Don't you just hate surprises?

Well I do. Last weekend, the 18th, I woke up early am w/ lots of pain in my bum. The same kind of lovely pain I had when I had the peri-rectal abscess last year. I was none too pleased but hoped it was just sore from sitting the day before. The pain and pressure proceeded to get worse over the weekend. My biggest fear was that it would get so bad that I'd end up in the ER again. After that nightmare last year of being butchered it was the v. last thing I wanted. Also on the Friday I was having pelvic pain and thought I might have an UTI. So Monday am I rang my internist and made an appt for that day. I also rang the CRS and found out he was not in, but was able to get an appointment at 9am on Tuesday. They said if it was an abscess he would do surgery directly.
I knew that Dr. Aronoff would knock me out, unlike the hospital, but I still am a big baby when it comes to getting diced and sliced. Thank G-d for my mum who came in on Monday night so she could come to the appointment with me.
And yes, the dr examined me and next thing I knew I was being prepped for surgery. Never a dull moment around here! After surgery though he told me it was mostly blood that came out, no puss, and he was v. perplexed. I don't know about you but when the dr is more confused than me it makes me pretty uncomfortable. We are still waiting for the lab results, hopefully today. I went on Thursday for a post-op and he said it looked good but was still baffled. I had realised by Monday that both my dr's were going to make me have another colonoscopy after this second incident in a year, but thankfully not until this heals up. I was holding up relatively well this weekend and was able to get errands for my upcoming trip done. I leave on Friday for London, so again timing royally sucked. Not looking forward to sitting on a 7+ hour flight w/ a sore bum.
When I woke up this morning and sat up, I had a very sharp, stabbing pain in my bum. I felt it and it feels very sore and hard again, so I'm being very paranoid. Thankfully the CRS is a v. nice doctor and he said last week to ring him if anything didn't feel right, and since I am off to London, I am going to be overly precautious and see him today, just to make sure. If something else has gone wrong (hopefully not) I'd rather sort it out today than later in the week.
So that's the fun that's been my life lately.

?'s

After my dr's appointment last night, I have a list of questions to ask Dr. Aranoff about the upcoming surgery. My dr. wants me to see if he would do a colonoscopy at the same time, so I wouldn't have to be put out twice. I don't know if I'm up for this, but I will ask. She and my internist want to discover why this all happened.

I also wanted to ask some other q's re: anesthesia, wound care, etc. My dr. wanted me to tell him also that the abscess is about the size of a cherry now and not oozing much as the current wound is almost completely healed over. So I really don't have a clue if I will be making it till the 20th or going in sooner. I did just realise that Dr. A is out of the office today so I won't hear back till tomorrow. Fun fun fun.

At least I slept last night, I love those klonopins! First time I've slept through the night since I can remember. I knew the weather was going to be crap today so felt like I should at least get some sleep. Still pretty groggy though. Thankfully it's dead at the office so I don't have to worry. Tomorrow & Friday the big guys are in so it will be much busier.