Is a fissurectomy/LIS the best choice
Hey everyone, I'm glad I've found this forum. I'm a 25 year old male who has had hemorrhoids and now a fissure for several years. The pain used to be unbearable a year or two ago but the past 6 months or so haven't been bad. Sometimes I have pain after

Recovery from botox and skintag removal
Hi I am a 57 year old granny who 2 1/2 weeks ago had botox and a skin tag removal for an anal fissure I have had for 4 months. Unlike many of you in this forum my butt problems did not start till my 50's. When I was 51 years old I was diagnosed with IBSD

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? recovery time after sphincterotomy
Am now almost four weeks out after a lateral sphincterotomy. I am a bit discouraged with the slow healing and was wondering what the average amount of time is to really be back to normal? The BMs hurt (but not as much) and often feel a dull continuous

Variable recovery times: just LIS or other surgeries too?
Alright so this is a bit off-topic. But given that lately there's been a lot of talk about LIS recovery times (well I guess maybe there always has been) and how much the recovery process varies from person to person, I was wondering about something: I

Fistula surgery recovery question
Had a lis + fistulotomy + colonoscopy last Thursday. I was told that pain subsides in 2 days and will not require pain killers after that. Its been 4 days and pain has become worse after 3rd day. No bleeding or anything like that but just hurts. Feels

Recovering from ACL Surgery (Glucosamine, Chondroitin, Protein, Calcium, LLLT?)
Just had ACL reconstruction (autograph from patellar tendon) on Dec. 1 and am on an accelerated rehab, which consists of exercises 4x+ per day and ice. I wanted to combine this with the best food, supplements, and other things that would contribute to

Pain at 2 weeks
Guys, def had a 2 steps backwards day today - After a BM, I lent over to clean up and felt a really painful ripping sensation. Couldn't even get in my warm bath due to the pain any time I lent forward. Rang doc and he seemed to think it was just

Recovering from AF.... I think?
Hi all, it's great to be able to find so much info and comfort here in this forum. I'd like to share my story here and hopefully someone can shed some light or point me in the right direction on the path to recovery. When the problem first occurred,

Help with recovery from SSRI
Hey CS- My dad feels like he gained alot of weight when he took prozac. He has been off it from a couple months but has not been able to loss weight. He feels that it has messed up his metabolism. What would you recommend him to do at this point?

CS: Kudzu Recovery and effects on hair?
I have been using Kudzu Recovery http://www.planetaryherbals.com/products/GP1535/ the last 3-4 weeks to help reduce my alcohol cravings. So far it works great, took a 1 week or so to really feel the effects, I started taking 2 tabs per day rather than th

Need your opinion on the recovery process...
Hi everyone, I won't restate the whole story because it's in my earlier posts. But I had LIS, fissurectomy and skin tag removal a little less than three months ago. My last trip to the doctor was somewhat reassuring at least while I was there,

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Recovering from Fissurectomy and LIS
Hello all, I'm new to this board but have been reading various posts before I had my surgery three days ago.. So far I have to say that I'm extremely pleased with the small amount of pain that I've experienced. My surgery consisted of removing the

17 Days Post-Op Hemorrhoidectomy/Fissure Repair
I am 17-days post-op not sure if I had a fissurectomy or LIS, and I had a hemorrhoidectomy as well - I'm thinking maybe I had LIS, as I was told that I only needed to take one week off work (which was not correct, by the way). Thankfully, I have a job