by Worrier12345 » 24 Nov 2014, 11:10
I had LIS two weeks ago and I still have some concerns over my surgery. I can't get to see my surgeon for several weeks so I was hoping that some of you with LIS experience could answer my questions to put my mind at ease, or help me understand what's going on.
I can't really see my incision site, what I can see is a groove/fold/dent on the left side of my anus that was not there before the surgery, so I'm assuming this is my incision site. Worryingly, it looks like my anus doesn't seal shut properly at this part - it's like there is a small gap missing from the anal cushion. There doesn't seem to be any swelling around it like others have mentioned in regards to their incision sites - in fact, the other parts of my anus seem a bit swollen still, but the incision area doesn't.
My concern is that this groove/dent get filled with stool after a BM, it is very difficult to remove. The most disconcerting thing is that once I remove the stool and clean it up, more stool appears and the process goes on for a while.
Did anyone else have this experience?
Will this "groove" fill in as I heal? Or is it here to stay? I haven't seen any blood for a while, and the folds of this new groove just look like normal anal skin - so I can't see that it's going to "heal over".
Since stool is leaking out of this groove after a BM, does this mean that my incision site has formed a "keyhole" or "gutter" deformity?
I'd really like some help on this, since it's been 2 weeks and I'm still experiencing problems with cleaning after a BM, no matter how clean I get, I'll go back and there is more stool in the incision area. Is this normal after LIS? Or am I going to be one of the incontintence statistics?
Thanks in advance for any answers.