Hemorrhoidectomy Recovery - how long will it take?

I had surgery yesterday morning. Not so painful afterwards, occasional tylenol. However it's gotten swollen by the midday of yesterday, looks like external hemorrhoids, bigger than before. Hope it's just swelling that will go away soon, and it won't get thrombosed. Otherwise, not much sense in having had the surgery to begin with. These hems being squeezed is what's causing pain. Can't do sitz bath for more than 10 min due to the pressure I feel during sitting. Walking around the building. Not too bad. Good luck to all!

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How Long Does Hemorrhoidectomy Recovery Last

All - I'm glad I didn't come across this forum, or even research a Hemorrhoidectomy, prior to my surgery; today I celebrated 8wks since my surgery.



Hopefully my input will be well-received by those of you still early in your recovery; for others who are considering the procedure, be wise and begin your preparatory work prior to the surgery. The 2-3 or 3-4 week "return to normal" that the medical staff suggest is bogus.



I refused the Tylenol with codeine due to the risk of constipation; instead, I consumed 2 extra-strength Tylenols and 2 extra-strength Advils every 2-4 hours immediately following the surgery. In 2 weeks, I had consumed 140 Tylenols and 160 Advils; of course I was concerned about this but there was no choice for me as I wasn't going to entertain the thought of constipation.



You must mind your diet; you must eat foods of good fiber as opposed to heavy and bulky fiber. My mother had the surgery 25yrs prior and began a diet of kiwi fruit and pears first thing in the morning with her breakfast. I followed accordingly. This has saved me, though I eat 2 kiwis and 2 pears daily now. On top of that, some days I start the morning with a glass of psyllium husk in a tall glass of water; in the evenings I still have 1 stool softner. I'm health-conscious as it is, but now, the fear of constipation and a difficult bowel movement has me managing my dietary consumption like never before. Frankly, I wish I had made these changes prior to the surgery.



Do not be fooled. You will experience pain; the medical staff cannot emphasize this enough - else, there'd be no such surgeries. Do not strain; rather change your diet and make sure you're getting your fluids. Don't ignore these requirements; they make the difference between a manageable recovery versus the return of your hemmorrhoids, aside from other complications due to the physical and mental stress brought on by this experience.



For those who have yet to undergo the procedure, begin a soup and salad diet one week prior to the surgery; thereafter, maintain the same for a good few weeks but slowly introduce bran muffins and fruits into your diet - stay away from bananas. The recovery takes time; each week you're ahead of the last but have ways to go as you're still healing internally. Every bowel movement re-traumatizes the area; this causes bleeding and, yes, it's painful. You must keep clean; bathe and wash the area. I still take a few Tylenols on some days but, fortunately, this too passes.



Don't kid yourself into thinking you're fine after the surgery; you need to rest and the let body heal. I couldn't go to the gym for 7wks after my surgery. Of course, everyone's experience is different but, this is in fact the most agonizing experience that one can't appreciate unless they've experienced it.



Remember, the one area of the body that without which and if collapsed the rest of the body can't function, is actually the colon. Mind your health and be wise - give yourself time to heal and slow down completely. You're forced to. This changed my life and I'm still recovering.



Hope this helped - God bless.



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I had my haemmeroidectomy at a private clinic less than 13 days ago. I have suffered with haemmeroids for 26 years triggered by pregnancy. This was my eleventh operation so I am used to surgery but I have to say I was terrified of the procedure and not calm at all. The op went well and I had not much pain for the first 3 days. Then I got sick and constipated from the prescription pain killers despite the laxitive I was taking. My husband had to listen to me locked in the bathroom sobbing my heart out in sheer agony. It was the nearest to death experience I have ever experienced. I was in so much pain I wanted to die. I went from the toilet to the shower constantly for three hours trying to pass a stool. The bathroom looked like an abatoir with blood everywhere. After two days I rang the hospital who confirmed I was suffering from constipation and should up the dose on laxative, stop the pain killers and switch to parecetemol. After that I suffered two days of diaorhrea which at least was a release.

I am completely traumatized by the situation and am suffering severe panic attacks when I feel an imminent bowel movement. After nearly two weeks I still have raw bleeding open and weeping wounds. I am depressed and cannot get back to work and as I am an MD in the retail trade Christmas being my busiest period its all adding to my pressure and stress.

I have this morning logged onto the site hoping to find a postive answer as to when I will begin to feel better but alas. I am now relieved that I am not alone and like other patients the surgeons have lied as to when we will again feel normal. I totaly agree if we knew more we would never have gone ahead with the procedure. I would class this operation as barbaric. My pain threshold is high but this op is the pits. Anyone suffering you have my deepest sympathy and hopefully in time we will heal, physically and mentally.

