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Posted 8/26/2016 6:24 PM (GMT 0)
My surgeon removed a huge skin tag from the outside of my anus after my biopsies last September. When I went for my follow up, about a month later, he was not pleased on how it was healing. Placed me on an antibiotic for two weeks and everything seemed to heal nicely. Well, here it is, a year later, and I feel like someone has their boot stuck up my behind. I am reluctant to go back to the same guy. To me it seems like he is just dragging his feet about my condition. The disease is in my anus, he doesn't want to operate, says he thinks it will be too much of an operation for me, keeps telling me to use Canasa suppositories (which I have to cut into thirds because I don't have much space in there due to my proctocolectomy and end ileo in 2010) and the Canasa pops through and out my vagina! This doctor KNOWS all this and so does my GYN doctors, but yet they keep saying they cannot find a fistula, yada, yada, yada! Anyone else have this problem? I am seeing another colorectal surgeon on the 27th of September. The one I went to for a second opinion last year and he agreed with the guy I am seeing, but, this time I want answers...WHY is it too much of an operation for me? Because I am 70 years old? They say I need to have biopsies every two years and I think all the probing in there is causing more harm than good. OY.
Posted 8/26/2016 7:11 PM (GMT 0)
I don't have experience with removal while still having an anus but I did have them. I was always told that unless they are removing both your rectum and anus you should not have the skin tags removed. That surgically removing skin tags can cause more issues unless everything is removed.

I think I would definitely get a second opinion and question more about why they won't remove it. I think at this point as long as you have your anus you will likely still have issues with where that skin tag was removed if any disease is active in that area.
Posted 8/28/2016 6:42 PM (GMT 0)
Finding another Dr might not be a bad idea. Seems he is just brushing you aside.
Posted 8/29/2016 4:59 PM (GMT 0)
There are a lot of arrows pointing to the problem...they aren't listening, either shakehead

I know you like to stay relatively close to home but have you thought about one of the bigger teaching hospitals in the US? At least for a consult? You aren't getting answers so it may be your next step.

I was always told that skin tags shouldn't be removed, when you have an IBD, since healing is an issue. Obviously you are experiencing that:-(

I hope you find some relief, soon!!
Posted 8/29/2016 6:50 PM (GMT 0)
Oh boy. My original surgeon told me to leave them alone as they are not precancerous and may cause more problens. It was so annoying though, that I asked my present surgeon to please remove it while I was under anesthesia for my biopsies. He acted sort of reluctant but granted my wish. Let me bring everyone up to date as to what is going on presently. Saturday, I was soooo uncomfortable I was ready to admit myself into the ER and have the anus removed. However, I was down the shore with my daughter and baby grandson. We went swimming in the ocean. Sunday morning, I awoke and I thought a miracle happened overnight. First of all, a bunch of gunk came out my vagina (nothing new....the usual mucus), but I felt so relieved!!! We came home last night and I took my Epsom salts sitz bath. You think it was the ocean water? This is so uncanny!!!
Posted 8/29/2016 10:46 PM (GMT 0)
I definitely think the salt water from the ocean could have helped. I am glad you are feeling better. I have a couple family members that have some skin issues and they love when we go to the ocean because their skin is always better and it usually calms it down.

It's funny you bring this up because at my ileoscopy last week my GI was asking about my wound back there and I told her how my surgeon gave me the MediHoney and it was like a miracle. Well she said she just found out that making a paste from sea salt and water and applying to skin tags shrinks them and provides temporary relief. She said the patients she has told about it are having pretty good success. So I would say good chance the salt water was very healing or soothing for you!
Posted 9/4/2016 11:45 PM (GMT 0)
Wow, that is interesting!!!! I haven't been in the ocean since last posting, but I have been taking Epsom salts sitz baths. So far, so good. If this continues, I am seriously thinking of cancelling my appointment with the colorectal surgeon on the 27th. Why bother getting probed and prodded?
Posted 9/11/2016 2:34 PM (GMT 0)
Christina, another interesting ocean story. I had surgery in June for another parastomal hernia and I had the stoma moved to the left side. At about the 6 week mark, I started leaking serous fluid from my man made belly button.

A big pocket of fluid, a hematoma had formed. Well, they gave me antibiotics and it still didn't clear up. It leaked on my clothes and it was just gross. They said If it didn't clear up then they would have to put a drain tube in. I was like oh heck no. I could not go back to work with this either due to the high risk of infection.

Well, me and my husband decided we would take a trip, alone, no kids, to the beach, since I'm always ruining all our summers having surgery after surgery with these parastomal hernia repairs.

We had originally decided I wouldn't swim at all. Well, when we got down there I was like screw this, I'm swimming in ocean. I swam hours everyday in that ocean and guess what? The leak stopped. I haven't had anymore leaking.

When we got home i went back to the doctor and she said the hole had healed and I could go back to work.
I've only been back to work a week.

I'm a little upset that I have had some stomach pain and some burning right over my belly button, but I'm hopeful that it's just adhesions and some soreness from returning to work and using muscles i haven't been using.

So, that's my ocean story.

I hope and pray that you never have anymore problems. I wouldn't even go to the appointment if I was you. I wouldn't want to aggravate the situation again. If it starts hurting again, then you can just reschedule.

How are you otherwise?
Posted 9/12/2016 6:49 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Tracey! I am doing fine otherwise. Wow, you sure have had a lot of ongoing issues. I still have mucus which comes out my vagina. This has been an issue for years though. They can't find the fistula, but all agree there must be something up there. I saw an associate of my surgeon about a year or so ago, when my surgeon (present one) was on vacation. He told me that even if there is a fistula, they would just let it be since I don't use my rectum. I can feel a tiny lump between the anus and vagina and, this sounds nutty, but, it seems to build up, then the mucus comes out and the lump goes down. Weird huh? Yes, I am seriously considering just cancelling my appointment. Why upset the apple cart? Only reason I hesitate to do so is that it takes so darn long to get an appointment with this guy. I'm in a quandary right now. My present colorectal surgeon seems like a pretty decent surgeon, but I think he is getting ready to retire. I don't want that to happen. The guy who operated on me retired in 2013. I sure do NOT want anyone monkeying around with my stoma. My surgeon did a fantastic job on that.
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