY ALLTHOU ANXIOUS AS THE AREA IS EXTREMELY PAINFUL

IF IT WASNT FOR BRING A MOTHER I HONESTLY THINK I WOULD OFF TAKEN MY OWN LIFE BY NOW

THE PAIN IS SOMETHING I WOULDNT WISH ON MY WORST ENEMY I FEEL SO DEPRESSED AND ANXIOUS ALL THE TIME ITS INTERERING WITH MY WHOLE LIFE SOCIAL WORK HOME ETC

LITERALLY CAN NOT COPE ANYMORE

PLEASE HELP 😦

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  • lou7272
    lou7272

    Edited

    hi

    has anyone used lidocaine 5% gel/cream for there anal fissure?

    • blunir
      blunir lou7272

      Posted

      Yes, I did, if your fissure is new, and you didn't pass the 8 weeks so you can try, it's Always better to try the conservatory method before getting into surgery. 20 years ago I had fissure and this cream helped me.

    • lou7272
      lou7272 blunir

      Posted

      hi unfortuantly no ive had this now 1 year and 2months

      im absolutely dreading BM today as still in pain 5 days straight now its ridiculous

      but its the first time ive prescribed the lidocaine after pouring my heart out on the phone to my DR yesterday

    • Lis000
      Lis000 lou7272

      Edited

      I've used both. The cream worked a bit at first, like how your mouth is numbed at the dentist. But after a while it didn't work at all.

      I've had the gel, which they use when putting catheters in. It was the only thing which ever touched the pain.

  • lou7272
    lou7272

    Posted

    Hi All

    how are we all doing?

    Iam really getting frustrated now

    its been nearly 3 weeks of constant pain all day everyday even more so after i pass a stoll yet they are practically soft!?!

    ive never had it this bad for this long? i use to be in pain for a couple of days then it would ease then flare up again but at least i was getting a couple of days breather inbetween flare ups! just dont understand

    ive spoken with my GP and he has written to my consultant but cant see anything moving fast at the moment what with this bloody virus

    this fissure will be the death of me if it dont sorted soon i really cant take much more! im also due back to work on the 12th and im freaking out as there is no way i can do a ten hour night shift caring for the elderly and not function properly in this state of pain... ive allready had 6 weeks off sick

    im so done with this

  • zeynep63679
    zeynep63679 lou7272

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    i had been suffering from chronic anal fissure since 5 years, tried everything!! please get fissurectomy and LIS asap! i still regret why didnt i opt for surgery before. what was i waiting for? miracle? nah! please dont make yourself suffer more. i got married last year, my sex life was a disaster too because of this! always depressed. i got laxative addicted too. Got my surgery done 7 weeks ago. uptil now its pretty fine. im using pyslium daily, sometimes on and off senna tea since i have constipation issue and im super scared of fissure getting back. thats the reason im taking care of it alot.

    • lou7272
      lou7272 zeynep63679

      Edited

      hi

      thanks for your message

      i am currently waiting for my consultant to get intouch regarding LiS

      I AM SCARED.. never had a op before and been under GA

      im over weight and i smoke

      and i have health anxiety

      but i know i have no choice or this will just ruin my life for ever

      ive just got to pull my big girl pants up and bite the bullet and do it

    • barbara19257
      barbara19257 lou7272

      Posted

      The anxiety is awful isn't it. Just think how much better you will feel after it's all healed up. Chin up x

  • lcfm1234
    lcfm1234 lou7272

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    I've been suffering from a chronic anal fissure for a couple years. It was acute for awhile and didn't really bother me. I'd feel a tear but it wouldn't hurt other than that. I did have it checked because the blood was concerning, but the Nurse practitioner I saw didn't see anything. Then at the beginning of October 2019, I got a severe tear. I was prescribed the headache cream and antrolin which is the Nifedipine cream. The headache one gave me severe headaches, but it was better than the agonizing pain I was experiences. I felt like it helped a little, but it didn't go away. Then I've basically been using Nifedipine since November. I had the botox injection about 2.5 months ago. I actually didn't suffer from it at all. The only pain I had was when the injection was being injected. But after I was totally fine. My doctor said I didn't need any anesthesia. He said the pain would be the same as the injection itself and would be cheaper and easier to schedule because then he didn't need the whole team and a certain room that would be harder to get sooner. I trusted him. He was right! It wasn't bad at all. I stopped having spasms. Although I felt pain now 3 times since then from I think a hard bowl movement? I'm not sure. I think it's wearing off now and am now in mild pain, but enough that I can't really go anywhere. I'm comfortable just staying home and not moving around too much.

