I haven't posted for a while. Background: Anal Abcess (large) Surgery - March 2009 Surgery to place 2 seton? drains - June 2009 Surgery to remove drains and check on abcess - October 2009 Currently...
I had surgery for a large anal abcess in March, seton drains put in in June, and removed in October. Since that time, the skin irritation and burning has gotten much worse. I'm hopeful the stupid...
Does everyone have pain with their bowel movements? My setons have been in since June and they are coming out on Friday. My doctor still doesn't know if I have a fistula - she just put them in to...
I've taken Effexor forever (since 1991) at the lowest dose - 37.5. I've tried to increase the dose but it makes me too anxious. Lately my anxiety has been horrible because of medical issues. Saw a...
Frogeleita, I am so sorry for all that you have gone through. I hope they are able to make you more comfortable. I will be saying a prayer for you tonight....
Poorlybot and Artistmum - I too have thought I would go crazy over this anal abcess/fistula mess and my surgeon also won't commit to anything. She just says it all takes time. I've had the first...
Thanks for the comments. There was no burning or soreness with the two lumps. I'm not very attractive so I never look in mirrors, but I just reached up to adjust my collar and thought "what's that?"...
Thanks, Sherrine. Yeah my bumps are mushy and soft. I am getting am MRI next week and will see a doctor that maybe can tell me what this is. I've already had 2 colom surgeries this year and need...
Marlee, thank you for giving me some hope that this is not cancer. What are your lumps like? The ones on the side of my neck are like 2 soft mushy eggs, but a little flatter. The family doctors...
I can't remember anything these days, so can't remember if I have asked this before. I'm having much more pain in my neck, back, shoulders, and between my shoulder blades. Three weeks ago I noticed...
I forgot one more thing about the anxiety. Something that is even more common than Xanax is to have your family doctor start you on an antidepressant like Zoloft that is known to help with anxiety....
My doctor gave me a low dose of Xanax - .25 - taken when needed. It is fine to use, especially short-term, and helps quickly with anxiety attacks. Some days, weeks, months, I don't need any, but when...
FallColors is right - don't hesitate to call and speak with the nurse and if you're really scared, make an appt. so they can look at things. I also have fussy hemmorroids and a couple of small...
I found out the hard way (after suffering bad anxiety for too many days) - yes, call your doctor, but speak to their nurse. The nurses are really great and they will take more time explaining things...
Most of you seem to have had many surgeries. How do/did you control your anxiety right before the surgery? My last two surgeries for an abcess were not too bad physically, but were the anxiety was...
I'm still trying to heal from a large abcess in March. Have had seton drains in since 6/10. I tried to restart my baby aspirin 2 days ago since I had taken it the prior 2 years, and today there was...
Several posts mention CBT instruction is somewhere on the forum, but I can't quite find it. I've found descript ions of what CBT is, but not worksheets or how tos or anything. Is there such info...
Thanks for the reply. They don't think I have Crohns or IBS - I just had a random big abcess. Since it was so big, the doctor put 2 setons in to try to allow it to heal. She did not want to cut...
I had a couple of seton drains put in about 2 months ago and even today I am noticing a little blood if I do a sitz bath or press gentle with toilet paper. Is this ok? My surgeon gives me no guidance...
Since my doctor gives me no info, I need to ask a couple of more questions. When you have had an abcess and then on a 2nd surgery, the doctor puts in seton drains, is it normal when you press on that...
Oh, I forgot again. The first surgery I had was for the large abcess. She said since it was in the direction of the vagina, she did not want to make a big cut. So she made 2 small cuts - one at the...
Thanks, everyone, for your comments. Am I the only one whose doctor said not to bother with antibiotics? It just seems logical that if you have an infection that is still there and you are still...
Oh, I forgot, I don't think I have Crohn's because I don't really have any of the symptoms like diarrahea (sp?) and others. I had a colonoscopy 2 years ago and everything was fine, and my surgeon...
Thanks for the responses. My gastro doctor doesn't want to be involved - he just said to let the colon-rectal surgeon handle it. I did see one other colon surgeon to see if I could find someone that...
Hello, I just discovered this site and have been encouraged from hearing about others who have experienced the unpleasantness (being polite) of an anal abcess and fistula. Lately I have been feeling...