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    Help! I'm afraid of my surgeon!

    Hi everyone. I have adverse reactions to latex, synthetic rubbers, and petroleum, and I fear my surgeon either doesn't understand the implications of this or doesn't accept it as reality. Latex allergy is well known and medically accepted. But synthetic rubbers and petroleum less so. If my...
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    Appetite and Weightloss: How do YOU deal with it?

    I've never had a great relationship with food, in large part because eating food meant digesting and passing food and, like many of you, it's often uncomfortable or painful. A month ago I had a seton placed in prep for fistulotomy (not yet scheduled). Add in meds w/ appetite supressing AND...
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    Seton Agony at 4 weeks

    Hey folks, I'm looking for an "is this normal?" check. I had a seton placed almost 4 weeks ago in a shallow fistula near my anus. The external inscision is mostly painless, but my rectum is in agony, like razor blades slicing inside. Also throbbing, and spasms of all my pelic floor muscles and...
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