Thank you all for your help, I am still going to ask my doctor to see what he thinks about it. But if I can live with it as it is... I will....
So, anyone who had a fistulotomy still having bloody drainage and pain on occassion? I dont believe my surgeon did the job he told me was to be done. He wrote down "Fistulotomy" but I think he...
So does anyone know if it is normal to still have pain, a bit of watered down blood and drainage, and sometimes a little bit of swelling 3 months after the fistulotomy? Also how did others find the...
Also, I went across the border today to New York to go Christmas shopping... It was sort of painful... not so much the fistula and area... but the chaffing from walking around with the drainage...
Sorry, I dont know if I am mis-understanding you sr5599... Are you saying I will never get better? Or that this may never heal? I have yet (hopefully never will be) diagnosed with Crohns. What about...
Thank you so much Phoebe and ChronieToo. I am getting by, just so hard cause the pain can be so debilitating. I have lost interest in alot that I was interested in before. For example; I need to do...
I am so sorry to hear what you had to go through. I know how you felt, the helplessness and just being plain miserable. Last night I took it upon myself to go to the hospital ER to have it...
Hey, Thanks you guys for the help. sr5599: I hope I dont have the same problem as you, and I am very sorry to hear that you are going through such hell. I am currently on Ativan 1mg 2x daily....
Thank you all so much for your support. I feel better today but it always gets worse around the end of the day....
Also, will I ever get back to my normal self? With no pain... and have interest in what I used to love doing? Is there an end to this hell ride?...
I am horrified. I cannot describe the distress I am in. I never thought it could be so bad. It has been one month today since my fistulotomy... and just a few days ago I found out that what I thought...
Hey there. Thanks for the advice, I think that is the easist way. And it definalty beats sitting in the bath for 20 minutes hoping that will clean it. I just went again and because I dont have the...
/community/emoticons/cry.gif Can anyone give me advice on how to keep loose stools out of the fistulotomy wound? I tried wiping every way and I ALWAYS get a fair amount of 'poo' in the wound which...
That sounds like a great idea!!!! Thanks for the advice!...
Hey there everyone, Yes I had the surgery on the scheduled date (November 3rd). The surgery went great, my recovery from the anestesia was abit rough though. I felt very sick and was white as a...
Thank you all for the support. I am still very scared, but everyone is reassuring me that I will be fine because I am young I will heal better and faster. I am seeing a GI three days after my...
My mom who works at the local hospital just informed me that it is hard to find a colorectal surgeon in Southern Ontario (Canada) as most of the surgeons who do this procedure are general surgeons....
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Hi FallColors, This has been going on for a year yes, but I only went to the doctor once in the begining to have it checked out, but the walk in doctor I saw GUARANTEED that it was hemeroids. It was...
Thank you for the support Malibu. And Writer, no they didnt. I am just so worried about incontinence because it is a ischiorectal abscess and is very deep. I dont want to be wearing depends at age...
Maybe im in the wrong forum....
Here is a little information on whats ben going on the past year: Just about[b] one month ago I was rushing myself to the hospital for about 5 days in a row. All them telling me I had an abscess but...