Hi all you brave people.
My ordeal and learnings of perinal abcess started in Jan 2021 and hasn't really stopped (18 months later).
Mine came (well I think) from a carnival ride where my whole body left the roller-coaster seat and crashed back down on my bum.
I remember getting off with a sore bum.
In the days following I was very sore there and I assumed it was bruising.
2 weeks later, there was a lump.
Long story short, it was a very large PA which was cut open and drained.
I was in pain at home for 2 weeks and thought that was it. (Was bad enough)
4 months later another one came with fistula which I was warned could happen.
Pre operation was bad and got rushed to emergency but after procedure was good.
Went home...felt better in 2 weeks.
The wound healed (90%) but as I became more mobile it kept opening up and draining.
It got infected once (8 weeks ago) I went to antibiotics and it 90% cleared up and healed again.
It has since opened back up (-the wound) and discharge.
Back on antibiotics today.
I've been up and down mentally but I'm starting to get worse now.
My hips have been hurting also for 6 months which surgeon says unrelated.
Some days is ok (go for 10 mon jog or walk around shopping centre) others I can't leave house.
People at work notice my limp now and think it's a sore back.
I'm on here to support others and get information.
I'm getting tested for Crohns in 2 weeks.
My ordeal and learnings of perinal abcess started in Jan 2021 and hasn't really stopped (18 months later).
Mine came (well I think) from a carnival ride where my whole body left the roller-coaster seat and crashed back down on my bum.
I remember getting off with a sore bum.
In the days following I was very sore there and I assumed it was bruising.
2 weeks later, there was a lump.
Long story short, it was a very large PA which was cut open and drained.
I was in pain at home for 2 weeks and thought that was it. (Was bad enough)
4 months later another one came with fistula which I was warned could happen.
Pre operation was bad and got rushed to emergency but after procedure was good.
Went home...felt better in 2 weeks.
The wound healed (90%) but as I became more mobile it kept opening up and draining.
It got infected once (8 weeks ago) I went to antibiotics and it 90% cleared up and healed again.
It has since opened back up (-the wound) and discharge.
Back on antibiotics today.
I've been up and down mentally but I'm starting to get worse now.
My hips have been hurting also for 6 months which surgeon says unrelated.
Some days is ok (go for 10 mon jog or walk around shopping centre) others I can't leave house.
People at work notice my limp now and think it's a sore back.
I'm on here to support others and get information.
I'm getting tested for Crohns in 2 weeks.
