Quote from lbp35:

Anitraw,
This feeling I have now continues as a raw feeling or soreness on the outside but looking inside it is red and split. The outside looks like a cut. I have tried the nitro and I am now using diltiazem. Can you see a cut on the outside of your anus or is it further up in? I also had burning along with bleeding after my bms for the first couple of months after surgery so maybe you are just not healed yet.

lbp35,

I know what you might be feeling. My rawness feels like broken glass is shoved my my hole. It seems quite a few people are experiencing the "cut" complication. I suspect it comes from the re-healing process while the body reforms tissue (scarring). My scarring caused the very outside of my butt hole to become extremely taut to the touch -- less now. The scars are not as flexible as the original skin tissue and cracks producing these cuts. I suspect Tammy has the right idea keeping the area greased up. This probably keeps the tissue from drying which promotes cracking. I suffer from cracking fingers during the winter months and always rub baby lotion on my hands to keep them lubricated. I think this might be the same phenomena. I'm just hesitant to use the A&D ointment on open wounds. The strange thing is I experience no bleeding (at least none detect on undergarments) during the day. I only experience the bleeding at BMs and wipe ups. The pain, burning, and itching probably is like when you have a cut on a finger where you keep opening it from use. Therefore, causing the healing to take a longer than usual time. I can not visibly see my cuts from the outside. There are visible by slightly pulling the rectum apart. But I gotta tell you it hurts when I do that so I stopped looking.

Is this diltiazem you take a pill? A search indicates it's a "calcuim-channel blocker" use to treat high blood pressure. I take coreg (beta-blocker) for treating my migraine headaches. The normal use of coreg is for hypertension, heart attack or heart failure. It also lowers blood pressure but I have seen no help with my butt hole from it.