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chudson
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I'm in day 4 of my ordeal. I'm going to work tomorrow. The day of the surgery was not bad, they had me pumped pretty full of numbing stuff. The day after was pure hell! I was taking Oxycodone every 4 hours and Motrin every alternating 4. So a pill every two hours. That made me constipated. ugh! I have an LED therapy unit that I began using several times a day once the bandages were off. I'm either a quick healer, or this thing really helped. I still take my time getting in and out of a chair, but I just walked to the park with my wife and kids tonight. I feel lucky compared to what I've read on here. Whew!
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HEALED
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| Posted: 08/22/07 - 03:02 Post subject: Hemorrhoidectomy |
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I just had a baby 14 days ago and a hemorrhoidectomy 6 days ago. I am currently having bowel movements (along with panic attacks from the pain) but I am taking a stool softener (2 a day) along with 2 Metamucil tablets daily and Lortab for pain every 4 hours. My issue is that since having the surgery, I am now sweating in my sleep with the air on and a fan blowing in my face and I just noticed today, with the use of a mirror, that I have stitches inside my vagina. Is this common? I am wondering if my vagina being stitched closed has something to do with the sweating.
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J.D.C.
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| Posted: 08/22/07 - 10:05 Post subject: Hemorrhoidectomy |
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| I had a hemorrhoidectomy eight days ago, and I agree with the lady who said its the most agonizing procedure I've ever imagined! My trouble was I'd lost so much blood that my hemoglobin was down to 5, it should be between 14-17, so I had to have the proceedure to stop the bleeding. I'm still trying to decide if choosing this over simply bleeding to death was a good choice. This is the first time that I've tried to sit, my computer chair is well padded, to do anything. I'm not very comfortable at all doing it either. Going to the bathroom is torture. I strain very hard to release something the size of my index finger, its rediculous! The pain medicine they gave me (percocet) did very little except make me a little drunk feeling. It didn't actually numb the pain at all! One of the worst and most embarrassing things is I have this most foul smelling secretion coming out of me! I have to change underwear 3 or 4 times a day,besides when I bathe, and there's nothing I can do about it! They're talking about me going back to work in 4 days. I don't know how I'm going to manage that. There's really got to be a major change in me very soon for that to happen. I know some of this sounds pretty gross, but it is an information page! People need to know this sort of stuff from those of us who've learned the hard way. |
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chudson
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| Posted: 08/23/07 - 00:26 Post subject: Re: Hemorrhoidectomy |
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| J.D.C. wrote: | | One of the worst and most embarrassing things is I have this most foul smelling secretion coming out of me! I have to change underwear 3 or 4 times a day,besides when I bathe, and there's nothing I can do about it! |
Oh yes, the smell! I actually just got finished looking up gangrene to make sure my butt wasn't dieing! All I can find is "a terribly sickening, putrid smell". hmmmm.
I went to work today ( (day 5) procedure done this past friday) and took a few of my wifes panty liners... I was able to manage the smell by changing liners a few times a day, keeps the underwear clean too.
I can only get the smell to go away temporarily by adding a few squirts of softsoap antibacterial hand soap to my bath. The simple water in the little pink sitz bath doesn't touch the stink, at all.
I'm down to three motrins a day along with my LED therapy. I walk slower than the other guys at the office, but they all seem to understand.
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buttgirl
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| Posted: 08/23/07 - 11:35 Post subject: Re: Hemorrhoidectomy |
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| HEALED wrote: | I just had a baby 14 days ago and a hemorrhoidectomy 6 days ago. I am currently having bowel movements (along with panic attacks from the pain) but I am taking a stool softener (2 a day) along with 2 Metamucil tablets daily and Lortab for pain every 4 hours. My issue is that since having the surgery, I am now sweating in my sleep with the air on and a fan blowing in my face and I just noticed today, with the use of a mirror, that I have stitches inside my vagina. Is this common? I am wondering if my vagina being stitched closed has something to do with the sweating.
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It sounds more like the night sweat would be from the post-natal hormaonal fluctuations. |
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buttgirl
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| Posted: 08/23/07 - 11:45 Post subject: Re: Hemorrhoidectomy |
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| chudson wrote: | | J.D.C. wrote: | | One of the worst and most embarrassing things is I have this most foul smelling secretion coming out of me! I have to change underwear 3 or 4 times a day,besides when I bathe, and there's nothing I can do about it! |
Oh yes, the smell! I actually just got finished looking up gangrene to make sure my butt wasn't dieing! All I can find is "a terribly sickening, putrid smell". hmmmm. |
After having anal surgery myself (for an abscess/fissure as opposed to roids), I think I may be of some use here. Often what happens after an anal surgery is that there is a discharge from everything not quite closing up right down there. The leakage would be foul smelling because it is primarily composed of poo and mucous (the anus is a muscous membrain after all.)
How to cut down the smell? I came up with a few ways. 1.) wash with soap in the sitzbath. also use iodized salt in the sitzbath. 2.) rinse the area. I got a little syringe with my proctofoam prescription and it does the trick. One just needs to get a little water a little wa inide to cut down the small (also helps with the pain). 3.) take more fiber. that will keep the poo soft, but not liquidy. 4.) do not fart standing up or sitting. try to lay on your side or put your arse in the air, or just fart over the toilet. |
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| Posted: 08/25/07 - 08:10 Post subject: Re: Hemorrhoidectomy Recovery - how long will it take? |
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| I thought that I was alone until my son showed me this forum and I read all of the quotes. For me, it is coming close to 6 weeeks since I had my surgery and I still cannot have a bm w/out pain or after excruciating pain, sometimes very little or nothing comes out. I've also learned what sleepless nights are. As with many of you, the dr told me one week recovery time then back to work. I returned to work after three weeks and had to request vacation time because I am still far from recovered. I go back on Monday and am holding on to God because these days have taught me how fragile we are as people. Although I was suffering and uncomfortable prior to surgery, I don't know if I would've had the surgery had I known what the recovery was like. You literally lose ctrl of your body, then hopefully regain ctrl once recovered. To all of you sharing my pain... I wish you a full recovery and thank you for your support. |
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| Posted: 08/25/07 - 16:09 Post subject: hemerroidectomy/prolapse |
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| Okay, after reading all of these posts, I'm completely freaked out. I am set to have a "external and internal hemorroidectomy & repair of rectal mucosal prolapse". Shall I simply update my will now? I am planning two weeks off from work maybe 2 1/2 tops. Will I make it? I will also have college classes starting shortly after, w/an hour drive each way. Need some serious advice. |
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J.D.C.
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| Posted: 08/26/07 - 13:19 Post subject: re: hemorrhoidectomy |
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| What is proctofoam? I have proctosol which is 2.5% hydrocortisone cream. Is proctofoam any better? |
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PhillyLizzy
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| Posted: 08/27/07 - 08:33 Post subject: Re: Hemorrhoidectomy |
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| HEALED wrote: | I just had a baby 14 days ago and a hemorrhoidectomy 6 days ago. I am currently having bowel movements (along with panic attacks from the pain) but I am taking a stool softener (2 a day) along with 2 Metamucil tablets daily and Lortab for pain every 4 hours. My issue is that since having the surgery, I am now sweating in my sleep with the air on and a fan blowing in my face and I just noticed today, with the use of a mirror, that I have stitches inside my vagina. Is this common? I am wondering if my vagina being stitched closed has something to do with the sweating.
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Just wanted to let you know the night sweats are from the horomones related to pregnancy, not the hemorrhoidectomy. I had a c-section in June, and had nightsweats that became less and less until after a couple months they just went away. Hang in there. |
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