Dr. has told me I need a sphincteromy. been trying to live w/ chronic  fissures for 2 years and I was just starting to thing maybe ill do it.... between the throbing,itching,and searing pain out of nowwhere that makes me jump up and run in circles,.. oh and the bleeding and having to shower after even BM becuase it to painful to wipe, prep, H stains clothing and the cream DR. gave me BURNS LIKE HELL ! ....... I just want to be normal  again and not think about my butt ! yet i read post from ppl that are  post-opp like  4-5 weeks and they don't sound like things are all that  "normal" infact  it didn't sound like things are much better at all    :         the up side is they can do a colonosopy to find out what caused this and my IBS