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Re: having fistula surgery next Tuesday

Postby tll » 12 Dec 2013, 07:02

how are you doing with it? Wishing you the best I go back to the Dr. on the 18th so he can look at it the fistula itself feels so much better the seton gets aggravating once in a while, but I can deal with it.
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Re: having fistula surgery next Tuesday

Postby carmona81 » 13 Dec 2013, 02:38

It gets better, I've had it in a look more than a month now. Every so often I have the ends poking me and gets uncomfortable. A quick run to the RR to adjust it and it's all good. Still have some leakage. I can't believe I have been wearing gauze for more than a freaking year!
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Re: having fistula surgery next Tuesday

Postby diamond2 » 13 Dec 2013, 12:25

Carmona the setons can work wonders so hopefully it'll all be over soon - imagine 4 years with gauze :) I'm really not sure how I did it!
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Re: having fistula surgery next Tuesday

Postby Dewlilly » 14 Dec 2013, 08:55

Diamond2 .. u had a seton in for 4 yrs?????
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Re: having fistula surgery next Tuesday

Postby diamond2 » 14 Dec 2013, 22:38

No - I had a seton in for about 10 months total (3 surgeries).
But I have been dealing with this issue for a total of 4 years now - my thread with my story is buried somewhere in here if you want to dig it up. I would say that the first 2 years were wasted due to a lot of wrong diagnoses and wait times to see the right specialist. I had my first surgery in October 2012 and since the "issue" was pretty bad by then, I had to take it in stages and had 3 surgeries. There was a chance I would need a fourth but it looks like that won't be the case.. fingers crossed.. I should know in a couple of weeks!
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Re: having fistula surgery next Tuesday

Postby richibeno » 14 Dec 2013, 22:39

hi diamond
great to see your doing so well
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Re: having fistula surgery next Tuesday

Postby diamond2 » 14 Dec 2013, 22:40

By the way, just in case you're wondering - some people who have other underlying causes opt to have the setons in for life. It really depends on your specific issue and situation! In my case it was just a matter of a simple abscess turning into a fistula and being left untreated and then turning into a high fistula with 2 tracts.
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Re: having fistula surgery next Tuesday

Postby Dewlilly » 15 Dec 2013, 12:18

hi diamond i was able to find your thread and now see all what you have over come.... hope you are on the road to a full recovery. Your strength in all this shows in your story and thanks for sharing
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Re: having fistula surgery next Tuesday

Postby diamond2 » 16 Dec 2013, 01:26

Thanks Dewlilly!
Do you have a thread on here as well?

Richibeno!! Hope you're well!
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Re: having fistula surgery next Tuesday

Postby Dewlilly » 16 Dec 2013, 08:36

I do it's under had surgery now on with recovery I hope
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