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    Swimming after fistulotomy

    hi everyone..it has been FOREVER since I've posted and I wish I could say it's because I've been 100% healthy but that is definitely not the case..I'm still dealing with the same 2 perianal fistulas..in March I saw a new surgeon at UPMC who came from Mayo so she was highly recommended..she...
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    Bleeding Setons

    Not sure how many of you read the mini-vent thread but I posted a little vent the other day about my setons. It's now gone from a mini-vent to a legit concern so I wanted to run it by everyone. I'm just going to copy and paste the original post I made to make it a little easier. This rant...
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    Cipro/Flagyl

    I feel like I'm constantly asking questions about these antibiotics. You would think I knew all by now with my constant use of them. As my posts usually begin, I'm still having issues with my one fistula/seton. I last saw my GI about a month a half ago. I always seem to do better when I'm on...
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    Living Well With IBD (ATTN: PA, WV, OH)

    Hi all! Not sure if this was the best place to put this post so please feel free to move it to the best place. I received an invite to a meeting in Wheeling, West Virginia called Living Well With IBD and it says exclusive conversations with our experts. I received it from UPMC's IBD Center...
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    Shout Out To a Few Inventors

    I'd like to give a big shout out to the inventors of sitz baths and Zofran. Sitz baths give such relief in between the pain medicine doses. I wonder if the person who thought of this sanity-saving product suffered from perianal problems as well? Oh and I'm sure in the abscess/fistula area...
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    Augmentin vs. Cipro

    I had surgery on Friday to drain a perianal abscess and to place a seton. I've been on Cipro and Flagyl numerous times before, during, and after abscesses. When I was being discharged from the hospital this time though the prescriptions I received were for Flagyl and Augmentin. I emailed my...
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    Another abscess? Really?

    Hi everyone, I know I've never been super active on the forum and tend to pop in when I'm having a rough time. I think when I'm feeling good I try to put my crohn's problems in the back of my mind. As I've said numerous times on the site, I have issues with perianal crohn's (abscesses and...
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    Endoscopic Ultrasound?

    Hello..hope everyone is having a gorgeous, sunny day like we are here in western PA. Just wondering if anyone here has had an endoscopic ultrasound? I'm still having problems with a perianal fistula/abscess site and both my gastroenterologist and surgeon think an endoscopic ultrasound would be...
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    Surgery Number 5 in 16 months

    Soooo I hadn't really recovered from the last perianal abscess drainage/seton placement surgery at the beginning of February..just a lot of pain, drainage, fatigue, generally just not feeling well since then. This past week though the pain was pretty unbearable and the drainage just stopped. I...
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    Inflammation vs. Thickening?

    I'm sure this is basic crohn's knowledge but I'm just a little confused. I've, thankfully, only really had perianal fistula/abscess problems in the past with crohns. Which I mean are more than enough but I have never really dealt with the stomach issues most have. Welllll that was until a few...
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    Pain relief for setons?

    As I've said in previous posts, I had my first seton placed in a perianal fistula last February. Then I had another put in, October of this year. The surgeon took one of them out in November. And last week I had a second one replaced. So I'm currently with 2. After the first surgery, I was...
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    Here we go again..

    Well..my current flare with a perianal abscess and fistula began in October. Had the abscess drained and a second draining seton placed in the fistula. The last surgery had just been this past February. I haven't really had a time where I've felt myself since October and I've been on and off...
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    Treatment for Fistula's?

    I've been dealing with recurring perianal abscesses and fistula's for 7 years now. When I was being treated by a pediatric GI doctor, after having abscesses drained I had a PICC line put in and did IV antibiotics for a few months at home. My "big kid" GI doctor started me on Remicade infusions...
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    Hiii everyone!

    Hello! My name's Anna, I'm 23 years old, and was diagnosed with Crohn's and Celiac disease when I was 16. The diagnoses came after a perianal abscess was removed and a scope was performed my junior year of high school. I spent about six months each of my junior and senior years being tutored...
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