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Thank god for great spouses!!! I keep thinking exactly what you stated above-This has to end at some point. This site is a god send that is for sure. Before june of this year I don't think I had ever even heard the word fistula much less known anyone to reach out to that has dealt with it...

I'm so glad that it has finally worked for you. I couldn't imaging the stress involved with what you have gone through. My surgery was the week before yours and I was still in absolute agony 5 weeks in. I kind of knew a few weeks ago that things just weren't going how they should. Before this I...

Justbreathe8-Thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement. He told me that he probably will put a seton in but as it was before he would have to wait until he gets in there to decide the route to take. He told me that he absolutely could not do another advancement flap, which I was...

Sailorluna-Yes he did. The way he explained it me is that this one is right below and to the left of where the first one was and could actually have been masked or covered by the first one due to its size.

He told me that this one could possibly be older than the first one and it was just masked by the sheer size of the first one.

Possibly. He said he would not know until he got back in there. He told me that he could not do another advancement flap.

just got home from the surgeon. I have to have another surgery this Thursday. I am just sick at the thought of having to go through this again. Scared does not even begin to describe what I am feeling right now. Dr is certain I have Crohn's as well and is going to do a bunch more testing to try...

Thanks so much for responding. No I am not currently diagnosed with Crohns. I have displayed symptoms since being a teenager and every Dr. I have seen has at one time or another thought I might have it and tested me for it included my current Colo Rectal Surgeon that I am seeing now. After last...

I am brand new to this forum and could not be happier that I found it today. After reading so many of your stories I realized how little I actually know about what I am dealing with and I am definitely going to ask my doctor many many more questions when I go back in tomorrow. In the meantime I...