Hi, have just read your message and all the repleys while waiting for hospital to ring me back.  I thought l was the only person with this problem because of my surgery (so wrong). I had my large colon removed along with part of my rectum. My small colon then joined to my rectum. The hospital said all found cancer removed but to be on safe side it would be better to have eight sessions of chemo tablets. I am in the middle of fourth one. The pain is just how you and your readers have and like all of you don't get any relief from anything l do.  The difference with me is that l do not get pain every time l go. Some times it may give me no pain for two or three days. But like now l have had four solid hours of pain and have decided to ring hospital and stop chemo. Drastic measure BUT l am only taking it in case any cancer cells escaped and. L don't think. L can take an6more. I really hope you and every one else is able to get over this dreaded thing.

Hello Sufferer,

I have read all of this thread and I am sorry to hear about what you and everyone else is going through.

There has been some good advice posted but I wonder if you have been prescribed pain killers and if these are taken as soon as you have opened your bowel to help minimise the duration and severity of the pain.  Anti- inflammatory type pain killers might be the most effective type of pain relief.  If you have not already been prescribed pain killers do go and speak with your GP or specialist team, in particular your specialist nurse about this.  I think even if you have already been prescribed a particular pain killer and it has not worked you may need to be prescribed a different type of type.

The NHS website has some useful information regarding anal fissure.  I am giving you two links to this, the second one discusses treatment that I think you may wish to ask your doctor about. Click here  and here  

Hopefully you will be seeing your specialist team soon and can talk about how your treatment has affected you and your decision to stop.

I hope that this reply is of some use. If you would like to telephone our Freephone number is 0808 800 4040, to speak with a nurse, we are here from Monday to Friday between the hours of 9am to 5pm.

Take care

Caroline

Hello Sufferer,

I have read all of this thread and I am sorry to hear about what you and everyone else is going through.

There has been some good advice posted but I wonder if you have been prescribed pain killers and if these are taken as soon as you have opened your bowel to help minimise the duration and severity of the pain.  Anti- inflammatory type pain killers might be the most effective type of pain relief.  If you have not already been prescribed pain killers do go and speak with your GP or specialist team, in particular your specialist nurse about this.  I think even if you have already been prescribed a particular pain killer and it has not worked you may need to be prescribed a different type of type.

The NHS website has some useful information regarding anal fissure.  I am giving you two links to this, the second one discusses treatment that I think you may wish to ask your doctor about. Click here  and here  

Hopefully you will be seeing your specialist team soon and can talk about how your treatment has affected you and your decision to stop.

I hope that this reply is of some use. If you would like to telephone our Freephone number is 0808 800 4040, to speak with a nurse, we are here from Monday to Friday between the hours of 9am to 5pm.

Take care

Caroline