by msimon » 07 May 2015, 18:39
Definitely a good idea to get the second opinion, in my opinion. I personally wouldn't think a colonoscopy would help with a fistula. You need an experienced CRS for that as they use probes and such.
I had an appointment with my CRS yesterday that I rescheduled for another 3 weeks away. He pulls so hard on things to look and I didn't feel healed up enough for that yet. Couldn't risk him making things worse at this point. He is very confident the infection is gone and I shouldn't worry about that.
Do you know how you got your fistula? I thought they usually occur after a surgery, abscess, or fissure...
What made him think it came back? Do you have puss or just blood? DId the bleeding get any better?
Dec '13 Fissure from anoscope
3 X internal sphincter botox
'08-'15 Botox for pelvic floor dysfunction
Nov '14 LIS/sentinel tag removal
Feb '15 Deroofing of recurrent infection from LIS
summer '15-healed but still ongoing muscle dysfunction/pain