Hi all, Please can you advise? I have had excruciating bowel pain for two weeks that hurts more when I eat. It comes every ten mins or so and sometimes has me curling up in a ball. It wakes me in the...
Hi I just wanted to share with you. I went to see a private consultant last night. really just to get a second opinion on the treatment i have been given on the NHS. Its the best thing i have ever...
Hi I got diagnosed with crohns 2 years ago after having a large abscess drained in hospital. I was in 3 weeks, it was a pretty traumatic time to be quite honest. I ended up with a seton which has...
Hi there, I am experiencing weaping from my abscess/fistula site (i had two fistulas 3 months ago) and the doctor said that its an infection. Does this mean it could be just an infection or is it...
Hi all. Just a question. I have three setons in, the last two were put in three months ago due to a fistula. I now have slight bleeding and also the stitch seems to feel quite uncomfortable when...
Hi there, Thanks for the reply. I was told that my abscess was a particularly large one which is why i had the seton in for two and a half years. Yours hopefully is not and they will remove it for...
Hi everyone, I just thought id share my story with you. I had a cutting seton inserted after finding the big old rubber one a bit embarrassing to live with. I had it in for 2 and a half years before...
Hi all I have been taking Pentasa for about a year now and am experiencing extreme tiredness. I have a day job and struggle every day to get through the day without snapping at someone or snappiung...
Hey, Thanks very much for that. I haven't had my blood checked for a few months and I haven't been to see my consultant since even when I was diagnosed (can't get time off work without having money...
Hi eveyone, I wondered if anyone has experienced being very tired whilst taking Pentasa? Some days I get up and feel like i haven't slept hardly. Like I could lie down and fall straight asleep again....
Thank you Ivy x...
Well after a long 8 months with my rubber band stitch I have finally had a breakthrough! I went to hospital on Friday and luckily didn't have to be out to sleep to have the procedure done. They...
Hi Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with having a rubber band seton stitch / drain changed for a proline one (aka the fishing wire)?? I am in for surgery on Friday AM and wondered if...
Not on any meds but the surgeon left it in because he says if he took it out the large abscess would reform....
Hi Went back to see my consultant on Thursday and he's now agreed to change my rubber band stitch to a smaller fishing wire type so that it is less noticable for me and saya there should be less...
Thanks Nanners and Seraphina for your advise. I had a large perianal abscess drained in October last year, 5 operations, 3 weeks in hospital so it was quite serious although it doesn't leak anywhere...
I am going away on holiday in September and wondered if anyone has any advise on how to deal with a seton and it's discharge whilst in a hot climate? I have had it in now for 8 months and whilst it...
Hi there, Very new to this and will probably miss a mountain of info about my condition as there has been a lot to contend with. I started with stomach cramps last July and just kind of put up with...