I don't think it does directly, but it makes everything you eat taste like crap so it would indirectly. I'm so over flagyl. My doctor kept giving it to me for my fistulas. Of course it didn't work...
ArkAvenger, I second that. I had my fistualas opened up without seton placement last year, they healed nicely but were back to being active fistulas within a week after healing over. I had a second...
I've had a similar problem. Had a fistulectomy last year, but it was a General surgeon and he just opened them up. One was pretty simple and was just a straight tract, the other was twisted and he...
Hi Softylayla, I can commiserate. I too have yet to be diagnosed with anything. It's been over six years since I started having symptoms that kind of resemble Crohn's though not as severe as some...
When my first fistula appeared, I didn't know what it was, it hadn't yet broken on the outside, but it was big, red and swollen, so I went to the ER. Even though there is a high prevalence of Crohn's...
I was in a foggy haze when I spoke to the doctor after the surgery, so I may have misunderstood him. Glad to know that you get use to it after awhile....
Thanks for the hints. I've been reading some other posts about people who were up and about the next day and I'm amazed. My doctor told me no activity for two weeks or I would risk tearing the...
I'm horrified to find out that some people have had setons for that long. I was lead to believe that it would come out after a couple of weeks. My surgery was only 4 weeks ago, and I'm already sick...
Hello, I stumbled across this forum when looking for information about fistula surgery. I had surgery 4 weeks ago; I had three fistulas (two which I knew about and were operated on a year ago but...