Had my haemorrhoids banded yesterday . 3 were banded in total and I had a sigmoidoscopy at the same time . No pain whatsoever after the treatment . I thought it was due to the iv painkiller they gave me when I had sedation , but I've woken up this morning having taken no painkillers as I don't need any . Don't read all the bad reports - I was terrified and came home with 3 diff types of painkillers just incase . So pleased with how easy the procedure was .