Since i was about 16 years old I was having these weird pains in my butt and they would come and go and i didnt think anything about it, I just thought they were hemorrhoids.
I struggled with this for four years before the pain got pretty severe and I had to go see a doctor. He told me that I didnt have hemorrhoids and that I had an abcess and he needed to do a incision and drainage. He also said that based on how it looked it seemed like a chronic infection and that i should go see a colon surgeon. There I got a rectal exam, which didn't hurt, and he said that i had a fistula.
So, as soon as I heard that, I tried to look up online what it was and how people dealt with it, and I think that was by far the worst thing to do, becasue every forum Iread everyone went through a nightmare of pain! This affected me so much that I was really depressed and started to have painic attacks based on what people were saying. So, I have just had surgery for the fistula about 6 days ago, and honestly I've never felt so good since as long as i can rememeber, hence this post.
Writing this post is to try and comfort people, so they don't have to go through the same hell I did, which was worrying about everything. This was my first surgery ever, and honestly i feel so much better. I wouldn't say that you are in pain at all, you're just a little sore, and honestly this goes away within the first 24 hours.
The biggest piece of advice I can give is DON'T read anything online!!!!!! It will drive you insane. Believe me, this surgery is going to help you soooo much, I promise you. Don't be like me and read reviews and get scared and have sleepless nights and panic attacks, because the surgery is simple and once it's done you'll see what I mean.