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Posted 8/27/2014 2:33 PM (GMT 0)
     Could you please tell me what tests were performed to diagnose that your rectal stump had adhered to your vaginal wall?  I have a bit of a concern because the day I came home from the hospital I felt like I had to urinate and all this foul smelling gunk came out of me.  Till this day, four years later, no one seems to know exactly what happened!  I had vaginal bleeding off and on ever since (over twenty years past menopause).  However, I have had three transvaginal ultrasounds since, PAP tests, etc...all negative.  My gyn said my cervix wall is very thin which could be the reason.  All other tests, CT scans, MRI's...all negative, so guess everything is ok.  I do believe people with Crohn's/Colitis have more problems with anal stumps than do we with only UC.
Posted 8/27/2014 6:59 PM (GMT 0)
The problem was found when the surgery was performed to remove the rectal stump and anus. Nothing ever showed up on tests, not even CAT scans. I had seen my GYN because of spotting problems due to my worries that I am post menopausal and shouldn't be spotting. He attributed it to vaginal atrophy and said that he saw no correlation between the female problems and Crohns disease that affected my rectal area. I think there might have been a small fistula that went undetected and healed when I took biologics, and in the process caused the rectal and vaginal wall to fuse together. That is the only thing that makes sense to me.
Posted 8/28/2014 1:37 AM (GMT 0)
     Oh wow, then I could very well have something going on huh?  BUMMER. I haven't seen a GI doctor OR my colorectal surgeon in three years.  I have, what my surgeon referred to as, a huge skin tag protruding from my anus.  He said it is not precancerous and I shouldn't be concerned about it.  It does irritate me from time to time.  I use Calmoseptine lotion, recommended by my surgeon.  My surgeon retired about a year ago.  My former GI doctor did NOT want me to have surgery.  All he wanted to do was try more and more meds.  He refused to send me to a surgeon, so I found Dr. Fry online.  He was head of colorectal surgery at Univ of Pa Hospital and trained at the Cleveland Clinic.    This past week, I have had some irritation inside the anus, but no bleeding.  I was on my feet quite a bit and I am wondering if that is the reason.
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