Am a month into the nightmare of an anal fissure. It was excruciating for the first week, then I didn’t eat much for a couple days (also took stol softeners) which got my stools very loose and were then almost painless. Did about 10 days like this, eating carefully. Then I don’t know why but just had what I wanted for lunch in the pub. Had a painful bm the next day and haven’t been right since. Have tried not eating but it made me feel ill after about 36 hours. Pain is on and off, occurs with most BMs and then burns for about 5 hours afterwards. It isn’t as bad as that first week, but I don’t feel like it’s getting better either. Could someone please reassure me that I will get through this (with careful eating). Feeling pretty down. Thanks in advance.