Posted Yesterday 3:07 PM (GMT 0)
I'm glad to hear your abscess has healed. If you think Crohn's was not the cause of the fistulas, what do you (or your doctors) think the cause was? It's not overly unusual to have things look normal during a scope with this disease, either due to a remission, or microscopic changes that aren't visible via the scope, but show up with biopsies. I've had instances of both scenarios.
I know how you feel about the timing of surgery. My surgeries usually ended up during the holidays or right after. I had to plan my biggest surgery while I planned my parents' fiftieth anniversary one Christmas, which coincided with a major ice storm that knocked our electricity out for 9 days.