Just had fistulectomy done a week ago. Not a very pleasant experience but I'm sure everything will be on the up and up from here on out!
So I had this abscess thing next to my anus for about a year or so. Was advised back then to remove it but I didn't because I was just hesitant for surgery, and it became a fistula on its own, constantly filling and "bursting" every other day. Recently got so bad I went down to a CRS and that was just horrible!
He performed fistulectomy ON THE SPOT. I was quite clueless about things so I just went through with it. It was pretty unprofessional of him on hindsight, because there had not been much hygiene measures taken!
Day 2, went back to his clinic for dressing, and the wound profusely bled, soaking my underwear and pants and all. Their attempts to stop the bleeding by pressure and gauze didn't work until the doctor went to perform hemostasis.
On day 4, bled AGAIN. Profusely still. And me having anxiety disorder, I thought I was going to die. I was laying in my bed post shit and bath, when suddenly the entire bed lining was completely soaked through. I panicked and phoned the local hospital who rushed over and sent me to A&E. They managed to quell the bleeding and my CRS then sent his nurses to pick me up and again I went back to his clinic, where he performed hemostasis again. Both hemostasis were done under local anaesthesia.
Day 5, back at home, same thing. Lying in bed and it bled AGAIN. The entire process repeated with the ambulance rushing me back to the local hospital. But this time I decided to be warded, and on Day 6 the surgeons there did a EUA and hemostasis, and some stitching of the inner wound.
I still have an open wound, but now discharged just awhile ago and am home now. Feels a lot better! Still having anxiety whenever I feel fluid drip from the wound... And I have to fight to control anxiety :/
Oh! My CRS didn't even want to give me antibiotics and he didn't even tell me what a sitz bath is! But the local hospital did.
Will keep this thread updated until recovery!
As of now, open wound, slight bleeding with lots of discharge, this brown stinky gunk. Not much pain, taking stool softeners and occasional painkillers when it gets painful after taking a shit.
Hopefully I'll have a speedy recovery! Thanks for reading! I'll post again soon.
To our recovery!
