- Location
- Midlands, UK
Hi all,
I had my perennial abscess removed 2 weeks ago, I'm still having it packed and dressed daily, it's recovering very very slowly... The hole is still like an open canyon! I stupidly got the nurse to take a photo when changing the packing and dressing - I wish she hadn't.
The fistula they want to operate on next ( they aren't sure if the fistula came first in my case) is a transsphincteric fistula.
I'm having a meeting with my consultant on the 24th a July, but today I had an appointment with my doctor..... I asked him about operation options etc...
I was so shocked when he explained that because my fistula goes through the inner and outer sphincter muscle it's a little more complex - as cutting sections of the muscle may lead me to being bowel incontinent - so sometimes surgeons prefer to shut off the fistula and fit the patient with a stoma bag.... This could be best for me, or the surgeon may operate but still no guarantee that I won't have bowel incontinence.
Has anyone had a fistula removed where they have also removed part if the sphincter muscle?
Thanks in advance
Sazzle xx
I had my perennial abscess removed 2 weeks ago, I'm still having it packed and dressed daily, it's recovering very very slowly... The hole is still like an open canyon! I stupidly got the nurse to take a photo when changing the packing and dressing - I wish she hadn't.
The fistula they want to operate on next ( they aren't sure if the fistula came first in my case) is a transsphincteric fistula.
I'm having a meeting with my consultant on the 24th a July, but today I had an appointment with my doctor..... I asked him about operation options etc...
I was so shocked when he explained that because my fistula goes through the inner and outer sphincter muscle it's a little more complex - as cutting sections of the muscle may lead me to being bowel incontinent - so sometimes surgeons prefer to shut off the fistula and fit the patient with a stoma bag.... This could be best for me, or the surgeon may operate but still no guarantee that I won't have bowel incontinence.
Has anyone had a fistula removed where they have also removed part if the sphincter muscle?
Thanks in advance
Sazzle xx
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