Haemorrhoidectomy

I had haemorrhoidectomy 13 weeks ago. The pain was terrible for the first three weeks, bed and bath were the only two places I spent my time. Start of fourth week i had to go back to my GP as something didnt feel right, I could feel this egg sized lump on the inside left of my anus. GP sent me straight to A&E, the idiot surgeon never even bothered investigating, asked me to go home as pain and swelling was normal for that kind of operation. By 5th week I noticed the discharge was not comming from my anus, but a tiny hole about 2 cm away from my anus. It contiued like that on and off until the 8th week when I was due the follow up with the surgeon who operated on me. I was barely able to sit, he looked at my backside, said nothing wrong, you just have a fissure and are healing slowly, prescribed me rectogesic cream and was due to see me in 5 weeks. Started using the cream, pain eased but on the third day i started bleeding very heavily, so back to A&E. Sent home by the same surgeon who saw me the first time i went in with the lump after my surgery. He didnt want to hear about my discharge from the new hole. A week later I was in excrutiating pain again and terrible discharge of poo, puss and blood from the place beside my anus. Went back to A&E, told I had a fissure and the surgeon present contacted my surgeon to arrange for further examination as something may be wrong. I could not wait two weeks as my 'vulcano' errupted again, so ended up in A&E again, and told them I wasnt going home this time as I was fed up with their negligence and nothing i had looked normal to me, in fact I had diagnosed myself with a fistula based on the symptoms. On Monday my surgeon took me to theatre and examined me inside, he came to my bed as i was trying to wake up, and said he could not see a fistula but has ordered an MRI scan to be sure. They wanted to sent me home and wait for an MRI scan between 4-6 weeks. By this stage I was fed up, i started shouting at which point i was given an MRI scan straight away. It confirmed a fistula which cut through my sphincter muscles. I had been left in pain and agony for months, and now i have to try and deal with this. 

the bottom line is, if you are not getting better, do not listen to incompetent doctors. They destroyed my life, I had to give my job up. And i have to start from scratch with a worse condition than haemorrhoids. Think twice before you have them removed!!!

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