I have had a total of 13 anal fissure surgeries in the last four years. I just had my 13th exam under sedation with Botox. A lot of weird stuff happened. Before surgery I told my surgeon I was having significant issues with my left side, I had an abscess there in January. I am talking spams that won’t stop on perineum, burning when I pee, pain, can’t sleep kind of pain. He looked before he took me back and said he definitely wanted to look. I went to surgery and I remember waking up screaming because I could feel what they were doing to me. My surgeon came out and asked my husband several times was I taking something that would prevent me from being put under and I don’t. He only had me in the operating room 15 minutes. He said he saw nothing. Before my eyes were open the spasms were back worse than before. He told my husband a second opinion is recommended and he is considering an ostomy. Here I am day 4. I am miserable. I have spasms that remind me of early child birth. I bleed when I try to go to the bathroom, pass gas, I can barely stand to walk on my left leg. I am in hell. I wake up at night crying and it takes pain meds with ibuprofen to keep me to sleep. I have cloudy pee. I have never been this miserable. I realize nothing he did during surgery helped me, but I didn’t think it could make it so much worse. I have an appointment in a week and a half with the second opinion, but I think I need help before that. Who do I call? The surgeon who says he sees nothing or the new dr who has never met me? I am scared I will end up septic while everyone waits around and everyday o get worse. What should I do? Please don’t say go the ER, I will only go there if I don’t go to the bathroom by tomorrow or I start running a fever higher than the 99.5 I already have. The ER is just a treat me and street me solution, not anything that will help with what I am dealing with.
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I had Botox injections and exam under sedation today. Even with symptoms of a fistula/ abscess, the surgeon saw absolutely nothing. The shots only amped up my pain and the spasms were there as soon as I opened my eyes.
I think my surgeon finally gets my pain, they struggled to keep me under sedation today. I remember waking up screaming from him examining me. He told my husband it took a lot of medication to keep me under. He told my husband we need a possible second opinion an he’s recommending an Ostomy to allow whatever this is to heal.
Anyone else have anything like this happen? Thoughts?
This Wednesday will be my 13th exam under sedation due to fissures/perianal abscess. I always get nervous about now. This time I am scared. I had a perianal abscess last time (end of January’26) this time I had to beg for EUS, he only agreed if I agreed to Botox for fissures. Which I have had, this will be my third time and it never works. I honestly think I have a fistula. Where the abscess was feels like an open cut, it hurts most all the time now, going to the bathroom makes it worse, there is also a lot of pressure when I go to the bathroom where the cut feeling is, touching it makes it worse, movement makes it worse, I bleed every time I go to the bathroom or pass gas. Saturday I went to the bathroom and whatever I did put me in the bed for the day. I suspect I have a fistula that is really making my very typical fissure really mad. I am scared I will be put out and wake up with drains. Anyone else go through something similar? Wish me luck.