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I have been searching this site and the internet for a few days now trying to find out info that may be similar to the symptoms I’ve been having, but haven’t had much luck. Hoping I can get some information by posting here....

A couple of weeks ago I was having a hard time having a BM. I would get the urgency to go, but very little would happen. I would get up from the commode only to have to sit back down because the urgency feeling would happen again. I have a dilator, at the request of my doctor, that I tried on a daily basis thinking that maybe I had a stricture. It seemed to help only slightly. Days later I started to have major rumbles in my gut that were painful and again I would get that urgency feeling with little result. It felt as if I had a big gas bubble in my pouch, but couldn’t pass any gas from my rear. Instead the gas would pass through a fistula that I’ve been living with for years. Small amounts of stool would also pass from my fistula as well, which is nothing new. It usually drains. I had some unused Cipro that I figured I’d try. Being that I had less than two weeks worth, I split the pill in half, taking 250 mg in the a.m. and 250 mg in the p.m. The gassy pains have stopped, but now I have this ache which feels to be right above my anus and a feeling of weight/pressure there also. It aches more when I use the restroom. My BM’s are a little better, but I still feel a little constipated. Maybe that could be from the Cipro??? I also feel tired and just “blah”!

Has anyone else had issues with an ache and heaviness in their rear? I welcome any input you may have, thanks!

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With your history of a fistula and your current symptoms, and especially with the improvement with the Cipro, my primary concern is that you have developed an abscess and/or a new sinus tract. You may have also developed a stricture at the pouch inlet, which would be beyond the reach of your dilator.

Hopefully you already have contacted your GI to look into this. If you develop chills, fever, or escalating pain, call for an urgent appointment.

Good luck!

Jan

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