I'm 6 weeks post haemmoroidectomy, I now have very little discomfort post BM, am virtually back to normal, however, started to bleed a few days ago. Took a look at the area & could see small pinpoint wound with blood so assume this the cause. Seems any pushing is causing some kind of breakage inside, giving it a few days to see if it stops then phoning consultant to check. Recovery is slow but sure, am glad I had the op but it's not for the faint hearted.
How are you guys now I'm at 9 weeks still a little swollen and having the same congestion feeling as everybody else after each bm. When do you feel completely normal. I'm able to walk run sitting is still a little uncomfortable but I just have an achey feeling and like there is a sore spot each time I use it. Need answers please tell me you guys are better now?
Hello...I had my surgery done on 05-02-16. I was unable to have a bowel movement by 05-06 even after doing everything I was told, fiber and stool softeners. I went to the ER on 05-05 to get some type of relief. They gave me a laxative to drink and I was sent home. That night I had a bowel movement, I bled like I was pouring pictures of red Kool-aide with every bowel movement. By the next morning I weak and lightheaded. I drove myself back to the ER. They looked at me like I was crazy and checked my vitals, low blood pressure. They ran a blood test checked my hemoglobin and it was usually around a 12 but came back at 9. I had loss 3 grams of blood. They add me and I was released today after they gave me a blood transfusion because my count was down to 7.3 and an adult should range from 12 to 15. I got back up to 9 and came home today. I still feel weak but better than I did before I went to the hospital. I am now awaiting the healing process and as we know the pain is unbearable. I'm on Norcos 7.5....NOTHING!! I hate having to go take BM. I'M JUST READY TO GET ON WITH MY life!! I'm fired and fatigue at times. Lay around a lot but do sitz baths, stool softener and fiber. Don't know how I ended up like this to begin with and did everything I was suppose to do after surgery.
I also had the surgery a month ago on 8/10/16 I'm going through the same thing you went through did you fully recover and how long did it take please reply I feel like giving up on life!!!!!!!!!!
I'm 6 days post op and in such pain. Suddenly bleeding more too and got an open sore wound just a little smaller than a 5p from a skin tag being removed :(when will this pain ease?
i had surgery in March of 2016 and still am in tremendous pain with minor bleeding. My doctor is blowing me off, cancels appointments and tells me to call if anything arises. It has never settled down! I was so much better before this surgery and regret ever having it done, it completely ruined my life.
I had a complete internal hemorrhoidectomy on 10/11/2016. It was done on a somewhat emergent basis as I originally was scheduled for a much lesser surgical procedure (forget the name of it but it had 3 initials). When they opened me up, I was spraying blood all over the OR. Thus the emergent hemorrhoidectomy. As if the pain wasn't bad enough, I continued to bleed every single day. 13 days post-op I went for my first post-op visit with the surgeon and told her I was still gushing out blood. She set me up for an exam under anesthesia on 10/27/2016 at which time she stapled, sutured and cauterized. Now it is 12/15/16 and I continue to bleed daily, sometimes multiple times a day. I have increased my fiber intake, am on Align probiotics once a day, eat veggies, greens and fruits and take Colase p.r.n. all to no avail. This is ridiculous. I keep thinking to myself I underwent two surgeries within 16 days of each other and all the agonizing pain I had especially after a BM, and for what? Nothing is any different. As a matter of fact, I'm bleeding more now than I did before.
Please I'd like to know if any of the many people posting to this have recovered after long periods of pain?
Late June 2016 I started having this horrible pain when driving on long drives. It felt like I was going to drop my intestines in the seat of my car. When I called my Dr. he said my sigmoidoscopy showed several large internal hemorrhoids that appeared thrombosed and referred me to a gastro gastroenterologist. He said my symptoms seemed more like a fissure than hemorrhoids but setup for me to have exam under anesthesia. That surgeon was leaving for vacation so another surgeon did the surgery. The surgeon told me if I wanted the hemorrhoids treated I had to have a hemorrhoidectomy because the I wasn’t a candidate for the alternative treatments. So I had a full internal hemorrhoidectomy on 07/05/2016.
