BM after hemorrhoidectomy

Hi. I'm on 2 weeks exactly today and I'm feeling good. Still have little bit of soreness and some swelling. I also feel like it's kind of hard to start a BM even though I'm keeping it very soft with lot of fruits and veggies and brown bread and brown rice. Also feel like I have to have a bowel movement. Maybe to much fibre and water. Going to cut back a bit. Do you still have swelling and this may feel why it's hard to pass stool. What does your doctor say about it ? How are you feeling besides that. ?
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I had hemorrhoidectomy,  7days post op. I thought I was dying… first two days were not too bad, just pain where incision was, when I started to have urge for BM was when my hell began… the pressure pain was unbearable.. couldn't sit at the toilet because it felt like I was ripping from inside out.. my life saver was my detachable shower head.. though it relieved some pain but I was near passing out..  the most painful part was I felt the urge every 2 hours and was in the shower 2 hours moaning, praying, sweating just to pass few pellets… thinking I'm done, I would come out dry myself just to go back in before I can put my clothes on with cycle of intense, excruciating pressure pain, I had to push as hard as I can and literally, use my fingers to roll out the poop from my anus.. I was constipated, not too severely.. I was on norco and stool softner, took meta mucil but it wasn't helping, I guess norco wasn't helping.. I had given birth twice, which caused the hemorrhoids, but I rather have given birth 10times than go through this much pain, if I knew, I would've never, ever done the surgery… I was pretty much starving myself for 3days.. I was recommended to take milk of magnesia, I took it first day(day 3), nothing.. second day(day 4), still nothing… constantly going to the shower every 2 hours… day 5 was the miracle day, I was still suffering in the morning, then around noon, I was woken up in my short nap by strong, the strongest urge, got to the bathroom just in time, sat on the toilet for the first time since I knew I didn't have time to go into the shower, it felt like everything ripped open, only for a second though, I had literally passed about 1lb. of BM!! mixed with hard and soft stool with so much blood.. it burned so bad and as I got up to go into the shower, it started to pour out just diarrhea.. uncontrollable, unstoppable… I would say another good pound of that, I finally, FINALLY felt relieved… like waking up from your worse nightmare of your life.. I stopped the milk of magnesia and norco, rotating tylenol with advil every 3-4 hours, drinking water as much as I can, it makes me nauseous just drinking water now… but that pressure pain has went away greatly, thank God!!!..  I do have diarrhea still, need to wear adult diapers since once it decides to come out, doesn't wait for me to get to the bathroom, and when I initially go, it still burns and stings like there's no tomorrow. but grateful I don't have to be in the shower half of the day with the pain I wish I can just die… I eat salad, soup and fiber one cereal as my meals, gonna try to stay away from carb for awhile… I wish I knew before surgery.. I do not wish this pain on my worst enemy.. I called my recovery "war of BM" because that is where unbearable pain is, I can handle the incisions and pain from that to a certain degree but not from BM…. if anyone is considering the surgery and reads this, DON'T DO IT!!  try everything else first.. I've been trapped in my room for 7 days, don't have a clue when I'll be able to step outside, i just wish I didn't have to have the urge to go BM every few hours just to go a little with so much burning pain… I pray that I can be "normal" real soon, just normal… it terrifies me to read what everyone posted because of them saying "week2" "week3" "still hurts to have BM" "still having BM 5-6 times. a day"…… omg, please don't let me go on that long… I can't.. just can't suffer that long…. 

Thanks for posting your experience I had gone to a rectal surgeon last year to have my hemorrhoids checked. She said they were large and should be removed. I questioned her about the pain she told me it wasn't that bad. Well after reading stories like yours and others I cancelled the surgery. Reality is I never really needed it they bleed once in awhile when I let my self get constipated but prunes work wonders for me. Unless mine get lot worse ill deal with it. Hope you feel better.

I'm in the same boat as you it seems. Did you make any progress?

Hello Sassy 347018, I'm in the same boat as you it seems.

Are you feeling like a normal human yet?

