Hi Jess,
Thanks for replying. Hope you feel 100% soon!
My appointment went well. I did not have surgery yet. I have one deep fissure at the 12:00 position. Also two unhealed areas that they did not call fissures but said the blood vessels are close to surface so they are very tender and bleed easily. Even though I've used the
nifedipine ointment for 6 weeks, they feel I have not used it correctly. Previous dr's said told me
not to apply internally. Dr's at mayo said no,
do apply it internally, not far but definitely in and onto the internal fissure, also on the unhealed spots. They want me to try 6 more weeks of this. It is discouraging because I still have alot of pain and 3 spots to heal. Will this ever end???
After 6 weeks, next step then botox, and if that doesn't work, then surgery. They did comment on incontinence of 4-10%, depending on study you look at. Scary... I appreciate your advice about how they need to do the incision. I feel comfortable with this surgeon, but it seems like a long road ahead of me.
They talked about cauterizing un healed wounds if they do not heal, maybe at same time as the botox.
Do you have muscle spasms anymore? That is what bothers me most. 6 hours of tight feeling and pain after bm's. I don't have much to take except darvocet, which I try not to take. Any muscle relaxants work well?
Take care, Have a good pain free day!
they have a slot on Tuesday to do surgery or treatment if needed. Not sure if I am ready for that yet although last night I did have a lot of pain.
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