Did you have this throbbing constant pain before surgery? a throbbing, constant pain that may be worse when you sit down, move around, have a bowel movement or cough...
Thanks -- so is there anything you can tell me that I should be looking and/or feeling for to confirm this is a fistula vs. just an abscess? I'm wondering if it was my anal fissure > abscess >...
Did he do the colonoscopy at the same time as your surgery?...
Ohhhh, ok. Thanks. Wow, I'm getting an MRI so that my surgeon can try and make out the course of the fistula(s). I hope he can see it after all that cost!...
Also, was your doc 100% certain you had a fistula prior to surgery? How could he be that certain if it is just 50/50? I'm just wondering what signs to look for -- I don't have my MRI until next...
Yes, I don't have CD either...I don't think. What surgery did you have? How is the healing going? Were you in a lot of pain prior to the surgery? Right now I would describe my pain as like a 0.5, but...
Hmmm...I have about 1 cm x 1 cm of puss/bloody abscess and then below it is some skin that feels more dense/leathery than other skin on my butt cheeks....
Yes, I am still confused -- my surgeon said that many people just 'live with these things' -- and his dad lives with one -- and I could as well. He did not stick his hand up my anal canal, but...
Sorry, Bizz -- how bad was your fistula?...
I have about a 1 CM by 1 CM abscess/puss ball in the perianal area. Thus far, that seems to be my only symptom, aside from some random shooting pains at time. Currently on levaquin, which is helping...
Thanks for the thoughts!...
Hi, I was diagnosed with a fistula today -- going to have an MRI next week to determine if it is going to potentially impact the spinchter muscle or not. My doctor was VERY nonchalant about this...