This is kind of long, lol, sorry
Well, I FINALLY have my advancment flap surgery scheduled for Tuesday July 1st. My issues have been going on for a little over a year and I am really excited that this could be the beginning of the end. For those of you who don’t know my story, Ill fill you in really quick…
I had my wisdom teeth pulled on oct 31, 2012. They put me on pain meds (norco) without warning me of the side effects. Needless to say, I took too many of them, it made me constipated, and one day I had a BM and strained too much and then had EXTREME PAIN everytime I used the bathroom after that day. I went to a GI and he told me I had hemmeroids and gave me creams and suppositories for about 3 months. They helped while I was taking them, but as soon as I stopped, the pain was back. I had a small pea size bump back there that kept getting bigger and more painful until one day it was the size of a grape and I couldn’t walk. The GI sent me immediately to the CRS and he numbed me and drained it and told me I had a fissure. So it made sense why it felt like I had GLASS coming out of me every time I had a BM. He prescribed more creams and a month or two went by and I was still in pain daily. So he did a fistulotomy. He said I might need a seton, but thankfully I didn’t because the fissure was superficial. He said the healing would be 3 days, but over a month later and I was still in pain. Then one night I got a really high fever and a weird pressure like pain right under my tail bone so I went to the ER (On October 31, 2013). Turns out the fissure turned into an abscess. So he drained it and put in a seton.
The pain was so bad and I couldn’t sit or stand for too long and I was miserable. They told me wait 6 weeks. During those 6 weeks I discovered this site which got me through my hard time. After 6 weeks I went back and the CRS told me he wanted to change the seton to a rubber one because he thought it was causing me uncomfort. Went under for surger, and woke up find out he found another fistula and put a second seton in (this was beginning of December). I was so despressed. Now I have to deal with 2 of these damn things?! Well, the pain STILL didn’t stop, and I was still getting stripes of blood in my stool. I was scheduled for surgery for February 10th to see if he could take out the setons. Well, I woke up to find out, not only did he not take out the setons, but he ADDED ANOTHER ONE. That makes 3! And this tiem I was in the hospital for 5 days because they found some weird bacteria. While I was in the hostpital they put a picc line in my arm to I could administer my own meds. I just kept getting hit harder and harder. I was super depressed and it was extrememly hard to see an end in sight. He told me he would take out the setons in 3 weeks. I went home from the hostpital and woke up and had a BM and all of a sudden blood starting pouring out. I was home alone so I FREAKED out and called and went to the ER. The blood stopped about an hour later and the surgeon said everything was fine.
So, 3 weeks came, and we scheduled the surgery, and then the next day he called me and CANCELED the surgery and said that his advisor recommended that we wait SIX MONTHS to take them out. Well, I spend the next few days crying my eyes out. Now I have to deal with this pain for 6 more MONTHS?! As the weeks went by, for the first time in a year, I started to feel better and better. The third seton was what I needed apparently. I was finally able to work out again, and live my life as normal as possible with 3 setons. SO, here I am 5 months after my last surgery, feeling better then I have all year. So I have high hopes that this advancement flap surgery will be my last one. The CRS informed me that there is 80% success rate. Im very nervous but I am hoping for the best since I feel so good now. I will keep a diary of my healing after the surgery because there is not too much info about that! Any prayers are definilty appreciated on Tuesday.
Those of you on the begnning of this mess or even in the middle, hang on, it does get better. I had no hope left after all of these surgeries and all of this pain. But I made it through and I finally feel great. It does get better!
Well, I FINALLY have my advancment flap surgery scheduled for Tuesday July 1st. My issues have been going on for a little over a year and I am really excited that this could be the beginning of the end. For those of you who don’t know my story, Ill fill you in really quick…
I had my wisdom teeth pulled on oct 31, 2012. They put me on pain meds (norco) without warning me of the side effects. Needless to say, I took too many of them, it made me constipated, and one day I had a BM and strained too much and then had EXTREME PAIN everytime I used the bathroom after that day. I went to a GI and he told me I had hemmeroids and gave me creams and suppositories for about 3 months. They helped while I was taking them, but as soon as I stopped, the pain was back. I had a small pea size bump back there that kept getting bigger and more painful until one day it was the size of a grape and I couldn’t walk. The GI sent me immediately to the CRS and he numbed me and drained it and told me I had a fissure. So it made sense why it felt like I had GLASS coming out of me every time I had a BM. He prescribed more creams and a month or two went by and I was still in pain daily. So he did a fistulotomy. He said I might need a seton, but thankfully I didn’t because the fissure was superficial. He said the healing would be 3 days, but over a month later and I was still in pain. Then one night I got a really high fever and a weird pressure like pain right under my tail bone so I went to the ER (On October 31, 2013). Turns out the fissure turned into an abscess. So he drained it and put in a seton.
The pain was so bad and I couldn’t sit or stand for too long and I was miserable. They told me wait 6 weeks. During those 6 weeks I discovered this site which got me through my hard time. After 6 weeks I went back and the CRS told me he wanted to change the seton to a rubber one because he thought it was causing me uncomfort. Went under for surger, and woke up find out he found another fistula and put a second seton in (this was beginning of December). I was so despressed. Now I have to deal with 2 of these damn things?! Well, the pain STILL didn’t stop, and I was still getting stripes of blood in my stool. I was scheduled for surgery for February 10th to see if he could take out the setons. Well, I woke up to find out, not only did he not take out the setons, but he ADDED ANOTHER ONE. That makes 3! And this tiem I was in the hospital for 5 days because they found some weird bacteria. While I was in the hostpital they put a picc line in my arm to I could administer my own meds. I just kept getting hit harder and harder. I was super depressed and it was extrememly hard to see an end in sight. He told me he would take out the setons in 3 weeks. I went home from the hostpital and woke up and had a BM and all of a sudden blood starting pouring out. I was home alone so I FREAKED out and called and went to the ER. The blood stopped about an hour later and the surgeon said everything was fine.
So, 3 weeks came, and we scheduled the surgery, and then the next day he called me and CANCELED the surgery and said that his advisor recommended that we wait SIX MONTHS to take them out. Well, I spend the next few days crying my eyes out. Now I have to deal with this pain for 6 more MONTHS?! As the weeks went by, for the first time in a year, I started to feel better and better. The third seton was what I needed apparently. I was finally able to work out again, and live my life as normal as possible with 3 setons. SO, here I am 5 months after my last surgery, feeling better then I have all year. So I have high hopes that this advancement flap surgery will be my last one. The CRS informed me that there is 80% success rate. Im very nervous but I am hoping for the best since I feel so good now. I will keep a diary of my healing after the surgery because there is not too much info about that! Any prayers are definilty appreciated on Tuesday.
Those of you on the begnning of this mess or even in the middle, hang on, it does get better. I had no hope left after all of these surgeries and all of this pain. But I made it through and I finally feel great. It does get better!
