Hi Dimitri, Hope you're doing well - all good, no recurrence of the old enemy. Thanks for all the reading. VAAFT has only recently been approved for use in public hospitals in the UK and there are...
Is there anyone out there with experience, good or bad, of the VAAFT procedure? I'm due in surgery at the end of the month to have it done on my fistula and knowing it's a new technique, wondered how...
Sounds like you're in the same situation as me. My drainage seton was put in place in early 2012 and I was told at the time to just live with it. Like you say, the fistula is much too high to lay...
Dimitri, that sounds fantastic - really pleased for you. I've just made an appointment with my CRS to talk about VAAFT or FiLaC, so hopefully there's an end in sight. All the best for the future....
Dimitri, sounds fantastic - almost cured. Any problems with continence since the operation? There are now a few hospitals in the UK that will do FiLac on the NHS, so it's time for me to have a wood...
I quite agree with the idea that we're all different, sadly making one form of surgery unlikely to be the best for everyone. Had an MRI scan last year after my annual check up with my consultant. The...
Drainage nowadays, some brown in the mornings after a BM, generally helped to drain down the seton by a fast walk with the dog - guess you could go for a jog and get the same effect. Always wear a...
Fingers crossed it works for you, but if you were still draining pus down the seton, it sounds like there was still an active infection somewhere. That will want to keep draining, so there seems...