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  1. Sazzle

    Swimming with a Fistula...makes a change from Dolphins!! 😉

    Hi all There's so much mixed advice online about going swimming when you have a fistula/seton. I live in miserable weather UK so it doesn't worry me when at home - However, for the last 3 holidays abroad I've never gone swimming as thought best not to, risk of infection etc....But it completely...
  2. Sazzle

    One year on, no further forward! Advice please!

    I can't find my original posts, so will start afresh... History in brief ... One year ago this month I had an op to drain a huge perennial abscess...a fistula appeared, I had this laid open twice...then another ( or possibly a branch off of the original fistula) appeared..... This time ( 2...
  3. Sazzle

    Advice welcome!

    Hi all.. To cut a long story short, here goes! Constipation all my life, sometimes extremely severe....blood/mucus sometimes in stools. Past year or so....extremely often, cramp-like pain around my lower back and pelvic area. April 2014 started to feel an abscess under the skin on my bum cheek...
  4. Sazzle

    Advice please. Starting to leak again...

    Hi all I had a very large perineal abscess removed on a June 18th.....my transsphincteric fistula op is due on September 18th..... The closure of the abscess site took about 6 weeks to heal, I stopped wearing dressing on it about 3 weeks ago. It was fine, clean and no trouble until...
  5. Sazzle

    Abscess recovery so slow - next op....the fistula

    Hi all, I had my perennial abscess removed 2 weeks ago, I'm still having it packed and dressed daily, it's recovering very very slowly... The hole is still like an open canyon! I stupidly got the nurse to take a photo when changing the packing and dressing - I wish she hadn't. The fistula they...
  6. Sazzle

    What is a "Transsphincteric anal fissure"

    Hi all I've just noticed on a section of my hospital notes ( other than this part they've referred to anal abscess and fistula ) but on this section they have specified the fistula as a "Transsphincteric anal fissure" Anyone know what this means or differs? How it's treated etc? Thankyou xx
  7. Sazzle

    Stinging 2 days after abscess removal

    Hi all So it's 2 days today ( almost to the hour ) that they removed my perennial abscess - I had it done Wednesday morning - for the rest of Wednesday there was no real pain ( I did have it done under general anaesthetic though so that could be why ) However since about 2pm Thursday (...
  8. Sazzle

    A newbie to this nightmare! Advice welcome x

    Hi all Fabulous site that is already becoming my best friend through this nightmare... To cut a long story short, about 3 months ago I discovered a hard lump in the cheek of my bum, nearing the crack of my bottom...... I had spent a week finding it uncomfy to sit, so asked my partner to peek...
  9. Sazzle

    Fed up! Any advice welcome! Anal Abscess

    Hello all I have not been diagnosed with anything ( although they are looking into IBS and have just ruled out Crohns. My issue where I need advice at the moment is an Anal Abscess. It was discovered 3 months ago, and it was told it was an Internal Gluteal Abscess, although now they are...
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