

If the fistula is below or crosses the lower part of the sphincter muscles (the muscles around your anal canal that control when you open your bowels), your surgeon will cut the fistula open to your skin and leave your wound open so that it can heal with healthy tissue.The type of surgery you need will depend on where the fistula is. To lessen the risk of bowel incontinence (when you pass a bowel movement without wanting to) your treatment may involve several operations over a number of months. The operation usually takes 15 to 30 minutes. The operation is usually performed under a general anaesthetic but various anaesthetic techniques are possible. Most anal fistulas do not heal without surgery. You should no longer have any infection or pain. A fistula happens when the track made by the pus on the way to the surface of your skin stays open. The pus can drain away onto your skin on its own or by an operation. Most anal fistulas are caused by an abscess (a collection of pus) that has developed in your anal canal. What is an anal fistula?Īn anal fistula is an abnormal connection between the lining on the inside of your anal canal (back passage) and the skin near your anus. If you have any questions, you should ask your GP or other relevant health professional. This page will give you information about surgery for an anal fistula. Related information on Australian websites.How can I prepare myself for the operation?.I can now fully appreciate the awesomeness of my wife and the cool and loving person she is. Quitting smoking has been the best decision in my life. As she said to me - for the past three weeks I have been so nice and such a pleasure to be around that there has to be some dark and ugly secret behind the change. So now that everything has turned for the better, my wife actually thinks I have been cheating on her. When the need for nicotine got so bad that I couldn't take anymore, I just started a fight at home to have a legitimate reason to walk out. Without the constant need for nicotine, I am all chill and friendly as opposed to the sarcastic and twitchy guy I was before. And because I don't need to go out for a smoke on a bullshit excuse, I actually want to do stuff together. Now that I don't have to worry about the smell on me or my clothes, I am all touchy-feely. Not smoking cigarettes has caused a different set of problems for me. So to sum things up - throughout my marriage now is the first time I truly can call myself a non smoker. And probably she knew more about my smoking than she let me to believe. And somehow she tolerated me smelling of the stuff that she hated all her life and that killed her beloved father. My wife was fully aware that I smoked when I had been a drinking alcohol. Of course you can't actually be a secret smoker and in a relationship. I work in sales and I am pretty good at it, but convincing your spouse that you need to consume illegal substances and risk getting prosecuted and possibly go to jail just to have a cigarette in the evenings might be impressive salesmanship but truly idiotic on the same time. I just smoked cigarettes on the balcony and told her the smell was pot. Since pot is highly illegal in our country, my wife has no idea about pot and how it smells. Since I have some chronic back pain due to my office job, I convinced my wife that I needed to smoke pot before I go to sleep to ease the pain and get better rest. At some point I thought I needed to have a cigarette in the evenings, so how can I make this happen. My smoking turned in to real addict behaviour.

PE inbetween cigarettes was just something I was willing to do to feed my addiction. I remember going to the gym on weekends just to have a plausible excuse to get out of the house and smoke. At first, it was a couple at work, then I already started looking for opportunities of getting away from my wife to have a smoke. I reasoned with myself that as long as my wife doesn't know, I can smoke a few. This probably sounds cynical but the death of my father in law was not enough of a wake up call nor was the grief of my wife a good enough reason to quit smoking.

At first I was doing great but as you may or may not know, if you don't have the right reasons behind your attempt, you'll slip back.

In 2012 my wifes father died of lung cancer - that sadly happens when you smoke a lot for longer periods of your lifeĪfter the sad news got to us, I understandably promised my wife to quit. The wife hated it but we made it work somehow. When I met my wife, I was at about a pack a day. It is going to be a long post and keep in mind that English is not even my second language :) Just wanted to share this with the world.
