After Pilonidal Abscess Drainage Operation?

Hey I understand this completely I am still going through my pilonidal healing process. This is my second time getting the surgery and from this I've realized that yes you feel fine after the surgery but after a few days it starts to hurt again. From my experience this was nothing to worry about because the reason it kept hitting was because the antibiotics from the surgery to numb the area were wearing off. Within another week and a bit you'll be able to deal with it and it'll eventually feel like it's not even there. hope this helped

Ive dealt with this many times! If your wound is hurting alot after several weeks from the day of the surgery, something is wrong. It is possible that you have an infection. Please urge your surgeon to give you antibiotics.  They will act faster if they are administered intravenously than orally. Don't go swimming or do exercise until your wound is completley healed. I wish you the best.

Hi, when you are on holiday will there be somebody that could learn to clean and pack the wound?  Becuase of the amount of dressing changes I require my wife learned to do my dressings after being shown by the nurse as I have had one continually open for the last 9 years and had my 16th surgery on it back in August.

I can't tell you how carefull you must be with these as after my Outpatient appointment yesterday I have been told that this could go on for the rest of my life. I hope that doesn't happen as I have had this since 2007 and I am not sure how much more my body can take, especially after the way some of the larger procedures.

Good luck though and don't loose faith.

 

Hi, I am new to this site but conversate and read others stories and tell my own. These sites are so helpful because I'm a 43 yr. old female with peach fuzz on my butt, like most girls, women who get this awful disease. I noticed at first it felt like my butt crack was splitting open or someone sliced it with a razor blade. I asked my primary Dr. Which is also my OBGYN to look at it, I told him it hurt so bad sometimes when I showered I would scrape the skin off because it would actually feel better after even though it's bleeding, he looked and said there is nothing, he felt and looked and said maybe it's a yeast infection, I would know I think and so should he have if it was yeast. 4 yrs. pass with same irritated skin but my tail bone ( I fell and injured mine also ) was hurting in a different way than just back pain, then, and don't laugh, you can, I woke up with a human tail, it hurt so bad and was hard, I went to my moms house because my husband is the type to not deal with anything bloody or gross. My mom took me to the ER they put me all the way under and when I was in a room the Nurse came in with 7 student Dr. Or Nurses and asked if they could watch, I said sure. I flipped on my stomach ( forgot to tell you they gave me 1 Vicodin ? Mg about an hour before this ) and she just starts removing the packing and all the gauze, it felt like they were tearing me apart, I always removing packing in the shower, you feel nothing. I cried so hard into the pillow there and then they repacked me and left me for over a half Hr. Crying into my pillow, I felt violated and assaulted all at once and I never moved until they brought me a shot of Morphine, I relaxed and slept and was discharged the next morning. My insurance covered a nurse to my home 3 days a week but it needs changing everyday and I could do it myself when the wound wasent as deep. It healed in 6 weeks but I was tender for awhile. I worked hard Bartending and serving at a resturant and my pants would rub my newly healed wound plus we ran for 12 hrs. Straight so we all were sweaty, I worked for about 3 more months I believe then it just got swollen, hot and I was showing signs of cellulitis and I had a fever so went to the ER and same surgery but they put a drain tube, nothing really drained from the tube but when they removed the tube the very very small hole stayed open and slowly drained everyday. I had to clean back there 3 to 4 times a day, my panties never got blood or drainage on them even without a pad or ABD pad. This held up for a year but I always get infected and I skip the ER and soak in a hot Epsome Salt bath then sit on a heating pad with a not good towel or I use a trash bag, I want to see what comes out and not ruin my heating pad. So 10 days ago I went to see a Colon Rectal Specialist and that day he told me he would remove the cyst in 6 days, I started crying in front of everyone including the waiting room. I told this Dr. That I am on Norco 7.5 for disk problems and sciatica and begged him not to let me suffer. I woke up stitched up and was very happy and in a lot of pain so they kept me and gave me Dilauted but I swear It was watered down or there is something wrong with me, I didn't sleep the whole night and was in constant pain, including my other problems, the one nurse made me feel weird about asking for pain relief, I told her give me a sleep pill so I can sleep and not think about it but they wouldn't. So I came home 4/15/16 and I got really board and picked up around my house carefully I though and the next morning I woke up in REAL pain, the Dr. Gave me the same pain meds. I was already being RX but instead of 7.5 he gave me 40 10mg Norco, so enough for 3 a day, if we're up 16 hrs. And it says take every 4 hrs. I'm very unhappy for 4 hrs. During the day and wake up a mess. So my light house work broke my stitched wound open and I've been bleeding like crazy but all the stitches are all in tact it's stitch, hole, stitch you get the picture. Believe it or not I felt so much better when it opened up and has been draining, I started getting bruising up my back and it felt really swollen and hot, no fever. I've been cleaning it off everyday all day and changing my ABD pads and washing with antibacterial soap and just kind of praying a lot. My regular Dr. Said its fine, that's when I was swollen before it opened, so I said ok fine. I don't want to go to the ER because they will pack my wound I know it. I have decided to go tommorow because if it needs to be packed to heal right and not deform me for life It's just something I have to do. I have faith this is it, cyst removed, a couple set backs and then I almost forget all about all of this. Make sure you study your Dr. And read reviews from other patients whom have had surgerys with him/her. I wish you the very best of luck. With a lot of us they just keep coming back until you remove it, it's not much different than what we go through just to drain it right. Sorry so long, Ive been kind of dealing with this alone and haven't reached out to anyone since I messed myself up, so thank you kindly for your time. Nicole from the U.S

I've had a operation February was healing fine but now May and was Thursday started getting pains I said to nurse she never checked or anything then Friday a was in that much pain I never got any sleep up all night crying trying to cope with the throbbing pain I had shower early hours and then hot water bottle went hours with the pain then half 8 Saturday morning all this gunge came out and was a relief but I thort my wound was infected it's still throbbing abit but not as bad as it was the nurse came out and said I think you've had a build up of a abcess that's burst again my wound still not healed but I feel like am back to square one it was drying up now it's back to fluid