Dear Gin,
OMG
You did the right thing. I am amazed she didn't get you on an antibiotic! It sounds like an abscess. I know Crohn's is an issue but if she didn't know of that diagnosis I womder what she would have done?
It reminds me of the abscess I had under the incision from my 1st surgery, the colonectomy and j-pouch build. It was huge causing a very deep hole under my incision after the takedown surgery. I had to pack it for months as it had to heal open. I had a nasty scar/hole that was fixed during a subsequent surgery. I would hate to see you stuck with something like that.
I am trying to imagine how you can keep a pad on given the proximity to your stoma.
Paulette