Hi all,
I had surgery on my fistula on Tuesday afternoon. The surgeon was optimistic about laying the whole thing open but during the procedure he had to do a partial lay open and put in a seton. He did warn me that it was a slight possibility but I was obviously still disappointed. I have to return on 5th January to see the surgeon again with a possible second operation being needed. He did say he hopes to be able to do a minor procedure in his office depending on healing etc but it may be another general anaesthetic if not.
For the first couple of days I didn’t feel too bad. Pain was pretty non existent though I know the general and local anaesthetics would have helped with that. The pain for the next two days seemed manageable with codein and I’ve been eating a high fibre diet and drinking plenty of water along with taking a laxative as advised by the surgeon. Regular sitz baths too.
Today had been pretty hard though. Despite the above routine, I think the pain killers are constipating me too much. I am able to go but it’s not soft. This has increased my pain levels to something unbearable. I was in so much pain back there earlier I couldn’t even urinate as it was too painful.
It did eventually settle but it’s made me feel so drained and fed up. Feels like ive taken a huge step back and now lying here with a feeling of pressure back there and a throbbing pain despite taking the pain meds.
Not sure what to do to be honest. I’m going to call the hospital tomorrow for some advice as my strong pain meds run out tomorrow as they only gave me 5 days supply which I haven’t needed the full dose of before now.
Sorry for the moan, I know it’s early days and I’m sure things should improve, just feels horrible right now. Not sure if anyone has any advice to manage the pain and constipation?
Thanks so much
Andy
I had surgery on my fistula on Tuesday afternoon. The surgeon was optimistic about laying the whole thing open but during the procedure he had to do a partial lay open and put in a seton. He did warn me that it was a slight possibility but I was obviously still disappointed. I have to return on 5th January to see the surgeon again with a possible second operation being needed. He did say he hopes to be able to do a minor procedure in his office depending on healing etc but it may be another general anaesthetic if not.
For the first couple of days I didn’t feel too bad. Pain was pretty non existent though I know the general and local anaesthetics would have helped with that. The pain for the next two days seemed manageable with codein and I’ve been eating a high fibre diet and drinking plenty of water along with taking a laxative as advised by the surgeon. Regular sitz baths too.
Today had been pretty hard though. Despite the above routine, I think the pain killers are constipating me too much. I am able to go but it’s not soft. This has increased my pain levels to something unbearable. I was in so much pain back there earlier I couldn’t even urinate as it was too painful.
It did eventually settle but it’s made me feel so drained and fed up. Feels like ive taken a huge step back and now lying here with a feeling of pressure back there and a throbbing pain despite taking the pain meds.
Not sure what to do to be honest. I’m going to call the hospital tomorrow for some advice as my strong pain meds run out tomorrow as they only gave me 5 days supply which I haven’t needed the full dose of before now.
Sorry for the moan, I know it’s early days and I’m sure things should improve, just feels horrible right now. Not sure if anyone has any advice to manage the pain and constipation?
Thanks so much
Andy