My Anal Fissure

Why an Anal Fissure Website Was Needed

I created this website because there was very limited information on the web about anal fissures when I was diagnosed with one. I wanted to share my experience with others that are going through the same ordeal (read PAIN). Don’t expect to find a lot of technical information about anal fissures here; that information can be found on other sites (check my anal fissure links). This isn't the place to be embarrassed. Leave that for the workplace, when you have to tell your boss that you have to go to the doctor's office...AGAIN.

Please note: Going forward I’m going to refer to my anus very often and I don’t plan on approaching the topic as if I’m at a tea party. An anal fissure is a pain in the ass, literally. I will be using the term “ass” quite often, and I will probably use a number of other crude terms. If you are easily offended…well, that doesn’t matter…if you have an anal fissure and you found this site, then you have a whole set of problems and concerns that need your attention and the use of crude language isn’t one of them.

 

Read the whole My Anal Fissure Story HERE...

Visit the FORUM to tell your story or to ask a question.

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Important

I am not a doctor. This website and any information within these webpages is not intended to treat, prevent or diagnose anal fissures. If you believe you might have an anal fissure, please seek medical advice from a trained professional.

- My Anal Fissure Administrator

Brief Introduction of Me & My Anal Fissure

I am a 33 year old male married with children. I’ve had my anal fissure for almost two years now and for the most part I feel like I have it under control. I can’t say for sure when I first developed my anal fissure, but after a couple of years of trying to figure out how this could have happened to me, I’ve decided it was the end result of an Upper Gastrointestinal Tract X-ray (Upper GI) I had done almost three years ago.

If you are not familiar with the procedure of an upper GI, I’m going to give just a brief overview. You are asked to swallow a liquid substance called barium which allows the radiologist to view the anatomy and the function of your digestive organs (the upper parts). You consume the barium while the x-rays are being taken. You can read more about an upper GI here at radiologyinfo.org. *Remember, I'm not really a doctor...I'm just pretending to be one.

After the upper GI is complete, the barium still has to make its way through the whole digestive tract ending with a splash in the toilet. The problem with barium is that it isn’t easy to pass. My doctor advised me to drink a lot of water after my examination, which I did, but in retrospect I would have definitely taken a laxative…a lot them. When I went to the bathroom to pass my barium, it was very much like trying to push an 80lb bag of QUIKRETE® out of my ass.

Note: This is clearly coming from a man that has never given birth. I’m not going to suggest it was anything like giving birth, but now you have that image and you might better understand what it was like.

Much like QUIKRETE®, the barium I finally passed solidified itself to the bottom of the inside of my toilet bowl. The texture and color of the barium-bowel looked very much like concrete. It flushed like concrete too. As I was standing there with a wet stick in my hand, it took no less than 30 flushes to get it all to dissolve and go down.

It was this “end” result of the upper GI that I believe slightly tore my anus. *grunt*