Hemorrhoid Surgery and PAIN

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Hi, I would like to thank you for providing the information for alternative way of getting rid of hemorrhoids.

I have been suffering from hemorrhoids since since my early twenties and giving me many problems. I have been to a few TCM Physician for treatment and did not entirely cure my hemorrhoids. It recurring after it had subsided for a while.

I did not want to go through the surgical process in the hospital because my mother, who I would say had the misfortune of going through an ops suffered a series of surgical complications immediately after the ops.  One of the complications had her surgically removed her entire large intestines.  She was warded in the ICU for 2 months, and fortunately, she survived the ordeal but will have to live with the Ostomy bag for the rest of her life. But at the same time, I was looking and hoping that I would find a cure to my hemorrhoids.

I had my hemorrhoids treated at the TCM that you mentioned and it reaily amazing. The pain is bearable and without having any pain medication during the treatment. I am able to return to work on the same day. 

Hope this will help people like me which do not want to go for operation in hospital.

Many Thanks

Yes - the pain is right up there. I am at day 6 post op, and the pain has been constant and extreme post every BM since the anaesthetic wore off post surgery.

On Day 8, what's worse, is I have an unavoidable 8 hour trip (3.5 hours in a plane, the rest in a car and meetings). Given the most intense pain is always post BM for me, I can null that pain by jumping in a salt bath. Not so fortunate while travelling. I am taking Normocol now (a fibre & natural laxative mix prescribed by hospital) which keeps me regular, but I think I will hold off that the night before I travel and see if I can hold off a BM for the next day and let it scream out at night when I get to destination. Wil let you know how trip goes, but I do know if I have to do BM at day 8 with no salt bath such as in an airline toilet, I would not want to be using the hand basin after me:)

I am a bit pissed off with the surgeon to be honest. They underplay the pain and understate the recovery period. Mine said I'd be gettting back to normal in a "week or so" - now that's an out and out lie. I am thinking 4 weeks reading this forum before i don't need a salt bath next to me with every BM, and speaking to others directly who have had this surgery any return to normal work in a sedentary/office job is minimum 14 days.

I hope this is worth it, as it really is debilitating. Surgeons should state "you will not be mobile for 14 days, your life will revolve around laxatives, high fibre diet, BMs and Salt Baths, and you will expereince intense pain for most of the 14 days even if you follow all recomendations, plus less intense pain but still pain up til Day 28, with full relief in 6 -8 weeks".  If that picture was painted,  I would have had the colonoscopy to check the bowels and get a full diagnosis on the hemeriods, but delayed the surgery until I could have planned the prolonged downtime this actually requires. Now, I am faced with 8 hours of travel and a heavy schedule moving into next week that I am going to have to move around and risk losing my job (sales) or upsetting customers because I had made my plans based on misinformation by the surgeon who clearly has not had the treatment, or has ulterior motives for understating the recovery period.

Surgeons have vested interests in understating the pain - if they were honest, many people would defer which may not be as good for business and, in fairness to them in their "medical" opinion would mean more people suffer from hemeroids than need to (bearing in mind hemeroids isn't cancer - the "suffering" needs to be put in the context of the impact of the actual operation on your life) .  However, as good as the misinformation on recovery timeframes is at getting people through the doors, these same people base make post op plans on misinformation and recovery timeframes - plans that need to be changed. I don't think this is a reasonable approach.

In short, the operation and pain is "doable" if you can religiously follow the prescribed post op treatment, especially the salt baths, for at least 14 days straight (basically housebound), with a gentle move back into normal life from the 14 day to 6 week mark (some may be 21 day to 6 week). That's a realistic recovery plan. Think carefully about when you have the operation, and clear the decks of any commitments for at least a month including work if possible. Pity I couldn't do that...

The surgery may be 'minor', but the recovery timeframe and degree of impact to your life during the recovery timeframe is more akin to moderate surgery. This is no keyhole knee surgery - recovery timeframes and impact on your life tends more towards a broken right arm, assuming you are right handed...

Ayurveda has complete cure for hemorroid without surgery & of course without pain. May be patients are not aware of this.