It's now been a week since my op to remove 3 3rd degree hemmorhoids. I didn't have any pain after the op (just a dull ache) and so refused the painkillers whilst I was in hospital. I brought some home though just in case.
I was walking around the city after being discharged quite happily, and eventually went home that evening. I was urinating without a problem with no bleeding or discharge from my rear.
4 days later I had my first bowel movement and wow was it painful, my entire body was sweating, the pain was intense, my ass seemed like it was on fire. I couldn't stand up without the intense pain shooting around my body. When I eventually managed to get up I found that I had managed to excrete what could only be described as a grape covered in blood. It was that small. The wipes were then covered in blood also. The pain lasted for about 4 hours afterwards, and the painkillers given to me didn't seem to do anything.
Next day pretty much the same thing happened in the morning, but that evening, my body managed to push everything out.
Now 7 days after the op I had a bowel movement and it's the same agony for a single poo the size of a grape, even though I want to do more, nothing seems to want to come out. The pain seems worse as it seems like a portion of a poo exits the anus, but the muscle refuses to push out the remaining.
Does anyone else seem to have this problem? It can take me 4 or 5 attempts to actually have a proper BM. I'm on Fibregel and Senokot, with Paracetamol for the pain.
I was walking around the city after being discharged quite happily, and eventually went home that evening. I was urinating without a problem with no bleeding or discharge from my rear.
4 days later I had my first bowel movement and wow was it painful, my entire body was sweating, the pain was intense, my ass seemed like it was on fire. I couldn't stand up without the intense pain shooting around my body. When I eventually managed to get up I found that I had managed to excrete what could only be described as a grape covered in blood. It was that small. The wipes were then covered in blood also. The pain lasted for about 4 hours afterwards, and the painkillers given to me didn't seem to do anything.
Next day pretty much the same thing happened in the morning, but that evening, my body managed to push everything out.
Now 7 days after the op I had a bowel movement and it's the same agony for a single poo the size of a grape, even though I want to do more, nothing seems to want to come out. The pain seems worse as it seems like a portion of a poo exits the anus, but the muscle refuses to push out the remaining.
Does anyone else seem to have this problem? It can take me 4 or 5 attempts to actually have a proper BM. I'm on Fibregel and Senokot, with Paracetamol for the pain.
I'm sorry to hear that it's going hard for you but I can tell you that what you are experiencing is largely normal. I think that as time goes on you will have better control over your sphincter which I'm sure right now you don't have much control over since you have just had surgery. Keep us posted on what happens, okay?
I was like that the first week... Try a stool softener every day, drink water, use a glycerin suppository, and try advil instead of any narcotic pain meds if you can stand it or try to reduce the pain meds. As soon as I reduced the pain meds, added water, with taking the stool softener it was much easier. The pain meds constipate you and you had a lot in the hospital too...
Also the bath does help right after the BM. Then I layed down for a while for it to calm down.
The second week I had the opposite problem and could not stay out of the bathroom and took a pill to stop going. NOw I have not had a BM in 2 days so I think I will take a stool softener tonight to help things move along...
Good luck!
Also the bath does help right after the BM. Then I layed down for a while for it to calm down.
The second week I had the opposite problem and could not stay out of the bathroom and took a pill to stop going. NOw I have not had a BM in 2 days so I think I will take a stool softener tonight to help things move along...
Good luck!