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blood in my bandage a day after surgery. not a lot. also can't go no.2, took some miralax and ducolax. anyone know how much pain i will have with BM. crs tells me it was skin deep only fistula? any info on healing. crs doesn't give me much info, guess she figures i don't need to know. :roll:
oh man...i feel like someone kicked me in the rear. i had LIS and now fistulaotomy. waiting for the pain med to kick in. day 1 almost over. how many more to go. lol
Hey John, Congrats on getting your surgery over! You'll be sore for awhile. It does feel like somebody kicked you in the butt,Lol. The first few days are the worst. You just need to stay ahead of the pain. Don't let it catch up to you! Take those meds right on the dot when the time comes and keep taking the Miralax. I didn't have fistula surgery but I had LIS and a skin tag removed. The first BM wasn't bad at all for me. Better than the day before with my fissure. Actually things just felt a little swollen but not painful for me. So try and relax! It's not always bad... This time next week should be much better. The second week seems to be the golden week for most of us. It's a very noticeable difference. I always say count weeks, not days or it'll feel like watching grass grow... Lol Take care! Do the baths as soon as you can! I was told the second day post-op was ok. Take care. Keep us posted!:)
i am hoping i can make it until the second week...finally went. no pain at first then the spasm took over. sat in warm water then took another pain med. still seeping blood but not too much. i am laying down with the wound open with no covering. maybe tommorow will be a bit easier.
I've had two fistula surgeries - yes, the first week is definitely not pleasant! As Dawn says, stay on top of the pain, and get lots of rest, and lots of baths. It will leak blood for a while, but gradually slows down, then disappears. Hang in there, it will get better!
don't feel like i have been kicked in the rear...feeling like i have been punched in the rear. at least the pinching pain is gone from the fistula. i had a tunneling hole which i could pass gas and feces through. sic
Hey John! Hang in there! It gets easier! The first week is not fun, but then things settle down. Dawn and Val are right - stay on top of the pain. Take your pain meds and plenty of stool softeners and water to avoid constipation. Don't worry about the blood. I'm 11 weeks post-op and still bleed a bit with a BM. You've got a big cut in your butt and that will bleed for a while yet, but that's actually a good thing. You don't want a fistulotomy to heal too quickly because it has to drain and heal from the bottom/inside of the wound out - if it heals too quicklyu, it could form another 'roof' and become another fistula. Don't forget to take nice deep yoga breaths with the BMs - no pushing. Soon the BMs will be much easier.
thinking 3 days is not enough time to heal...pain pills make me sick but gotta keep taking them. this is by far worse than a LIS operation. will hang in there and quit whinning about it... NOT. thank god this is only skin deep and no muscle was cut. 1/8 of inch wide and goes outside to inside of rectum.