Hi, I am new to this forum and mistakenly posted on the Crohn's forum so hope I get more replies on this forum. I had an anal abscess the size of a softball drained in the emergency room in Oct. 2016 and spent 3 days in the hospital. After 2+ months of in In-Home Care with a nurse packing & repacking the abscess it turned into an anal fistula. I now have a draining seton in and will be having another surgery (advancement flap) in hopes of ending this problem. It seems that most anal fistulas are a result of Crohn's disease which I do not have. I am out of the statistical loop for anal fistulas being 72 years old, female with no GI issues. Any suggestions on how I got so lucky?? Thanks for your time!
No Crohn's but a fistula
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BONZIE,
Look up nutritionfacts.org My GP suggested it to me. Look on the site about glyphosate. Commonly known as roundup, an herbicide(but also a very powerful antibiotic that kills off beneficial bacteria that protect our insides). It is in our foods that are GMO, meaning, genetically modified organism. The crops are genetically modified so they are resistant to glyphosate, so when the crops are sprayed the weeds die and the crops survive. The problem is the food crops absorb the glyphosate as well as the weeds do and it remains in them all the way to the supermarket, or the animal feed. The animals eat a ton of food so it becomes more concentrated in them, especially in the fat. They are full of glyphosate and this stuff causes leaky gut syndrome, which in turn leads to abscess and fistula problems. The issue with this stuff in our food is the higher you go on the food chain (meat) the more concentrated the levels become and therefore cause worse troubles than if you were to eat broccoli for instance. You might want to think about probiotics. I take VSL#3 it is available at the pharmacy here in Canada OTC. My doctor recommended it and told me it is the best one on the market. Make sure to check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking VSL#3. It made a world of difference for me. As my doctor put it "It gives your guts a new protective lining." If you get the VSL be sure that it has been kept cold as it has live bacterial cultures which will die off if left at room temperature. Mine comes in a cooler to the pharmacy where I pick it up.
Hope this helps, give me a shout any time my friend,
cmack
Look up nutritionfacts.org My GP suggested it to me. Look on the site about glyphosate. Commonly known as roundup, an herbicide(but also a very powerful antibiotic that kills off beneficial bacteria that protect our insides). It is in our foods that are GMO, meaning, genetically modified organism. The crops are genetically modified so they are resistant to glyphosate, so when the crops are sprayed the weeds die and the crops survive. The problem is the food crops absorb the glyphosate as well as the weeds do and it remains in them all the way to the supermarket, or the animal feed. The animals eat a ton of food so it becomes more concentrated in them, especially in the fat. They are full of glyphosate and this stuff causes leaky gut syndrome, which in turn leads to abscess and fistula problems. The issue with this stuff in our food is the higher you go on the food chain (meat) the more concentrated the levels become and therefore cause worse troubles than if you were to eat broccoli for instance. You might want to think about probiotics. I take VSL#3 it is available at the pharmacy here in Canada OTC. My doctor recommended it and told me it is the best one on the market. Make sure to check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking VSL#3. It made a world of difference for me. As my doctor put it "It gives your guts a new protective lining." If you get the VSL be sure that it has been kept cold as it has live bacterial cultures which will die off if left at room temperature. Mine comes in a cooler to the pharmacy where I pick it up.
Hope this helps, give me a shout any time my friend,
cmack
Hi, cmack - I want to thank you for taking such a great interest in my condition. I sincerely appreciate any and all advice /suggestions you throw my way! I have often considered probiotics as I do have "gut" issues. I am going to start on "Linzess" as I have a terrible constipation problem. In fact, my dr. thinks it was a blocked stool in my anus gland that caused my initial abscess. I just had a colonoscopy before my seton placement which ruled out Crohn's. Appreciate your comments.
BONZIE,
I truly hope you don't have Crohn's, however It likes to hide inside you and can show up anywhere from the mouth to the rear end. Lots of tests cannot find it. I have been told I wasn't a Crohn's patient due to a biopsy. I'll tell ya there is some kind of root to my problem. It could be Crohn's for me but maybe I'll never know. I'm just glad to be in remission(touch wood) no matter what disease did this to me.
Best regards,
cmack
I truly hope you don't have Crohn's, however It likes to hide inside you and can show up anywhere from the mouth to the rear end. Lots of tests cannot find it. I have been told I wasn't a Crohn's patient due to a biopsy. I'll tell ya there is some kind of root to my problem. It could be Crohn's for me but maybe I'll never know. I'm just glad to be in remission(touch wood) no matter what disease did this to me.
Best regards,
cmack