At first all was well, didn’t even really have any pain. Nurse said I could eat 6 hours after surgery resuming my normal diet with a high focus on fiber. I listened and ended up with a “blockage”. It was basically an obstruction they chose not to operate on because liquids could still get around it.
I can’t even describe the pain, to even touch it I was dropping 10-20mg of oxycodone every 4 hours just to maintain the ability to move. The doctor put me on a clear liquid diet until it passed which finally happened on 07/20/2016. This was the single most painful experience of my life. The chunk of coal that came out of me looked like a black and red version of the “Thing” from the Fantastic 4. The surgeon kept me on the clear liquid diet until I had to break it at 30 days because I was starting to get crazy dizzy spells. It wasn’t too hard to stay on the diet because the sheer fear of experiencing that pain was enough to motivate one to starve to death rather than risk something coming back out of them.
At first it took 10-20mg Oxycodone just for me to be able to walk. It was horrid and my infrequent BMs were small, pasty, more blood than stool and still very painful.
Trying every ointment in the world to get the pain to be bearable finally one helped, diltiazem ointment. Unfortunately it caused a pretty bad rash, which developed into a perirectal abscess and eventually a MRSA infection in the entire perirectal area. Because the surgeon refused to test the first one for MRSA I had to have 2 surgeries. One for the perirectal abscess and one for the abscess that grew close by (under a very manly location). Through all this the pain persisted, although the specialist I saw for this refused to work on it until they had corrected the MRSA. So on 12/28/2016 I did a follow up exam under anesthesia and it was determined I was very irritated, however healing well and they saw no visible reason for the pain. I received Botox injections that I was told “should” help the way diltiazem did.
It is now almost 5 months from the original surgery. The pain during a BM is massive. Sometimes depending on the BM I can be laid up the entire day in pain. It’s hard for me to push it all out so if there’s follow up BMs those have to be done in the bathtub because the pain of attempting the toilet again is unbearable.
I used all my sick time, vacation time, and eventually was released from my job because my health was interfering too much with my ability to work. I went on disability leave on 11/04/2016 after the surgery for the abscess (when the MRSA began).
My boss said my Job is waiting for me but only when I’m back to 100%. My job however requires a lot of driving, sometimes 300+ miles a day. There’s no way I could travel to the bay area, stop and use a restroom for a BM at a business, then drive myself home, I’d be wrecked!
They haven’t allowed me pain killers in months. I’ve been through 4 surgeons and they’ve pretty much all written me off. They’re not giving me any more time off work either.
This ordeal has been horrid and the pain is so unbearable I’d rather not live than live my life this way. In the last 5 months I’ve spent more time sitting in a tub in my own stool than I probably did my entire childhood. I’ve had more “I can’t take this anymore” moments than I ever imagined living through.
I have a great job that I love waiting for me but it won’t wait forever. I’m in immense lasting pain somewhere between every other day to every other day. I have exhausted every resource I know as well as every last one Kaiser seems to know.
Is this my life now? Is there hope? I feel as though I’ve tried everything and I’m no closer to recovery than I was 3 months ago. I’m angry all the time from the pain, I spend days at a time in bed and I feel as if there may be no hope left. This is wrecking my life.
Please if anyone has had a similar experience and found a light at the end of the tunnel that wasn’t the famous light you’re not supposed to walk into I would love to know. Please let me know if there is hope?
Late June 2016 I started having this horrible pain when driving on long drives. It felt like I was going to drop my intestines in the seat of my car. When I called my Dr. he said my sigmoidoscopy showed several large internal hemorrhoids that appeared thrombosed and referred me to a gastro gastroenterologist. He said my symptoms seemed more like a fissure than hemorrhoids but setup for me to have exam under anesthesia. That surgeon was leaving for vacation so another surgeon did the surgery. The surgeon told me if I wanted the hemorrhoids treated I had to have a hemorrhoidectomy because the I wasn’t a candidate for the alternative treatments. So I had a full internal hemorrhoidectomy on 07/05/2016.
