Anal Fissure Support Forum

hello all. i'm a 26 year old healthy female that was diagnosed with a fistula on Nov. 4. i suffered from what i thought was hemorrhoids in sept but learned i must have had an abscess that turned into a fistula in that time. my surgery is scheduled for dec. ...

Hello everyone I am new on here. I am having fistula surgery next Tuesday and am scared about it. I have had reoccurant abscesses and they lance them to let them drain but they never go away first time was about 6 years ago and it lasted a few ...

... normal. That aside, I was handed a paper with my medical information upon leaving, a new procedure. I noticed by current diagnosis it read, "fistula-in-ano." I had noticed a sore spot these past couple of months, and tried to tell the CRS about it yesterday, but he dismissed me. I asked ...

Hello all, Just thought I'd introduce myself as a fellow fissure and fistula suffer. I got my fissure back in December 2011 (right before a holiday - long haul!) and battled it until around December 2012. I got LIS in July 2012 so I guess that took 6 months ...

Hello all fellow fistula sufferers! This is my first post on the forum but I have been a long time reader since battling an anal fissure since Dec 11, having LIS then ending up with a superficial fistula. Fun times. My question is, ...

Hi All Posted about a week ago about huge hemmies after BOTOX.....well, CRS said fisuure was gone, but I now have a fistula, which I mentioned in the end of that post. Had two opinions and both say exact same thing..superficial and could be taken care of with standard fistulotomy. ...

... first....I am a 39 year old male living in the Charleston, SC area.  I am scheduled to get a surgery done for what my surgeon thinks is a fistula.  My story starts about 3 years ago when I had a perianal abcsess form.  This abscess formed (not coincidentally) a week or 2 after a HORRIBLE ...

... in hospital about 3 months ago. Subsequent discharge from wound until about a week ago. Now feel very good and am wondering if I should have fistula surgery or a seton applied. Very reluctant to take on new surgery as I have read that complications are very likely after sugery but also heard ...

I had been feeling really down and out for the past few days. I felt very rundown (thought it was work..but I think it was the fistula). I think maybe my setons weren't draining properly and infection/pus was getting backed up causing me to feel "off"? That of course turned into asking ...

I just got the biopsy report from the lab with a pic of my fistula tract being cut out from my bum. No wonder antibiotics and homeopathy cannot cure it. It looks very creepy.