Hey trickynikki- yes, it cut through the tissue by being tightened. My doc explained it as the way a wire cutter cuts through cheese. It cuts through the tissue slowly allowing scar tissue to form...
Hi Harley- You would need to find out what kind of seton you might have placed. Mine was a cutting seton, which eventually cuts through the tissue slowly, allowing an abscess/fistula to heal from the...
Hi Ashton, I happened by and saw your post. I have only good news to share today :) I had the cutting seton about a year ago, it finally fell out on its own. That incision healed up nicely but I...
Depending on where it is it could be as simple as a cyst or an ingrown hair. My abscess and fistula pain was deep deep aching throbbing pain. Sounds like you have nothing to lose to go and see...
My question is the same as grayeyedblonde- symptoms? That is what you can tell a receptionist- I totally understand what you mean about being modest- I have felt humiliated beyond belief while...
Hi, I've had an "asleep" colonoscopy and two awake sigmoidoscopies. The asleep version was just fine, I remember the IV, being rolled into a dark room, people introducing themselves to me, getting on...
Hey serahpina, I understand where you are coming from. They made me do the same thing, even tho my surgery site was right down at the "bottom of my bottom." :) I think just to get the area as clean...
Hi Seraphina, I just saw your post- after my surgeries for a few days I tried to stick to bland soft foods, like chicken and rice, canned fruits, potatoes, pasta etc. Things that just kind of go...
Hi Seraphina, I've posted quite a few times about my abscess/fistula surgery. They don't "think" I have Crohns, but they always say they can never be sure, that Crohns can "do whatever it wants." I...
Mine was very strange too, apparently- went undiagnosed for years, not for lack of trying on my part. I'm pretty sure mine started about 1/2 way up the rectum- I had the most horrible vaginal/rectal...
I've had both. My fistula hurt(s) like hell. I guess from the inflammation and the reabscessing that happens. I have a sneaking suspicion my fistula and abscess came from my chronic fissure. My...
I may try and call and talk to his nurse, although she is usually not very helpful. He's hard to get into see, and since he counts as a specialist, it costs $75 just to walk in the door... but I'll...
hi everyone- I feel bad for always posting questions on here, but here's another one! My cutting seton fell out a few weeks ago and in the beginning I felt really good down there. Had a follow up...
Hi Joanne, Welcome :) I had a reply set to post but then my computer hiccuped and it disappeared... I agree with Ivy, check the threads in her signature, they may be very helpful for you. I've also...
I have a rectal fistula and seton, and the drainage changes. Usually it is yellowish in color, but sometimes tinged with stool or blood. Once in a while my gauze comes out greenish around the edges,...
Hey TJJJ, I've also got a seton- just had it tightened yesterday for the second time, I've posted on here a few times, not too many people have had these it seems, or they're not posting a lot! My...
Hi Bookgal, I don't have any insights for you, but will send you healing thoughts. I've dealt with rectal abscesses and fistulas for the last 4 years, and am hopefully on the mend finally... but I...
Phoebe, good to know you have had success. I've mostly found stories of people discussing setons and pain or whatever, but very few who come back on and say they helped or healed up :) I sometimes...
No, it's not easy, but I'm hoping that bit of yellow elastic will get me back into life... :) The things we have to go through! I lived with the pain of an abscess for years before they finally...
I'm not always so good at this, but I find that being grateful for small things can help turn me around on a not so good day. Even if it's something like a phone call with a friend or a little bird...
I had my seton tightened for the first time on Monday and it HURTS. For those of you who have had one of these, how many days can I expect to feel like this? I'm trying to work but just want to go...
Thanks for your kind words!! I'm actually able to work and even had to go out of town on a business trip this week- I find that getting on with life is distracting :) My abscess bump is actually a...
Fallcolors, I also have an incision and a seton. The incision is just to the right of the seton, and is about 2 inches long, and teardrop shaped. I haven't actually seen my surgeon since Thursday so...
Hey everyone, sorry for always posting questions and the TMI!! My rubberband seton was placed on Thursday, and in the beginning I had a lot of bloody drainage. In the last few days it has turned much...
I have a rubber band seton, was placed on Thursday. I was just going to post some questions... As for the surgery itself, I felt really good when I woke up. They gave me a patch behind my ear for any...
Oh, and sorry, but I forgot about this question too- I am really unsure if I have a cutting seton or a draining seton- but the nurse did mention that I might have to get it tightened... so that...
Hey everyone, I've been laying low lately, but there were a few people going through the same kinds of things I have been, so I just wanted to update. I was on cipro and flagyl for the last few...
Former58D- this sounds so much like what I have been going through! I've posted a few times about my saga, going on 4 years now that no one really knows what is going on with me. After suffering for...
I'm with you. I've been told it's Crohns, not Crohns, endometriosis, not endometriosis... I just have a horrendous pain in my butt that won't go away and NO one knows what is causing it for sure. 3...
Me too, Julia. I'm always thinking we can do heart transplants, brain surgery, and there is this tiny pocket of infection that I can tell them exactly where it hurts and they still can't find it......
Hey Julia, I'm in a similar situation as you, and have posted a few times about my abscess. Mine has only ever showed up on ultrasound, and they can't find the abscesses/fistula that are currently...
Thanks FallColors!! Were you able to go off of the antibiotics eventually? How do you diagnose cellulitis- or is it just that is what you call the chronically inflamed tissue?...
Hey everyone, My MRI from last week "showed nothing conclusive." There may or may not be a 1 cm lymph node, but this is not in the area I am feeling pain. I have two bumps, one pea sized on the left...
I've done the miralax and the mag. citrate. They should give you a prep sheet and instructions- I'm ocd about that stuff and follow it to the letter :) The magn. citrate didn't make me cramp at all,...
Hi, I've had two MRIs so far, and going back for a third next week. Have you ever had one? They do give you a "panic button" in the event you feel like you can't handle it- they will pull you out....
Thanks everyone. I was just wondering if I have the MRI next week when I am feeling better, if it will show anything different than the one I had in May. If I flare up again or the pain comes back...
Hey everyone, I'm new here, and so glad to have found some support and people who have gone through the same things I have!! I wrote up my history in a previous post, so I won't go all into it again-...
Thank you thank you thank you for all the support and kind words! Yes keeper, other wounds heal just fine for me- I'm a "zebra" apparently, that is what most of the docs I see tell me- My doc now is...
Hi everyone, I don't even know where to start explaining what I have been through... but I think those of you on here have a better understanding than almost anyone else I talk to. I am a 31 year old...