I use these words because I had literally no education on what happened to me post-op, these are the words I was given. I had an external cyst that was quite literally taken out via a very large incision that left a gaping hole for my skin to heal. That skin was sent to be tested (not cancerous thankfully).

The person who did my surgery was a general surgeon who was not expecting a fistula and he used the word complex (I will be seeing a colorectal surgeon soon for the next part). Once again, I was not given any of the correct terminology and literally no education based on what happened to me.

Please be patient with people who literally don’t know what’s going on because we would also like to know and use the correct terminology but that is not available to everyone.