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Fissure split again after healing with botox

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melissaxo92
melissaxo92

Very depressed tonight. Was healing after Botox injection that I had end of April. Had a harder stool today and I'm now sore again, looked in the mirror and its split again near my anal opening. Instilagel stings when I put that on for pain relief.

My surgeon is NHS based and has said he has only ever performed one LIS and that was on an elderly lady. He said he has performed Botox on hundreds of fissures and they've all healed eventually. He doesn't want to perform LIS on someone my age.. I get that due to the risk of incontinence... Will this nightmare EVER end?

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  • Laura3333
    Laura3333 melissaxo92

    Posted

    Hi, My colorectal surgeon told me to take laxido/movical every day without fail. After having awful bleeding and pain for years, this works for me, I'm drinking more too, and find that even one day without the laxido makes the next days bm more solid and I'm straining. Having had a rectocele repair I'm trying not to strain, touch wood.

  • mmarcus151910
    mmarcus151910 melissaxo92

    Posted

    I do not know how old you are, but I might consider getting LIS surgery done from a different surgeon who has performed it multiple times.
  • Rosco9
    Rosco9 melissaxo92

    Posted

    Hey Melissa a few things you can do to heal the fissure

    1-take Miralax daily, along with magnesium citrate if you need it, these will keep your stool like soft serve ice cream no matter what you eat.

    2) put petroleum jelly in your bum with your finger before every bowel movement, this will lubricate and prevent tearing of the fissure

    3) squat on the rim of toilet or buy a squattie potty, this straightens your digestive tract and makes you not need to push or strain as much

    4) buy desitin 40‰ zinc oxide cream and start applying with a q tip directly into the fissure cut itself after bowel movements and before bed. This speeds up skin renewal significantly and will heal the fissure in just a few days (seriously) if you also follow the above steps. The botox should help keep a retear from happening after the fissure itself heals up. Continue with the poletroleum jelly every bm for a few months atleast and you shouldn't have another fissure

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