Warts are back so so am I...

I first noticed anal warts in March, it turned out that they were both internal and external so I got them surgically removed that month. The pathology results confirmed that this is a low-risk strain of HPV. By June, 2 or 3 external ones had come back and my doctor applied some solution to them, those also disappeared within days; he checked and there were no internal warts at that time. I am now out of the country for about 5 months and have noticed that the warts are back again--both internal and external it seems.

I am not in a place where I am really considering the prospect of going to any kind of doctor or hospital barring a life-threatening emergency; what is the recommended course of action? I don't think I can bring myself to do the surgery again, both time- and money-wise it was a huge drain; but, my primary physician has made it pretty clear that he's not comfortable dealing with the internal warts.

Is this likely to go away on its own eventually? Is there anything I can do myself in the next couple of months to keep it under control? What are my options when I get back to the states? Should I wait it out or are chances likely that its going to get worse?

[AloneSoldier]

the chances that it is going to get worse is pretty high. Think about it like this....in a few years you could be done with it....you dont want to keep going on with this in your body. Borrow some money from someone...do what you have to do...but you have to KEEP fighting.


hope this helps.

[loremaster8953]

Health comes first. Do it for yourself so you can put it out of your mind. So that you can be at ease. You're worth it. But the money isn't worth the waiting and the worry.
What i did when i thought i had anal warts ( i didn't, just anxious because i had gotten genital warts on the penis), was i stuffed a paper towel soaked in apple cider vinegar up  rectum. Sounds crazy, i know. But apple cider is said to help first locate the wart, then start eating them away. It's acid, after all. Apple cider vinegar baths may be a consideration. Apart from that, i'm not sure what else could help. I wouldn't try to remove them yourself. If you can do nothing about them at the moment, then just wait but promise yourself to get them surgically removed once you get back in the u.s.

[19twenty]

Thank you for the comments but I suppose that my ongoing concern is that even if I do shell out $10,000+ for another surgery, is it really going to decrease the likelihood of recurrence? Clearly it didn't the first time.

What I'm wondering and what I haven't been able to get a straight answer from a doctor on is in what scientific way is this surgery going to decrease the chances that they will come back again? I know that cauterization is supposed to, but clearly didn't. Even if I can do this one more time, I certainly can't indefinitely, especially for an issue which seems to be more cosmetic than anything else; there is no real threat to my health from this. Can anyone shed a little light on this?