Hello all! I'm very new to this forum community, so I'm not sure if this is a good sub forum to post in about this but everyone seems supportive here so here goes nothin.
I just had a surgical draining and seton placement last week, the first few days I was really surprised that the pain wasn't as bad as I predicted. Definitely was hard to figure out the whole.. wiping situation after bowel movements but I got the hang of it. The past few days though its been way more uncomfortable. I had to sit on a hard chair yesterday and it was really awful and painful.
Basically I, wondering if anyone has discovered some temporary on the site pain relief tricks? I've tried ice packs, I do the sitz baths, but nothing lasts more than an hour of relief. Would ointments be a bad idea because they might clog the fistula?
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much!
I just had a surgical draining and seton placement last week, the first few days I was really surprised that the pain wasn't as bad as I predicted. Definitely was hard to figure out the whole.. wiping situation after bowel movements but I got the hang of it. The past few days though its been way more uncomfortable. I had to sit on a hard chair yesterday and it was really awful and painful.
Basically I, wondering if anyone has discovered some temporary on the site pain relief tricks? I've tried ice packs, I do the sitz baths, but nothing lasts more than an hour of relief. Would ointments be a bad idea because they might clog the fistula?
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much!