haha yes i am so happy to be the expert on the topic of lady parts and pus filled pockets! LOL
its ok, i love being able to help answer questions. its like "ooo ooo call on me!!" haha
hmm i find it strange that they havent done anything to try and confirm that its there. my surgeon never looked in my vagina either (only under anesthesia-will explain in a sec). so he suggested go to a gyno and have her do the check to see if anything feels out of place to her. cause after all, she knows whats normal/abnormal down there.
i did that and she said there was nothing there. i said "then why am i farting out the front?"
my surgeon always believed me too, so everytime i was in the OR for seton or drain replacement or to open and drain my rectal abcess, he would test for the rectovaginal one.
i think they do things like squirt saline into your rectum and see where it comes out (in your case it will come out the front). they can also do this with dyed liquid to make it easier to spot a tinier hole. they can also do an air test i believe, basically the same as the last two, except with air.
SO i would say go to the gyno and tell you doc that you are doing so and then you can get the gyno to report back to your GI/surgeon.
if that doesnt pan out, then maybe inquire about an exam under anesthesia (EUA) with your surgeon? then they could do one of the three tests in there and see where everyhting goes. idk it might not be really necessay cause if you have stool coming out well then, duh, you have a rectovaginal fistula. but maybe in the OR they could get a really good look at that sucker and be able to treat you better.
omg i remeber the first time one of those farts came. i was in school (junior year) of all places. im walkin down the crowded hallway and thar she blows. i was so scared, i was like ok i imagined that. then it kept happening over the next few days and i knew i had a problem. no fun.
crowded hallways are a beautiful place though
you can fart freely and theres 49384 people around you and no one knows who did it.
bah sorry the tampon hurts. like i said, mine was teeny tiny so it was no where near as sore as what yours sounds like. worth a try though