Hi,
I've been meaning to drop this message for a long time, with the aim of helping anyone feeling as desperate as I was, with ongoing pain and thinking if surgery or botox was the only answer.
I went to see a private GP thinking I had hemorrhoids - something I suffered from for two decades since my early 20s - and has been applying Anusol for about a month. It turned out it was a fissure, something I didn't know the existence of until then.
This was in February 2019. I applies the GTN ointment prescribed by the GP (can't remember the name) for 5 weeks. Had a very bad headache in the beginning and felt awful. As it wasn't healing, I asked to renew the prescription for another 5 weeks.
It wasn't effective, so I started looking into any alternatives available out there and searched through every single forum for people sharing their experiences: Bepanthen, Hemosan, some wheatgrass pills + cream, hot salt baths, you name it, I tried.
Eventually, I came across an Indian research in which they had successfully treated over 65% of the patients with an olive oil based mixture. Then, I came across some other info on bee wax.
Three steps that you need to take simultaneously:
(and you need to heal from inside!)
- change of diet
- supplements
So here is what I did in July 2019: I prepared my own little mixture of bee wax (quite expensive - get the best and sustainable that you can find) and some drops of olive oil. I applied that 6 times a day and after each passage. Then, I gradually reduced as I healed.
Bee wax is extremely healing on wounds!
If you are reading this post you are most probably concerned and, as you know, after each passage, the fissure opens and bleeds again. It's never ending. So you need to change your diet. This basically means adopting a plant-based diet. No junk. Not even vegan junk (yes, it exists).
Avoid gluten and legumes (at least until you are totally healed). You need to free your intestine.
Search for recipes on google, do a juicing/smoothie day in the week. Eat any fruit and any veggies. It's a lot of reeducation, but this is for your own good. Always start your day with a pint of warm water with half a lemon, wait at least 20mins before eating your breakfast - fruits!
Parallel to that, invest in tinctures/extracts: Dandelion, Milk Thistle, Cat's Claw, Burdock root, Nettle. Take a dropperful of each with some water. You can also drink those as tea.
Add herbs to everything you eat: coriander, parsley...
Get turmeric tablets (good quality with pepper)
Make yourself a gold milk in the evening (google for recipe, but use a plant-based milk, forget dairy = mucus).
Lastly, drink lots of water!
I was in pain every day of my life for 6 months. Some days I wondered if I was going to get through my journey to the office in the tube. Some days I screamed in pain with the spams and cried in desperation. Most often, I couldn't sit down!
There is hope! Good luck! xx