I had my diversion with permanent end ileostomy on Nov. 3. This was in part due to a very large abscess around the jpouch which had a mushroom drain placed a few days before the unplanned diversion, but which had a crazy amount of poop coming out of it. Hence, the diversion. Removal of the pouch will come in 6-9 months, depending on healing and other issues. Dx. is Crohn's. Removal had already been planned prior to this abscess situation.
The last few days, the hole which was created for the drain in the abscess/fistula (now a seton) has seemed tender, and then started draining which seemed to me to be a lot of grayish-pinkish stuff. The area where we could originally feel the abscess, just to the rt. of the anal area, is indurated (thick and hard, like a lump), and it's getting to be more tender.
Any opinions out there as to whether I should be alarmed at this? I'm hoping someone will have experienced something similar and can put my mind at ease as to how these abscesses/fistulas behave after diversion. I'll be sending my surgeon a note about it, but kind of wanted to wait to see if it settled down and whether this is just an ebb and flow of these sorts of things.
Thanks.
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