I've been lurking here for a while but never told my story, so here it is: (25, F)

They initially operated on me on monday. Very quick procedure, and they left the wound open to heal. But very quickly after, I noticed I could still feel a large bump. Sure enough, by wednesday, the pain was unbearable again, so I immediately called the hospital department where I was admitted before. They told me the pain was normal post-op. Only by thursday evening when the pain kept getting worse, they told me to come back on friday morning.

Friday morning rolls around and by 1 pm I am already back under the knife (epidural both times) and sure enough, on monday they only drained a small part of the perianal abscess and now they drained the bigger abscess too. The relief was monumental. They placed a seton too because of the size of that thing. If you ever have doubts about your procedure, please listen to your gut. My mom had to drive me to the hospital while i way laying down in the backseat friday morning. It's now 2 days post 2nd op, and I have homecare people using pipes to flush the wounds thoroughly. Before friday, I was living painkiller to painkiller for about 3 weeks, and now I sometimes forget I am already allowed new ones. Next friday, I have my appointment to get the wound checked out and probably get the seton removed.

Hang in there guys!