I had my surgery few weeks ago and I'm very happy I've done it, I'm no longer scared of going to the bathroom and I can go out after having a bowel movement instead of waiting for few hours for the pain to relieve this surgery brought me back to my normal life First week was painful but it's not that bad with painkillers and sitz baths it's manageable.. the second week it's better and at the end of it you start to see less blood or no blood at all at the bandages.. Third week I'm feeling much better I'm back to my normal life I can have a BM in the morning and then continue my day normally no pain no stress. A donut pillow helped a lot in the first two weeks. Sitz bath, good high fiber diet and try not to have a constipation don't be afraid of going to the bathroom everyday and even twice a day