@roch Thank you for the voice of CALM. With so much suffering it is good to see someone is doing what I'm doing with good results. I have Sjogrens Syndrome also so my gyn kept telling me that was causing my problems. Then I kept going back and she said, These are fissures. However, that was 6 months ago and I've been in remission for 4 months. I also appreciate the reality check that you were diagnosed 3 years ago. I haven't seen any posts relating to symptoms resolved for several years.