Saw the gastroenterologist today after a very long wait.

Hi all. I posted a few days ago when a perianal abscess I had turned black. Turned out to be a big blood blister. Well, it burst & drained, and now I have a big raw hole in my bum. Ugh.

I saw the gastroenterologist today. He looked at the abscess and has put me on a month's worth of antibiotics as it's still rather pussy. That will destroy what remains of my gut biome. More ugh.

But most importantly, they are leaning towards a diagnosis of Crohn's Disease. He wants to put me on meds for CD but I need a battery of blood tests first.

I can't believe it's taken 2 years of suffering the agony of constant draining fistulas and abscesses plus umpteen hospital admissions to actually get to an official diagnosis of something I suspected all along. Without wanting to sound dramatic, I feel pretty traumatised at this point.