At first all was well, didn’t even really have any pain. Nurse said I could eat 6 hours after surgery resuming my normal diet with a high focus on fiber. I listened and ended up with a “blockage”. It was basically an obstruction they chose not to operate on because liquids could still get around it.
I can’t even describe the pain, to even touch it I was dropping 10-20mg of oxycodone every 4 hours just to maintain the ability to move. The doctor put me on a clear liquid diet until it passed which finally happened on 07/20/2016. This was the single most painful experience of my life. The chunk of coal that came out of me looked like a black and red version of the “Thing” from the Fantastic 4. The surgeon kept me on the clear liquid diet until I had to break it at 30 days because I was starting to get crazy dizzy spells. It wasn’t too hard to stay on the diet because the sheer fear of experiencing that pain was enough to motivate one to starve to death rather than risk something coming back out of them.
At first it took 10-20mg Oxycodone just for me to be able to walk. It was horrid and my infrequent BMs were small, pasty, more blood than stool and still very painful.
Trying every ointment in the world to get the pain to be bearable finally one helped, diltiazem ointment. Unfortunately it caused a pretty bad rash, which developed into a perirectal abscess and eventually a MRSA infection in the entire perirectal area. Because the surgeon refused to test the first one for MRSA I had to have 2 surgeries. One for the perirectal abscess and one for the abscess that grew close by (under a very manly location). Through all this the pain persisted, although the specialist I saw for this refused to work on it until they had corrected the MRSA. So on 12/28/2016 I did a follow up exam under anesthesia and it was determined I was very irritated, however healing well and they saw no visible reason for the pain. I received Botox injections that I was told “should” help the way diltiazem did.
It is now almost 5 months from the original surgery. The pain during a BM is massive. Sometimes depending on the BM I can be laid up the entire day in pain. It’s hard for me to push it all out so if there’s follow up BMs those have to be done in the bathtub because the pain of attempting the toilet again is unbearable.
I used all my sick time, vacation time, and eventually was released from my job because my health was interfering too much with my ability to work. I went on disability leave on 11/04/2016 after the surgery for the abscess (when the MRSA began).
My boss said my Job is waiting for me but only when I’m back to 100%. My job however requires a lot of driving, sometimes 300+ miles a day. There’s no way I could travel to the bay area, stop and use a restroom for a BM at a business, then drive myself home, I’d be wrecked!
They haven’t allowed me pain killers in months. I’ve been through 4 surgeons and they’ve pretty much all written me off. They’re not giving me any more time off work either.
This ordeal has been horrid and the pain is so unbearable I’d rather not live than live my life this way. In the last 5 months I’ve spent more time sitting in a tub in my own stool than I probably did my entire childhood. I’ve had more “I can’t take this anymore” moments than I ever imagined living through.
I have a great job that I love waiting for me but it won’t wait forever. I’m in immense lasting pain somewhere between every other day to every other day. I have exhausted every resource I know as well as every last one Kaiser seems to know.
Is this my life now? Is there hope? I feel as though I’ve tried everything and I’m no closer to recovery than I was 3 months ago. I’m angry all the time from the pain, I spend days at a time in bed and I feel as if there may be no hope left. This is wrecking my life.
Please if anyone has had a similar experience and found a light at the end of the tunnel that wasn’t the famous light you’re not supposed to walk into I would love to know. Please let me know if there is hope?
I am having same problems after surgery two months out. My dr prescribed Linzess which helps with making bm soft. This is very helpful. Still some pain but no more hard bms
Having same problems as everyone else. Linzess very helpful.
I am with you on this your words to the T are the truth . This surgery is horrible. I am 7 weeks post opp and my ass burns and stings and bleeds still . Just plain sucks . So if anyone reading the posts on here . Please think twice about having this surgery. It has ruin my life functions but my wife has to suffer too because sex isn't a possibility for me . I am in constant pain . Long story short . You know when they say boy this is a pain in the ass ? Well try getting a Hemorriodecyomy then you can say with absolute certainty You have a pain in your ass . IT PLAIN SUCKS.
