Hi,
Im writing this in the hope that it will help others who might be going through the same thing at anytime in their life...
7 DAYS TO GO.....(time is 6.15am UK)
Woke this morning knowing that this time next week i will be up and getting ready to go into hospital...have to be there for 7.30am....a few days ago i would have been sweating and feeling sick at the thought but after being on here for nearly a week, posting and asking questions im feeling a little more relaxed about the whole thing.
I have a ANAL FISTULA and realised from reading here and other sites that i have had it for around 4 years..slowly working its way down until it surfaced in november last year as an abscess spot...i thought at the time it was an ingrown hair that had gone a bit yucky and took anti biotics and it cleared up the yucky puss but didnt heal this sort of tube like short stubby sore that every now and again burst blood and water??? I was confussed and went back to my doctor...she said have some cream and some more anti bi...humm..ok so we just go along with it hoping it will go away....so i creamed but didnt take the anti bis this time as it wasnt infected....it was just sore and uncomfortable....so i resurched hemmeriods and didnt really find anything like it (I do have hemmeriods also but thought it maybe a different type?) but just shruged it off as "it will heal in time" but it didnt..and it kept bursting and feeling sore....so off i went to the doctors again (july 2011) and taked about it somemore...she said if a was referred to hospital they would slice it open and clean it out....but she didnt say what it was or explain why they would do that to such a tiny hole??? but i put my foot down (a little) and said please could i have the referral..which (and she is a good doc) she agreed and did the referral.
I was given a date in Aug (2011) to go off to hosp and see a consultant....waited in to waiting area for about 2 mins (unexpected) and i was in...started having a talk with the consultant and he did an examination..which was sore and embarrassing and omg i was soooo nervous!!!! :oops:
We had a chat after and he told me it looked like it might be a FISTULA.....and explained what one was....and then said "we can do an opperation to open it up and clean it out...as they dont tend to get better" My stomach did a full turn...I felt sick...and couldnt quite take it in..even though my doc had mentioned it i didnt think it was..well...what it is!! I just thought it was a little spot and they might just wash it out with a local injected in my bum...
So we talked abit more and he said i would need time off work after the op..around 12 to 14 days....this is another story...so just quickly...I start a new job in a school on 5th Sept and have been out of work for 6 months...slaps head and wishes id have known..could have had it done months ago....so i told him this and he booked me in for 19 days time...this would give me 10 days to recover....well...lets see how that pans out over the next few weeks shall we :roll:
So here i am, typing away telling you my story and feeling not so but still nervous about the whole thing...I do have 3 children but one is all grown up and expecting a baby in 12weeks, one is 15 and one is 9. They all now know mummy is going into hospital and the 2 older ones know what for but the younger one...I less explained it if you know what i mean.
Off to my eldest daughters house today to do some decorating ready for the baby coming.
Signing off...hope you all have a good day...sun is out here in nottingham uk (6.34am)
Di xxx