I found one of these four days ago, nurse said its a perianal abcess and got anti biotics for it, seems to be going down, she's checking it again on weeks time x

Hello and thank you for replying , that's really weird , I had an abscess about a week or so ago and it's just healing up on the front of my lady parts , it was really big and full of gunge which emptied . I wonder if I still have infection in me ? Oh well I suppose I'll find out sooner or later , just have to wait to be looked at , oh joy. Once again thank you . Can I ask what alerted you to the fact that you had it ? 

I wiped and felt a bit sore so had a feel, looked in mirror, the usual, I'm an absolute health anxiety freak, constantly prodding myself, nurse was amazing, said its actually quite common. Its not sore anymore and feels like it's doing down slowly, it's right on my anus and terrified me, never had piles so I had no idea what it was. Hopefully you can get into doctors and get some antibiotics x

I wiped and felt a bit sore so had a feel, looked in mirror, the usual, I'm an absolute health anxiety freak, constantly prodding myself, nurse was amazing, said its actually quite common. Its not sore anymore and feels like it's doing down slowly, it's right on my anus and terrified me, never had piles so I had no idea what it was. Hopefully you can get into doctors and get some antibiotics x

Oh you're lucky my lump is just inside about a 1cm in , I am totally hypochondriac I'm making myself feel physically sick with worry , haven't slept and hardly eaten. I wonder if you can have one right inside? Thanks again for your reply .

Hi ZG321,

I saw your post on the supraclavicular lymph node (I have my left one up too) and wondered if perhaps it is linked to the perianal absess (infection)? Just a thought?

x

I think it could be, lymph node swole up after day 2 of covid booster and then perianal abcess appeared week later, nurse suggested it could have been brewing for a while. Hoping bloods inc FBC and CRP Protein bloods will rule anything out. I hate having these awful thoughts, hard to rationalise and explain to people how I feel. 

I think so, mines half in and half out, about 1cm too. I'm the same, haven't enjoyed Christmas at all. 

I do feel for you too. My Christmas is totally shot to pieces , haven't done anything except freak out. I'm so tired with no sleep and hardly eating and I haven't even managed to see a medical person yet , so lord knows what I'll be like when that happens. I hate feeling like this and realise that my mental health anxiety state is terrible , but where do you start to address this ? Drs are so hard pushed and it is seen as being a defeatist and just to pull yourself together. I feel I seem to find something wrong with me every day , I'm worn out with worry and stress. Poor you too.

I feel exactly the same, I go months feeling great and something hits me and I'm back to square one, feel like I'm wishing something on me, tried reflexology, reiki to help and it does for a short while but it's always there. I'm going to look at a course in new year to try help these bouts of anxiety x

Here we are again . Been referred on the 2 week list to the colorectal team at the hospital which is a 40odd mile round trip . Dr said it was a hard lump and offered no alternative other than when asked " it could be a gristly lump or a cyst, who knows ?  If it's a nasty they'll chop it out" "people tend to see the word cancer and death in the same sentence but advances in medicine doesn't always mean that " impressed ? I think not . She also said that I could have ovarian cancer after 6 and a half years and that really impressed my fear factor into outer space. Now absolutely mortified awaiting CA125resulys and the March down that path as well . Sleep ? You must be joking .

Right. I now have an appointment at the colorectal unit on 13th of jan 22. Which is terrifying me as of course I've been on Dr Google and have summarised that "hard , firm , smooth , glassy "lumps , bumps , tumours whatever you define them as are usually cancerous , this info was from reputable sites such as the American association of colorectal surgeons etc. I'm really , really scared now . However my blood tests have come back:

 - full blood count normal and my CA125 is only 14 so that looks good so far. Thank you.

I will update when I'm investigated . I'm dreading it , I'm dreading having to get my husband to drive me backwards and forwards , I'm dreading having to leave my very needy and very "separation anxiety " filled dog with him and he will have to come on the drives with us , he's never been left alone. I think I'm going to burst with worry. I can't leave him with anyone , there's just no one I can leave him with , no friends or neighbours or relations and although he's a medium size dog he's only 3 and very friendly / boisterous.

Hey 

keeping my fingers crossed for you because I'm in exactly the same boat. Frustratingly people post about this on this forum and disappear without update.  I found a pea sized movable lump about a month ago. No pain, no protruding etc. It's inside my anus and very hard, not soft and just feels very hard and round. I went to the doctors before Christmas and wasn't even asked any questions, just told it was a thrombosed vein. Went back two days ago and was told actually they didn't have a clue what it was. I have no symptoms of piles / haemorrhoids. No blood, no itching generally. I have a feeling that something is there so to speak. Tingling and a fuzzy feeling but aside from that I only realised I had it because one day I wiped and it was there. Worth mentioning it doesn't change size from straining or bowl movements. Only few things of note is that I have been absolutely exhausted constantly and my bowl movements have been very loose recently. Don't know what to think. I was referred to my hospital via the 2 week pathway and have a phone consultation next week. What use is a phone consultation for a lump is beyond me. 

Hello there . 
im sorry to hear of any poor soul , worried out of their bonce like me.

My GP was totally flippant and dismissive, I felt a complete twit waddling across her room bare from the waist down making it worse. Embarrassed and frightened.

Anyway, to summarise today's events thus far. 

- went to the 2 week OUt patient appt as made by Dr Flip herself and saw " a doctor " whom I cannot remember his name ( I was really hyped up with fear ) and a lovely student nurse. He gave me a lot of questions , and a DRE , you MUST , MUST , MUST , get this done - a telephone consultation over a lump inside your anus cannot be done over the phone , NO. if I were you I would politely insist that a Dr has a hands on , feely , pokey and investigates further. 

- The gent I saw had experience of anal cancer and he reassured me to a certain extent , but , to make sure he arranged a sigmoidoscopy to be done and the results of that, pending the outcome ,  more tests such as biopsy under anaesthetic etc to determine what said " hard but rubbery " lump is. He did think it could be scar tissue under the mucosa from an old fissure but needed the sig to have a look. 
- literally as soon as I'd got in , the hospital rang and I have a "pre-procedure" questionnaire with a nurse tomorrow on the phone and the sig procedure on Tuesday afternoon. 

if I were you I'd ring your surgery or telephone consultation source and calmly suggest a DRE is definitely the way to proceed . 

Hope this helps.

you do feel swept along by the frightening thing happening that is beyond your control , but , as I have found out , it really doesn't matter how much you mither yourself into a jibbering wreck , it isn't going to alter Mr .Lumpy residing in your anal canal , he's still sitting there , quietly waiting for either to stay in benign residence and grow old with me  or to be served his eviction notice . Whatever happens , I CANNOT CHANGE BY GOING LOOLOO. You must get it checked.

So do the call , insist on "touchy feely " approach . My bum has never had so many new best friends . 
And yes I'm getting to the point , that if the band of the Coldstream Guards walked through playing "I've got you under my skin" I wouldn't be suprised either. 
Be forceful.