Man’s bum ‘exploded’ after being ignored by doctors for months
When Owen Williams began to explain a strange pain in his bottom, he desperately tried to figure out what was wrong – but after months of being dismissed, he says it ended with his ‘bum cheek exploding’.
Owen, a 25-year-old self-employed laborer from Warwickshire, has been left bound to his bed after the pain in his bum became too much to handle.
He explained it as ‘a medical nightmare’ that even ‘after many many visits to the doctors, A&E, paramedics, SAU’ he was still left without a diagnosis of what was wrong.
The worker, who has been open about his journey on TikTok and on his GoFundMe page, said doctors initially thought he was suffering from a fissure or haemorrhoids, but he knew something wasn’t right.
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But it wasn’t until the debilitating explosion that all would be revealed.
Per the NHS, an anal fissure is ‘a small tear in your anus that causes pain when you poo’ that typically clears up on its own.
As for haemorrhoids, aka piles, these are lumps that are on or around the anus that can be painful and bleed – but also get better on their own.
However, Owen didn’t have either of those. In fact, what he had was much more serious – an abscess on his ‘left bum cheek’ that went undetected.
One day, Owen revealed that he began to feel like he ‘really’ needed to use the bathroom and attempted to go ‘standing up’ as the his pain had been worsening.
He explained that this is the moment ‘it happened’.
It exploded and required surgery due to it having been left for months without treatment.
Calling what was left a ‘cavity’, Owen explained, which requires a significant amount of recovery time as it needs to be packed and drained and redressed and left open.
On his GoFund me, Owen explained he was told to set up a crowdfunding page to help with his finances during the time he’s unable to work, writing: “While recovering I shared my story onto TikTok and have received some amazing support on the and have had a few people asked me to do a GoFundMe to try and help with my bills while I recover. I do not expect anyone to donate but absolutely anything will help and I’ll appreciate absolutely anything, thank you.”
He added of his ordeal: “After months of agony and stress and pain I finally had my surgery and I’m just trying to make ends meat while I recover things have not been easy but we do what we can to see the positive in things all I want to do is to be able to get on with my life go on holidays see the world and look forward to the next chapter of my life.”
Britt Jones