Anal Fissure Support Forum

Hello everyone, I'm based in North York Toronto, does anyone know or have had a good general surgeon who is good at dealing with fistulas? I was referred to Sunnybrook and don't know who I'll get, seems like it'll be drawn out of a hat and it might be a 3 month wait just to get a consult. If you kno...

... and I was dx with a peri-anal abscess and they drained it in the ER. The pain relief was instant. Now, since it was drained I was told a fistula formed. I was supposed to have surgery back in 2016 and my insurance denied the procedure. So, I had been seeing a colon/rectal specialist and ...

... However, I re-visited my CRS to see why I was still having occasional pain and after a quick examination he said that I now have a superficial fistula and need yet another procedure to make that lingering pain go away. Could poor-healing of last year's surgery be a culprit of this fistula? ...

Hello, I recently had a Lateral Internal Sphincterotomy done and all went well, but 5 weeks later I had a small bump on the skin prior to the rectum. It had a white head on it and drained itself but I check on it ever so often and it seems to still be there. I can sort of feel maybe a channel or it ...

This board has helped me a lot through my fistula. Here is my story as another point of reference. In Oct 2017, I noticed a growing pain in my butt crack (up towards the back). 3 days later, in extreme pain, I checked into urgent care. An abscess ...

... YAY. But the build happened again. And again. And then there was a hole that formed. After some research I found out that it was an abscess that fistulated. There is no stool. I went to a colon specialist that was versed in fistulas. He put me on an antibiotic. It did nothing except for mess ...

Hello, I had surgery for a fistula on Tuesday of last week. Since then I’ve still have had a lot of drainage and some soreness. Yesterday I had two BMs close together, first on was fine, second One not so much. While cleaning myself I ...

I was diagnosed with an anal fistula in Jan 2017 and had a seton fitted to help reduce the infection as the lift procedure was not able to take place due to this sitting on my muscle. I recently had surgery again in October 2017 and they ...

hi all reading a lot stories, enormous info, and several crs, finally decided to do my fistula surgery asap to have recovery till some travel (2 month). LemonMan helped a lot with suggestions, thanks a lot so, decided to do it on Thursday. hospital was full, and my ...

... have a good digestion and very rarely suffered from loose stools/diarrhea. My doctors dont seem to be interested in figuring out why I got a fistula in the first place. The CRS says fissures dont turn into fistulas but never explained or investigated why I got one. They just gimme antibiotics ...