Arpita - that's an excellent post. Really wish I had read something like that before I freaked myself out and put off my surgery! :) Anyway - now I'm 3 weeks post-op and doing relatively okay.
It sounds like we were in a similar situation - I had 2 fistulas - one fully laid open and the other one partially laid open. The surgeon placed a seton in the high fistula. I was told that I need to leave it in for a few months and then my surgeon will re-vist options from there. She did mention that there are some options that only require a local anesthetic. I didn't have much time with her to ask her which procedures she was referring to.
I have a few questions for you:
*How long was your seton in before they attempted the plug repair?
*Do you know why it failed?
*Do you know what they'll be attempting next - or will they just place a seton in and wait a little while longer?
I'm trying to stay positive - but in the back of my head I'm just a lil stressed about what's to come next!