by msimon » 13 Nov 2015, 12:44
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?
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