Anal Fissure Support Forum

I am scared to death about having this surgery but I am tired of suffering with the itchy,smelly, burning area associated with Fistulas! I want to do it early next year but I am not sure I can tolerate these symptoms for much longer. So sick of this crap! So thankful for this informative forum! Just...

Good morning guys, my name is Zaheer, I'm frm Trinidad and Tobago. I'm 30. I recently did a Fistulomy on 2012-09-05, last Wednesday! I want to say thank you to the creator of this forum! I thought I was all alone before this! The surgery went 'smoothe' according to my Surgeon, he said he insterted a...

... However, after a few months and weekly follow ups I was not seeing a resolution. So, I started researching online, and thought I may have a fistula. So, I followed up with a CRS. He confirmed my thoughts almost immediately, and scheduled me for a fistulotomy. I had my fistulotomy on Friday, ...

Hi, Has anyone recovering from Fistula surgery ever been advised to physically "stretch" the wound to assist in proper recovery? I've been reading older posts on here where this appears to have been a really important part of the healing ...

A very good description of surgery for a FISTULA which thought would be a good link for those worried about this:
http://anal-fissure.org/t5166-my-anal-fistula-story

I've schedule my fistula surgery as I feel this is the only way to correct my re-opening wound. It feels like I understand the pain to come afterwards, but the whole process of waiting till surgery day is creating a lot of anxiety.

... it, he has worked with people with HS before. Went in for local anesthetic to have it removed and he realized it wasn't an HS cyst, it was an anal fistula! Hurrah! So aborted that surgery and re-scheduled for general anesthetic next month. I guess I'll update you post surgery on how that goes... ...

My Anal Fistula Story When I started having problems I went to the internet for help. I am posting this info in the hopes that it may help someone to have a clearer understanding and more peace. On Feb. 17, 2012 I ate something ...

... you guessed it, a fissure. He immediately prescribed Nifedipine. The fissure healed (yeah!), although it healed incorrectly as a superficial fistula (not so yeah!). My CRS discovered the fistula while doing an examination under anesthesia (EUA). He recommended surgery to "deroof" the fistula ...

... another opening came about, but it was at my surgery location. I've looked through google and all that and the pictures between a fissure & fistula are kind of difficult to distinguish. What type of specialist should I see, and how is the diagnosis or determination going to be like? More ...