Anal fissure: What helps it heal?

Posted by lisval @lisval, Aug 2, 2022

Hey-wondering if anyone has developed an anal fissure during chemotherapy? What helped it heal? Any advice as it is very painful!

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mikayla68 | @mikayla68 | Dec 28, 2022

In reply to @mikaylar "The sphincter muscle needs to be cut so the fissure can then heal. I have had..." + (show)

Hi. Have you had Botox? The surgeon cannot cut the muscle because of a previous surgery by a wackadoo proctologist in 1983 who had a theory that he should enlarge people's anuses. Didn't help my constipation issues either. Anyway, just last week I had Botox + the surgeon cauterized the fissure.

mikayla | @mikaylar | Dec 24, 2022

In reply to @colleenyoung "@mikayla68, thinking of you and wondering how surgery went. I hope you're well." + (show)

When I had the second surgery, the doctor hit my pudendal nerve so for 14-1/2 years I sat on a donut. It is not a pleasant surgery but if done correctly, it does heal.

Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Dec 23, 2022

In reply to @mikayla68 "I've decided to get surgery, it's scheduled for Thursday. Because of a previous surgery many years..." + (show)

@mikayla68, thinking of you and wondering how surgery went. I hope you're well.

mikayla68 | @mikayla68 | Dec 18, 2022

I've decided to get surgery, it's scheduled for Thursday. Because of a previous surgery many years ago in which the surgeon cut and enlarged my sphincter/anus, the surgeon feels he shouldn't do a traditional fissurectomy and maybe not even stitches. He's going to do Botox + cauterization. What I'm wondering is: What kind of pain, what level of pain, can I expect for the next day or two post surgery? Any feedback would be welcome, thanks!

mikayla | @mikaylar | Dec 17, 2022

The sphincter muscle needs to be cut so the fissure can then heal. I have had it done twice.

mikayla68 | @mikayla68 | Dec 16, 2022

In reply to @adlttl123 "Dear Lord. If you haven’t had this issue God bless you you don’t know what you’re..." + (show)

OMG I know, right?!! I have yet to meet anyone (un)lucky enough to have it enlarged. I was in hospital 5 days, clicking on the morphine as much as they'd let me! Just this local proctologist had this theory and did a few of these surgeries I think. He told me he also had stretched a few assholes (I figure just say what it is!) manually in some way. Ugh. BTW thanks for following along with my 3 replies - appreciated!

adlttl123 | @adlttl123 | Dec 16, 2022

In reply to @mikayla68 "p.p.s. There's a unique issue with my tushie. Drs enlarged my anus/sphincter in 1983 (it was..." + (show)

Dear Lord. If you haven’t had this issue God bless you you don’t know what you’re missing. Right?? Pain like no other and I have pain all over from my autoimmune diseases.

mikayla68 | @mikayla68 | Dec 16, 2022

In reply to @adlttl123 "My fissures have been cauterized and it helped for a very short time. A fiend of..." + (show)

p.p.s. There's a unique issue with my tushie. Drs enlarged my anus/sphincter in 1983 (it was remarkably painful), so for that reason he just can't cut and do stitches. And maybe even any stitches at all are a bad idea because of that surgery which by the way was maddeningly ineffective.

mikayla68 | @mikayla68 | Dec 16, 2022

In reply to @adlttl123 "My fissures have been cauterized and it helped for a very short time. A fiend of..." + (show)

p.s. Did you get Botox in addition to the cauterization?

mikayla68 | @mikayla68 | Dec 16, 2022

Thanks for commenting. I think his plan is to cauterize, but he could change his mind once he's getting a closer look at it. I'll ask him about it.
I hear ya. Sorry you've had less success. bummer.