Crying of PAIN

i understand and sympothise ive been off work 2 months cant walk or go anywhere i was in bed fir hours until most recently i was given liquid morphine which eases the pains after 10 mins i go into hospital tommorrow for second lot of botox in bowel they wont do anything else till done this again i would say go back ask to be reffered to colerectal surgery and push u need strong pain relief

hi, I'm sorry that you're going through this. i suffered with fissure pain for 9 months!! everyday unbearable and torturous pain. couldn't sit or stand. couldn't drive my car. couldn't sleep or even lie down. all i thought about was that horrible pain. worse pain in the world. you just wanna die, I'm serious.

the stabbing and burning pain would last hours and hours. i too went to the ER and they didn't help me. those rectal creams are not good. so i went to my primary care doctor and he referred me to gastroenterologist .

the gastro prescribed me "Nitroglycerin cream/rectiv" oh boy ot does wonders , it helped me with pain, swelling and flare ups. as soon as i felt a flare up/pain i would use that. and use that right after bowel movement too. but it does give you a headache which i don't mind. while the pain subsides take 400mg Advil/ibuprofen. also do not use toilet if you have a fissure. forget about toilet paper forever it just makes everything worse. use a bidet from now on. they sell them on Amazon. or just jump in bathtub and clean with water. also, everyday at night drink miralax before going to bed. you will notice how the pain will lessen or go away with what i mentioned above. drink good amount of water during the day.

trust me, with fissure pain i had terrible thoughts in my head, i didn't want to feel fissure pain anymore. it is the most painful thing in the world or at the very least the top 5 most painful, no f*****g joke.

i got the referral for surgery but I've been pain free for 7 months doing those things above.

after suffering for a such a long time you learn a thing or two.

i feel you. i know what you going through.

I suffered for 1 week and 4 days of this. Everyone's case is different but I feel you dear. What I did was change my diet to soup based and increase my intake of water. When I take a shower, I would clean the area by the having warm water run through it. I don't even touch the area because it hurts. I used the squat position because it helps open up the area more for stool passageway. I hope you will get through this

keep thinking positive . it's a nightmare having a fissure trust me . iv had it on and off for 4 years .

if only i knew and heard of ducloslase before as that's been a God send . if keeps your stools much softer . I use to use serna before and thag was great but no longer works as good as dulcolase

I had botox done exactly a week ago . now there are various views on these forums about it and most seem to be negative I find . however I guess there are lot of people who maybe once cured with botox will not return to these forums hence we can never measure how good it is

my botox was done in the uk on the nhs .

I was nervous as anything due to the fact I was being put to sleep for this and wanted the pain to stop . my pain would be I could not sit on hard surfaces and also a burning around the anus which was very severe .

my experience of the botox is if you have tolerated the pain of the fissure then you can tolerate the pain of the anesthetic and also the botox .

I wouldnt say I am fully cured but I am glad I had the botox . iv heard I need to wait a good few weeks to find any real healing of the fissure hence let's wait and see what happens

I can understand why consultants would rather try the botox over LIS surgery as botox apparently has less risks

my advice is

1. do not use hundreds of diff lotions down below. stick to one . I made mistake of using aloe vera , tea tea , diltazium , vaseline,, diluted dettol , sudocream .
2. I know they say Epson salts help but I found they would create the anus hole
3. keep stools as soft as possible and I found dulcoase doing that. I take 2 tablets before bed and also find in the morning take a warm pint glass of water and a small glass of prune juice helps things get soft .
4. try and keep the brain occupied otherwise fissures can effect u physiologically. I know its easier said than done but try and get on with life as much as u can
5. I love spicy food but have now finally reduced this by at least 80 percent. I also try and eat more vegetables

have been suffuring from it since 25 days,

doctor prescribed calcium channel blocker (diltizem 2%) ointment twice a day and asked me to focus on making my stool soft by increasing fibre and liquid intake.

The pain is immense and is incomparable, every day after bowel movement it lasts for 6-10 hours. Don't know if diltiazem is gonna help or not. don't know which one should i use among diltiazem or GTN.

Thanks for your support and feedback.

It has been 3 days now without any pain and things seem to be back to normal so I hope it will continue to be like this.

YES, this type of pain is one of the worst out there, and this condition seems to be individual so what works for someone might not work for others, but I would like to share few things that I learned (trial and error) and I believe that helped my recovery:

• Stay positive, although it is so difficult when you are suffering, but try to avoid dark thoughts because they will make the pain worse.
• Talk to people about it and don't be shy, you will be surprised how common is this issue and how many of your friends and colleagues have/ had it, that won't necessarily heal you but at least you get their sympathy and support and you know that you are not alone.
• WATER, as much as you can, and any stool softener.
• Avoid hard food and white bread, any spicy or acidic food.
• Avoid straining while pooping (very important).
• Sitz bath are amazing.
• Don't spend money on buying creams and ointments recommended by bloggers and the internet ads (for me even olive oil and coconut oil was irritating rather than helping!)
• NTG/Nitroglycerin cream/rectiv is magic and it will save your life, and the side effect of headache could be dealt with by taking any painkiller 10 minutes before applying the cream.
• Patience, because healing will take time and they say 95% will heal by themselves so it is matter of time.

If you are now experiencing the same pain I had 7 days ago, my heart goes out to you and I hope you will find some relief in knowing that you are not alone and hopefully better days are ahead.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

I am assuming that i am also suffering with an anal fissure.

7 weeks ago i had a stomach bug and my bowels didnt go back to normal for weeks after. i then ended up with a pressure sensation to my rectum - like a feeling that i constantly needed to go to the toilet or pass wind even when there was nothing there. this then lead to me becoming in lots of discomfort and pain after about 3 weeks (week before christmas) and got diagnosed with thrombosed external hemorrhoids... SO PAINFUL!! these have since got better and last week i thought i was doing loads better even with mild discomfort but i could manage. on saturday i started with severe pain after a BM - which has now lasted all day everyday despite using GTN ointment, regular paracetamol and warm baths. i feel like i have a million needles stuck up my bum and im assuming ive now developed an anal fissure although im having no blood and cant really see much externally.

im having a colonoscopy due to my changes in bowel habits which i am quite grateful about cos hopefully i can get to the bottom(literally) of the issue but im absolutely dreading the prep 😦

i really hope all this pain goes away soon! getting me so down. feel like its one thing after another.