I had a hemrroidehctomy two Months ago and thought I healed just fine was having normal bowels and now All of a sudden I'm having pain in that area and it hurts so much to have a bowel movement plus I pee while having one and it burns I'm also bleeding when I poop what could be the problem

Use ice pack! It helps with the swelling and pain, is better than hot/ warm water after BM. I m on day 6, taking Diclofenac for pain, I would say the pain is quite manageble, around 2-3 for most of the time and maybe 6 after BM. Feel getting better every day...

Hello I just a hemorrhoidectomy by longo technic 2 days ago. I'm resting but have a lot of pain.. I can't pass any gas and can't have a BM. I'm taking laxatives and stool softness. It almost feels like I'm plugged... does anybody have a comments or felt similar??

Different people have different experiences with this operation and no two cases are the same it seems. I didn't have too much pain, but the pain I did have was relieved by the pain killers and spending time in a warm/hot bath. I had my first BM the evening on the day after the op. After reading horror stories about it, it wasn't as bad as I had been led to believe. Walking around will get the old system working (if you feel up to a stroll, if not wander round the house). It will come, so don't go straining if you can help it. I'm 8 weeks past the op date and there is no pain, nowhere near as much blood and the only issue I have is when I do go for a BM, it swells up a lot inside and blocks me up for a few hours. I suppose it needs more time to heal as it is quite an aggressive operation in a delicate place.

I had my hemorrhoidectomy 23 days ago and I also have very thin stool and it feels like something is blocking it. The doctor said last week that I am healing but I am nervous. Will see him in 3 days and see what he can say to assure me everything is all right and it will take a little longer to achieve a normal BM. If someone can reply to this with some insight I would appreciate it.

it's too early for you to worry. You're still healing. It took me months to feel better. The best news I received was after 6 weeks and my surgeon told me there were no red flags.

Hi guys I had my hemorrhoidectomy and they also removed my right ovary in the same operation on 30 March 2016. It is now 3 April 2016 so it has been 4 days since my op. I had no pain the first 2 days and then the local anestetic wore off! Now it is excrutiatingly painfull. I have found that bathing in a little luke warm water with 2 hands of salt for 15 minutes help alot. And for constipation you can go to your local pharmacy and buy an enima ask them for one that you can drink! Trust me it is much better than to put a tube up your sore bum!!! The doctor can also prescribe a numbing ointment that helps a lot!! Goodluck to all my buds out there!!! I know how it feels!!!

I too had the surgery on 4-11-16. It is now day 6. Indeed there is pain. The first bm hurt, but each one after is easier. I also have been bleeding with bm. The problem I have is every time I stand I feel I have to go. And I know your not suppose to strain but I am. 2 to 4 times day. Has anybody else gone thru this ? And will it get better?

How are you know? What was the next week like?

This is exactly what is happening to me right now. It's a 6 hour process now. I'm on day 6 and I have a decent bm in morning and then about 5 little tiny plops after. Each time having to get back in shower to clean as sitz don't work well for me bc my water doesn't get hot enough. Sometimes it's only like a grape size or less. Yet the process of cleaning is exhausting and pain every time. I stopped pain killers on day 2.. Took miralax in addition to citrucel and colace day 3 because I was constipated but had to go. Could feel the hard poo pushing on edge of my rectum. Stood that way for about 6 hours. In and out of bathroom. Nothing happening. Finally I went at night. Felt better. Wasn't that painful. Next morning, day 4 I took the miralax again because woke feeling same thing. Eventually went and it was more painful. Then the in and out of bathroom all day. My ass was so sore. Miserable day. Day 5 I stopped miralax and citrucel and only took stool softener. I couldn't stop going. Every time I had to pee I pooped and it was just little bits again. So I figured the miralax was just working its way out. I only took stool softeners on day 5 but I'm eating very healthy. I have oatmeal w blueberries, green smoothies w kale, banana, pineapple and mango, yogurt, sweet potato, had eggs w spinach and avocado and a little sprouted grain toast and an apple. Drank almost a gallon of water. Today is day 6 and the morning was reminiscent of yesterday which I don't get because I took no miralax for the last two days or fiber pill. My stool was less mushy/watery but still soft. I just wish I could get it all out in one shot and then deal w pain and clean up. This 6-8 times in and out is maddening. The good thing is at night I seem to be comfortable. I had small bm last night before bed and slept well. So I guess that's improvement. We shall see what day 7 brings. Please God let it get better.