my intergluteal cleft is bleeding: fistulas, hemorrhoids, other butt stuff

fuck that sounds to have been miserable and good to hear its easing

glad things have improved. is there a diagnosis for this madness yet?

fissure & 'roids that I've had forever, aggravated by extended sedentary time on trains & planes, added cellulitis, that was what really mangled the whole area

ow ow ow

much empathy, JCLC. sounds punishing

to the thread topic, I swear I’d mentioned this here before, but nearly 15 years ago (!!) I had a peri-anal abscess. I notice a weird swelling that isn’t painful, go to the walk-in clinic the next day, they give me antibiotics and set up a consult for Monday

I go into the surgeon’s office. I presume he’s a lower digestive doc, but I think of him as the ass doctor. He is very curt but professional, says we need to drain it, and explains it’s probably a clogged anal gland (am I a dog? I have these things?! wtf!) and before I have time to really consider what’s going on, I’m sideways on one of those reclining medical chairs, he’s injected a numbing agent into my rear area (stabbing my area!!) and then moments later is using a scalpel. It feels like a mild tugging but he’s also pushing, and unexpectedly it’s some terrible viral content (man has how much fluid in this swollen area? let’s find out!).

it’s a bad scene. I’m mildly traumatized, and he gives me a 50/50 it heals up on its own, but I later realize this is optimistic. I go about my life, it heals over, doesn’t heal over, etc.
no blood, but it’s a “channel” and is just kind of… moist? on the surface. I only realize it’s not healed while on vacation. There’s also other life drama going on, which is tangential, but I am finally coming to terms with the fact I need to call the office while I’m on vacation

so long story short I had surgery and they made me… a bigger asshole!

sorry. it was close enough to the orifice they just lay it open and let it heal that way. everything goes fine, I make one call to the office while healing to make sure I didn’t tear out stitches (there were none) and apparently I had some minor other business in the area (healed fissure, maybe hemorrhoids) that he just cleaned up because sure, why not

I feel for people with crohns because this is ongoing nonsense to deal with. I was lucky, everything is normal, and I am only a huge asshole in the social way and not physically

"Wonder what a chair thinks about all day . . . well, here comes another asshole."

(sleeve) is a 57-year-old white male who is done well from his
posterior anal fistulotomy and hemorrhoidectomy. The seropurulent
drainage that plagued him prior to the surgery and perianal pain has
resolved completely. Physical examination today reveals complete
healing of his posterior fistulotomy wound. At this point time I will see
the patient back on a as needed basis.

that's what she said

congrats sleeve!

lol mookie,

Congrats on as needed bum!

My bum is also on an “as needed” basis currently fwiw

congrats on the good news, sleeve.

Great news!

this seems to be returning, doubt I can get a doc appt before January but I need to get another checkup

Oh no :(

I need to be taking more sitz baths, that's the thing that really seems to help, but they are somewhat time-consuming (20+ minutes)

Sorry to hear this, sleeve. Hope you can get checked out soon.

sleeve this sucks, hope it can be healed properly ASAP xx

Those medicos have to get to the bottom of this.

Ugh, ENBB made that joke eons ago.

lol it's OK, plenty more where that came from!

Sitz baths can be really annoying (esp if you have back problems too like me) but they're really important if you're experiencing inflammation. A shower can also work in a pinch if your shower allows for the right angle, though sitz baths are better IME. Hope you're able to get an appointment soon!

getting an adjustable standing desk has helped a lot for me, for both my fistula and my back

yeah I think I need to do something about my work/chair/desk situation, I love my current desk but a different chair might help

Standing desks are great.

This morning I got to observe a fistula repair, a hemorrhoidectomy, and the beginning of a bowel resection done by a robot. It was AWESOME.

Those poor patients though. The surgeon told me in the US the hemorrhoidectomy guy would have been sent home with Vicodin whereas here they only give Tylenol. The thing that gets me with surgery is how brutal and rough it is at times. Also - the patient screamed under anaesthesia. Well, yelped. Didn't expect that.

wow!!

I am still trying to heal mine up completely and taking lots of sitz baths, but it's probably time to get the doc to take another look

Yeah one of the surgeons was saying that the healing time is pretty long for a lot of these surgeries. Things I was surprised to find out - butt surgery is done in stirrups! It makes sense but I didn't know that. Also didn't know they make butt speculums but lo and behold.

lol, that is all excellent info, thx

I've been waiting for an update on this.