My hemorrhoidectomy recovery story, my full regime

Hi. I thought I would add my story as there aren't many UK ones. 

I have had hemorrhoids since my first child 20 years ago. They were my own fault too much weight gain .Sedentary lifestyle etc. They got worse when i had my second beast if a baby (10lb 1oz) but i coped. Over the years they have flared up and I have had constipation/bleeding etc. But over the laat year I have not been able to get clean, they itch and flare up.  I also had gas problems and never felt like I had finished a bowel movement. 

I went to my gp who put me forward for surgery .My fears were around fecal incontinence following surgery which apparently is a higher risk because I had stitching after both births. I went ahead with the surgery because the effect on my life is huge. I need to be able to be clean. I have tried every ointment on the shelf and sone herbal ones ( apple cider vinegar and tea tree oil are not a good idea .They burn like hell)

I had a hemorrhoidectomy with ooen wound and excision of skin tags on the 28th feb 18 and came home the same day. 

Due to the amount if general and local anaesthetic they gave me I had very little feeling until 11am the nexr day. I rested and followed this regime

8am antibiotic and two solpadeine max.       

10am 1 ibuprofen

12 noon two solpadeine max

2pm antibiotic and 1 ibuprofen

4pm two solpadeine max

6pm 1 ibpuprofen

8pm two solpadeine max and antibiotic

10pm 2 ibuprofen

11pm laxative

I did that on day 1 and day 2

On day 3 I ditched the solpadeine max and ibuorofen and uaed the hospital issued paracetemol. 

I slept very badly because of pain and ended up taking paracetamol at 3am 

Today which is day 4 I have taken 2 paracetamol at 3an, 1 ibuprofen at 8am, two ibuprofen at 4pm and 2 paracetamol at 5pm. 

My firsr bm on day 2 was compacted and hurt. My second was mildly better. I cleaned with a ahower and normal bath but still panicked about being clean because of 'let downs' while I was resting. 

Day 3 movements were marginally better but that could be because i ate proper food and not just smoothies and tea. I had porridge with fruit for breakfast, a fruit salad and then a jacket potato with beans .

Last night I had a horrible time with a compacted movement at half past midnight and another difficult attempt at 5am. I decided that this might be because i was being conscious of my food and drink choices until the jacket potato. Then i appear to have not eaten or drunk a lot

So today I have set my alarm for every two hours to remind me to eat and refill my water. I've drunk about 5 litres today alongside porridge, fruit ,  nuts, another jacket potato and soup. It has worked like a dream. The only meal I didn't have an easy movement after was the potato with beans. 

My only concern now is that I have had a productive fart, luckily in the toilet, however I am hoping that it won't happen once i stop uaing laxatives, which I am hoping will be tomorrow .

My only other problem has been a sense of not feeling well which I am told could be due to the antibiotic (metronidazole) which is apparently a beast and designed to kill everything in it's path. 

So there we go .Day 4 and, touch wood, all is well .Yes there are horror stories but there are more like mine .I still fear fecal incontinence but I couldn't get myself clean even when I tidied up my diet which caused me huge psychological problems so it is just a different fear which I have already researched and found some exercises that will help strengthen the area .

It isn't all doom and gloom. Take the pain relief for the first two days and then follow a regime that suits you. I have been lucky. Mine were all external and appear so far to have responded well. 

Here's hoping I sleep tonight!