*(brunette2090)* I am 20 years old and just about 2 weeks ago had a hemorroidectomy and sphincterotomy done at the same time. I also had a terrible skin tag removed externally. I have suffered with a chronic anal fissure for almost 2 years. I believe they also removed scar tissue from the fissure trying to heal off and on over the 2 years. What is terrible is that I had no idea I had the hemorroid until they started my surgery. It was thrombosed. So obviously the first week was terrible as far as the pain goes. I was on hydrocodone and valium. I was taking sometimes 2 hyrdrocodone every 4 hours. For the first 5 days no BM. Then when the time came to go it was almost impossible. Everything felt completely LOCKED inside. I'm just now about 3 days after my 2 weeks and having a BM is still absolutely horrible. It brings me to tears almost every time. I go in for my post surgery check up in 2 days. I've been a nervous wreck thinking about anything and everything that could go wrong after this surgery. What worries me the most is that I feel so locked up during a BM. Is that normal? I realize I had ALOT of work done and that everything is probably out of whack for a while but still it makes me so scared. And I thought maybe all the hydrocodone I took could be a huge factor with this whole LOCKED up feeling. And I'm thinking I still have atleast 3 more weeks before I'm even close to 90%. Since most people usually have only one of these 2 procedures done at once. I'm just glad to know theres others that have and are going through this too. Its comforting. But I hope that I have a fast recovery and so does everyone else. And last I will say that the skin tag before it was removed was painful to the touch! If anyone has any advice or helpful comments please feel free to share. This is for sure a surgery I do not want again lol.

So, I contemplated having this surgery for 5 yrs. It all started after having my first baby. The Dr kept telling me I should do it but I was in denial. I thought, well maybe they'll go away on their own and then maybe I should wait until I'm done having kids. Well, time went one and they didn't go away by themself and my second child was born. Things continued to progressively get worse and worse. They would always bleed and would leak fluid, like a mucous. I didn't know hemmrhoids could do that. After seeing my Colorectal surgeron Dr back in 06, then 08 and then again in 11, it was time. These hemmrhoids got worse, if such a possible thing and I developed a peduculated polyp on top of all of this which was really leading to all the leakage. My hemmrhoids were thrombosed. In Feb, I went through the surgery. I will be hitting week 1 of recovery. I must say, I don't regret it at all. althought it's been painful, it was time. Filling two maxi pads of fluid a day from your hemmroid is not normal. I feel great to not have to deal with that any more. My recommendation to all is to follow your Drs orders to a "T". Take your stool softeners 3 times per day and take your benefiber 3 times per day also. DO NOT let yourself get constipated. I did with those pain meds which was a little blessing because I gave myself 5 days before having a BM (more time to heal). If you do get constipated from the crazy pain meds, take duculax laxitiives. In 6 hrs, 3 of those will do the trick. The other key is the sithes baths. They help tremendously. I found laying on my stomach with a pillow at my hips helped a ton as well. Air out and have the ceiling fan on low. If you have children, you will not be able to care for them so please get help. As I said, Tues. will be week 1. I'm 80% better and I really owe it to all of this.

One last thing, I did have problems urinating like the other person mentioned, Don't drink too many fluids day one and and have your DR give you valuim with the percoset. It did wonders for me.

hopes this helps someone. I did lots of research and appreciated all the comments out there. Good LucK!

When can u you Cough I can't yell the Pressure is my problem

I had same surgery two weeks ago now. They had to go in and cut off blood supply feeding hemorrhoid tissue as well. This was done in hospital I went home hours later. Returned back by ambulance because of agonizing pain. I was screaming in pain. I was re admitted. They tried to get pain under control was not to successful with going back under anatesia and trying to see fix what went wrong. Went home back again via ambulance in agonizing pain but this time hemorrhaging. It looked like a crime scene. Something was not right. It's now going on week 3. The bowl movements were the worse they kept giving me hope saying this is one of the worse surgeries people could have. I was on floor in bathroom screaming from pain of trying to have bm. I never in my life thought I could ever endure so much pain. After several doctors visits and no answers I went to new doctor. He changed my scripts put me on this miracle medicine for bowl movements and let me first say omg I can have a bowl movement with out my kids fearing mommy would be screaming on floor bleeding in agonizing pain. He put me on linzess. I want to kiss this doctor. We're not sure ofy surgery was botched. I was prepped a few timessages for blood transfusion. I looked like the walking dead before this new doctor. The pain is very much there ... it hurts so bad down there. But the pain from bm is not so bad it's tolerable. I see a rectal colon specialist tomorrow and I'm praying nothing was botched. I'm deathly afraid of thst hospital and the surgery team.my bed wasn't locked I fell getting into bed hurt my shoulder elbow and knee on top of all that was going on. I honestly thought I was going to die from hemmorging. I told my kids I loved them so much called my family back home told them I loved them. Everyone was panicking including the nurses on floor bc of my massive blood loss. My bp fell. My hemoglobin dropped to a 7. I would never wish this surgery upon my worst enemy. If I could do a do over I would. I still have problems sleeping bc of pain but than in same sense I'm so tired from meds. I'm unfunctionable. Today I tried to venture out bc I was going stir crazy. Bad idea. I can't hold my bm in at all if it comes it comes. The pain from going to grocery store to get 5 things was unbearable. I'm totally depressed by this whole situation. I'm a tough cookie but this is breaking me. I feel like there's not a positive outcome I fear another surgery to correct the other two. I'm honestly scared. I will not go back to the hospital I had surgery I'm a deathly afraid. I see people saying their surgeries were fine. I was told by my surgeon this was his second case in 18 years of all the problems I have had. I lost about 25 lb now. This is what I have been dealing with.