4th surgery for Anal fistula, may need 5th. help

[Giblett]

I am so over these surgeries.  I just had my 4th surgery for a fistula and this one did not work. The Dr. did an extensive flap repair and stiched the flap over the tract. Went yesterday for follow up.  Infection settled in the flap area and he is talking about a seton placement. This surgery was one week ago. I am getting very depressed as he said the tract is way up in the rectum.  I have had the 4 surgeries in 4 months.  Can ANYONE help me with this or direct me to a web site for me to look at.
I don't want to spend the rest of my life dealing with this. Thank you

[Juliemarla]

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[Tinaschmidt]

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[jonyboy]

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[friendly1]

Hi all - this is much much later (8-07) and I felt much relief hearing that I'm not the only one going through these things.  My question is:  has anyone been counselled to have surgery for placement of the Anal Fistual Plug (AFP)?  My surgeon has recommended this and has indicated that it is fairly new with little track record?

[read acts of the apostles]

I have read this entire thread, i think, thank you. I have been going through nothing compared to all you. My aunt died last year after she battled severe Crohns for over twenty years. She led a full life, but the Crohns ate her GI up. She was born with two displaced hips and had to have them replaced in her twenties or early thirties. The Crohns is said by the family the reason for the hip replacements. She was one of the first women to give birth to twin,not identical,boys after having dual hip replacements. I am writing to encourage you to have the ostomies if all else has caused you to suffer. They are not as bad as they sound. She lived with it, raised 3 boys and was @ 57 when she finally died of colon or upper GI cancer,not sure. She had a lot of problems with her body, but they were due to smoking probly 2-3 packs cigs/squares a day! My grandfather died of all sorts of cancer and had made it to 73. He had liver and brain cancer for long time and kept it back from us. We did know he had skin cancer though, for over 30 years. He was a hunter, fisher, trapper, and loved to use his metal detector. BE ENCOURAGED! If you have had the operations,as some have, i see no end and feel SOOOO SOOORRRY:( for you. All I can say is that my aunt was always drinking cofee non stop and smoking, so this only made things worse. She could cook the daylights out of anyone. I mean ANYONE. She was pretty thin, never over 130 at 5' her life. She did die at a young age. I say 57 is young, I'm 27. I just want you to know she was alwqays involved in church up until she died. She was the head of the kitchen their. She would stroll all over town in her Amigo, hips remember, and people always liked her from what i can tell. She did live life to its fullest, even though she was hospitalized more and more. She gave 20 some years to her church ladies auxilary. Planning funerals while herself so close to death. She laughed all the time. Their is medical documentaion that says people who have chronic illness live better when they laugh a lot. Also, their is proof people who believ in Jesus as GOD don't die as easily as others who get ill. They also have a better healing ratio than atheists and other religions. This is from a Psychology Journal! Which can not explain the reason why.

[read acts of the apostles]

I have read this entire thread, i think, thank you. I have been going through nothing compared to all you. My aunt died last year after she battled severe Crohns for over twenty years. She led a full life, but the Crohns ate her GI up. She was born with two displaced hips and had to have them replaced in her twenties or early thirties. The Crohns is said by the family the reason for the hip replacements. She was one of the first women to give birth to twin,not identical,boys after having dual hip replacements. I am writing to encourage you to have the ostomies if all else has caused you to suffer. They are not as bad as they sound. She lived with it, raised 3 boys and was @ 57 when she finally died of colon or upper GI cancer,not sure. She had a lot of problems with her body, but they were due to smoking probly 2-3 packs cigs/squares a day! My grandfather died of all sorts of cancer and had made it to 73. He had liver and brain cancer for long time and kept it back from us. We did know he had skin cancer though, for over 30 years. He was a hunter, fisher, trapper, and loved to use his metal detector. BE ENCOURAGED! If you have had the operations,as some have, i see no end and feel SOOOO SOOORRRY:( for you. All I can say is that my aunt was always drinking cofee non stop and smoking, so this only made things worse. She could cook the daylights out of anyone. I mean ANYONE. She was pretty thin, never over 130 at 5' her life. She did die at a young age. I say 57 is young, I'm 27. I just want you to know she was alwqays involved in church up until she died. She was the head of the kitchen their. She would stroll all over town in her Amigo, hips remember, and people always liked her from what i can tell. She did live life to its fullest, even though she was hospitalized more and more. She gave 20 some years to her church ladies auxilary. Planning funerals while herself so close to death. She laughed all the time. Their is medical documentaion that says people who have chronic illness live better when they laugh a lot. Also, their is proof people who believ in Jesus as GOD don't die as easily as others who get ill. They also have a better healing ratio than atheists and other religions. This is from a Psychology Journal! Which can not explain the reason why.