Question for those of you who've had anal/perianal fistulas

Do you ever feel sore in the area where you had the perianal/ anal fistula(s)? I find that if I sit in a hard seat or just sit for too long I feel sore in the area. I haven't had a fistula for a little more than a year but I find it weird that I sometimes feel sore in that area. Sometimes it worries me but since it's happened before and hasn't been anything I just go with it. Does this ever happen to you?

Yes I'm going to bring it to my GI's attention on my next appointment to see if it is maybe just the Crohn's its self or if something else is going on...I'm on antibiotics now for it and a few other infections so I'm going to wait it out and see if things clear up. I did a lot of walking today and feel so swollen it's not even funny. It hurts to sit/stand. I can be fine for a few days and feel no discomfort and then BAM. The inflammation and pain in that area comes back.

Hope you get to feeling better & can enjoy tomorrow

Mine has been sore on and off....I had a colorectal surgeon explain to me that the fistula tract itself can become ulcerated and cause a ton of pain. He and I both thought it had abscessed again at one point, and he was just about to slice it open to drain it when he poked around a few times with a needle and couldn't get any puss to come out from anywhere. That' when he said the tract itself was ulcerated from what I understood. Put me on Flagyl for 10 days and felt like a new man afterwards. I'm on Remicade now and it doesn't seem to want to go away...it still drains every day but has never been sore or hurt since I started the treatment.

Yes.