    I need to get a check up to see if it helped heal my fissure. It was torn to the muscle according to a surgeon that I had seen. That doctor said he recommended the LIS surgery, but he wanted to go straight to that instead of trying other options. I've spoken to other professionals who say it should be the last resort for young women who still plan to have children. I got married in July and we would like to have children.

    Has anyone who is a women in their 20s or 30s who hadn't have children had the surgery and then got pregnant after/gave birth yet? I'm very nervous about the consequences of the irreversability of the LIS surgery and then the damage birth can cause. This has gone on too long and it affects every aspect of my life. It gives me anxiety and I'm constantly tense. I would love to hear other women's experiences who have had the surgery! On this thread I've only seen men talk about it, but child birth isn't something they had to consider.

    Thank you!!!!

    • Lis000
      Lis000 lcfm1234

      Posted

      I'm 46 with kids, so not in your category, but I had a life halting fissure for a year. Botox didn't help.

      I had the LIS in March. Its a total cure.

      I'm answer to your question I can't imagine what effect the LIS would have on childbirth at all.

      Maybe you might pass bowel movement involuntary during birth? Apart from that I don't think it would affect you.

      The fissure would cause a lot more problems for sure.

    • lcfm1234
      lcfm1234 Lis000

      Posted

      I've just heard that childbirth can cause damage to the muscle and if It is already damaged from the LIS surgery, then it could be damaged more? It seems doctors are more reluctant to do the surgery on women who are planning to still have children since its not reversible. What do you think?

    • Lis000
      Lis000 lcfm1234

      Posted

      I'm sorry I have not discussed any of this with my surgeon. I'm 46 with 3 kids so maybe he assumed!

      I think childbirth would aggravate a fissure.

      And I know it worsens and causes piles. But sorry I don't know about the muscle.

  • poppy000
    poppy000 lou7272

    Edited

    I'm a similar position.

    Had botox in October and hasn't worked. I'm early 30s no children. Can't imagine having children the way my body has felt since August when this begun.

    I don't know what my next option is (I think it's botox round 2) as my surgeon said that the LIS 'doesn't exist anymore'. However, I know it does as different people have had it??? Maybe he just doesn't do it?

    . I have no idea what to do either. So sorry I can't offer advice.

    Hate it.

    People moan about this corona virus but this has been my life since august. Can't get up in the morning, cant go out for dinner, can't sit, can't work.

    And to top it off my back and coccyx is absolutely screwed.

    Do you live in the UK?

    When is your appointment?

    I would be interested to compare your options with mine

    Poppy xxx

    • daz1967
      daz1967 poppy000

      Posted

      hi, get LIS. botox is a complete waste of time. there is little risk with LIS abd you will get your life back in a month!! i can't say any more than that

    • lcfm1234
      lcfm1234 poppy000

      Posted

      LIS definitely exists. Its the most popular surgery. I think with women they seem to want to not jump to it due to the risks. This really ruins everything. If I don't move, I feel ok. I live in US but am currently is Israel for the year. Not sure I want to do botox again. I haven't gone back in yet since it hasn't been full 3 months since botox, but I've had 3 episodes of reoccurrence so far. So my hope is low. So I need to say what doctor says. Right now I'm trying to figure out who to go to because the doctor I went to for Botox is expensive and also doesn't perform surgery so I don't want to pay just to tell me I need surgery that he himself doesn't do. I'm terrified to do surgery though.

    • Lis000
      Lis000 lcfm1234

      Posted

      Don't be terrified of the surgery. It's nothing compared to the pain of a fissure!

    • barbara19257
      barbara19257 poppy000

      Posted

      Lou.I know this will sound ridiculous but I just thought I'd mention it. I have done everything to sort out my fissures. I'm awaiting Lis surgery. I've now got bloody piles due to all the pushing!! The one thing that has actually helped in Anusol hc ointment. Sounds crazy I know but for me it really has helped.

    • lou7272
      lou7272 barbara19257

      Edited

      oh ok maybe i will try it willing to try anything

      im kind of thinking i may have internal piles too... i tend push bare down into my bottom sometimes as it gives a second of relief that prob sounds odd but it makes it throb which is relieving strangely so i think by doing that i may have caused piles maybe

      thanks for suggestion x

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