you mentioned some part of the toliet pipe/connection being cracked.
not sure which part you mentioned was cracked...the flange on the bottom of the toliet that seats onto the wax ring that seats on the plumbing pipe flange, the pipe itself? That cracked thingy what ever it is (base of toliet, waste pipe flange, or waste pipe) needs to be replaced, a nice new wax seal installed and toliet re-set. if there's rot issues there, best fix that floor there as well before re-seating toliet, but that's something needs to be addressed a.s.a.p.
I had a tiny leak around a toliet when my kid was little. One day she flushed and it didn't quite do the job (she clogged toliet - prolly too much paper), so instead of calling me she flushed a second time (bowl hadn't quite drained from the first time) and whoosh the wax seal blew out...and what a mess..turned out my stack pipe (waste pipe) flange was broken...what a yucky mess.
I take it you have a tub, and tile around it.
IF you end up having to pull out the tub, you could get a dremmel tool and remove the grout around the lowest 3 or 4 rows of tile closest to the tub, then remove those rows and cut back the wall to expose the tub flange (lip) to free up the tub. Most of the tile will end up breaking for sure when you go to remove it, but its less tile to replace later. Then when the tub goes back in (its a fight) possibly save you some repair work.
Do you have a local "handy man" you might call in? pulling out and setting a tub is not a one-woman job for sure! frankly its a 2-3 man/woman job (because you need someone below directing alignment to the drain pipe. Since you recently had a plumber in to address a leak in the area previously....perhaps he'd be willing to return for a peek (suggest his prior repair might be leaking maybe? -- hee hee).
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