Anal Fissure Support Forum

[notahappycamper]

I don't have pain and I did heal quickly. Do you know more or less when I could start working after the op? I am hoping 5 days max

[Savaici]

It is easier to just stay on one post, notahappycamer, otherwise gets confusing when trying to help. What surgery did you have?

[notahappycamper]

3 years ago I had hermroids removed , they used the elastic band method and then last year I believe I had a LIS for a fissure 6 o clock

[Savaici]

Did you also have a fistula surgery, as it sounds from the other thread as if you did. If your surgeon is going to do an examination while you're asleep, it's difficult to say how soon you can start working afterwards. Is it 'only' discharge that you have?

to the forum by the way!

[notahappycamper]

Yes I had a perianal fistula surgery and yes only a discharge brown in color.

[Savaici]

To me that sounds like normal discharge after fistula surgery, but in the end your surgeon should tell you what's what, so to speak. Each surgery you have gives more scar tissue and opportunity for more problems, in my opinion.

[notahappycamper]

So how long should the discharge last. My op was August 2014

[Savaici]

I have moved your topic (leaving a shadow topic where it was first) into the Fistula op section, and hope that someone with experience in this will come along and give you some points from their own surgery.

Do have a read through the fistula success stories on the forum though, and see what others did. Sorry that you still have the discharge and I know that it must be frustrating, but I know that it does clear up, eventually. I have not had this surgery so am only going by what others have said.

[msimon]

Hi notahappycamper. Am i right in that you had your fistula surgery over a year ago and you still have discharge in the area? What does your drainage look like? Does is have an odor? Do you know what kind of fistula and surgery you had (ie., did you have a drain or just have the area laid open)? Are you having another operation?

If you have a tunnel from scar tissue, I am not familiar with surgery improving this.

If you have a tunnel from a fistula, this definitely requires surgery.

Everyone recovers differently. I am very sensitive down there and couldn't do much of my old activities for the first 3 months afterwards. Others have gone back to work after a couple of weeks? Do you have a physically demanding job? Do you have to sit a lot?

[notahappycamper]

Hi,

Thank you for your response. I do sit down alot most of the time.

The surgeon is not sure what is causing the leakage so he wants to examine the area then. decide then and there if he needs to op. I had the laid open op. No real order light brown to a yellow color and no pain some days are worse then others. If do any sports then the leakage is more.