Hi ,
To all I feel your post hemorriodectomy. Dave from the UK. I'm post op 12 weeks. This operation takes up-to 6 months to fully heal. There are some rules I would love share with all who experience this operation. Tips I guess to help. That really has worked.
1/ Ask the hospital for instillagel. Local anesthetic in a syringe. Prior bowel movement. Post movement for two weeks post op.
2/ Have a shallow bath. Add a little salt to the bat water, bathe Straight after BM. As your muscles down there are relaxed. Soak 20 minutes.
3/Use Fibrogel, sachets 2-3 a day. These are a god send. Bran sachet . They help to keep your BM formed but soft. Not runny. Which will cause more prone to infection if your BM are liquid. After week 6-8. Drop down to 1 sachet per day. Drink at least 3 pints of water through the day.
4/ You will experience a yellow discharge. Some poop leakage too. Don't be alarmed. Your muscles have been opened to extreme. Lol. Anyway. When you feel this leakage. You must try to clean up straight away. Little water, soap etc..
5/ So take a dip in a warm/hot bath for 20 mins after BM. Plus have another bath at night before bed. All this helps with healing the area.
6/ I get all the degrading leakage, one thing I forgot to mention. If your a man. Be glad of lady monthly pads. There another god send. Helps to suppress the leakage. Change 2-4 tines a day. Happy days. the pain is hard mentally, physically drains you in and out the tub. But there is light at the end of the tunnel. Use the items, make a list. You won't go far wrong.
7/ Don't sit on your butt for any long periods for the first 8 weeks. Try an walk when you can, not to much. Little by little. This operation will take up-to 6 months. Due too the area. It's a roller coaster of 1 step forward. Two steps back. Blood, tears, anxiety, frustration. But listen. Use the things above with a good diet. Bingo you will come through this. It's a long one. Good luck to all. Feeling your pain and discomfort. Dave. England. UK.
To all I feel your post hemorriodectomy. Dave from the UK. I'm post op 12 weeks. This operation takes up-to 6 months to fully heal. There are some rules I would love share with all who experience this operation. Tips I guess to help. That really has worked.
1/ Ask the hospital for instillagel. Local anesthetic in a syringe. Prior bowel movement. Post movement for two weeks post op.
2/ Have a shallow bath. Add a little salt to the bat water, bathe Straight after BM. As your muscles down there are relaxed. Soak 20 minutes.
3/Use Fibrogel, sachets 2-3 a day. These are a god send. Bran sachet . They help to keep your BM formed but soft. Not runny. Which will cause more prone to infection if your BM are liquid. After week 6-8. Drop down to 1 sachet per day. Drink at least 3 pints of water through the day.
4/ You will experience a yellow discharge. Some poop leakage too. Don't be alarmed. Your muscles have been opened to extreme. Lol. Anyway. When you feel this leakage. You must try to clean up straight away. Little water, soap etc..
5/ So take a dip in a warm/hot bath for 20 mins after BM. Plus have another bath at night before bed. All this helps with healing the area.
6/ I get all the degrading leakage, one thing I forgot to mention. If your a man. Be glad of lady monthly pads. There another god send. Helps to suppress the leakage. Change 2-4 tines a day. Happy days. the pain is hard mentally, physically drains you in and out the tub. But there is light at the end of the tunnel. Use the items, make a list. You won't go far wrong.
7/ Don't sit on your butt for any long periods for the first 8 weeks. Try an walk when you can, not to much. Little by little. This operation will take up-to 6 months. Due too the area. It's a roller coaster of 1 step forward. Two steps back. Blood, tears, anxiety, frustration. But listen. Use the things above with a good diet. Bingo you will come through this. It's a long one. Good luck to all. Feeling your pain and discomfort. Dave. England. UK.
Please say you went to a different doctor. Its time for another opinion. So sorry.
No one wants to admit some thing went wrong . They will leave you suffering' pay a legal surgen to find out if any thing went wrong .
Did it ever go away. 6 weeks after op the same pain after having spigot hoursregards