post-hemorrhoidectomy - pus/mucus-like leekage

I am a week out of surgery. My bowel movements were painful because it was hard. I took one Dulcax laxative and it cause me to have diarrhea all day. I have pus ozzing. I have a painful knot that have appeared on the left side of my anal. The doctor stated today that it wasnt my external hemorrhoid coming back. He prescribed me some lidocaine ointment and told me to take backward showers which I have been doing since I made it home(3 to 4 a day and sitting in the tub). I feel swollen on the inside. However, I was told by my doctor that I should be ready to go back to work in a couple of days before I agreed to the sugery. NOT.I have been reading and reading and still no understanding. I really hope things work out for you all and myself soon. B blessed....

Hi.

I had same problem. Its been two weeks now after my hemorrhoidectomy. I had pus whole day. Its not improving. And it somehow painful when moving Around. I am also having hard time passing stool. It feels like its stock and wont come out. I take fiber supplements and stool softener. But still having a hard time to bm

Hi wondering how all is going for you now. I'm 2 weeks off surgery and have same symptoms. Trouble evacuating and feels like always have to go. Wondering if you can shed light on these symptoms and let me know what worked for you. Hope your doing much better now.
Thanks
RR

Also forgot still have swelling that is not really subsided after 2 weeks. Is this normal and how long was your swelling present for.
Thanks
RR.

Hi
It's been 7 wks since my surgery I still have a discharge. I just keep doing sitz baths and keep Bms soft as icsn

Omg holy hell my butt!!!!! I'm am 3 weeks from my surgery, had 3 large and 2 small external Roads removed! This is NOT a surgery I would recommend lightly to anyone! This is statisticlying one of the most painful surgical recoverys listed on the books!!!! Yes the pus like mucus is normal per my Doctor. But sometime I feel like I'm sitting on a brick after a BM! I drive for a living and there is no way I could have gone back after 2 weeks!!! I feel everyone's pain and wish everyone a speedy recovery!

I am 10 days post op from internal and external, as well as a sphincterotomy and have this mucous discharge as well. Hard not to worry about it. I'm also 31 weeks pregnant, so I have had to go without pain meds or muscle relaxers. They did give me 5 mg of morphine for the first 2 days post op but then nothing. I was given the ok for regular tylenol but I try not to take that either...it really doesn't do anything anyways. For bowel movements I was told to take 1 teaspoon of psyllium fiber 3 times a day and 15-30ml of mineral oil twice a day. These two things have been my only savior in dealing with bms. My oh my they are painful but it's kept me regular and soft which is half the battle. Lots of sitz baths with Epsom salts..especially after bms helps alot with pain. I also have a peri bottle that I squirt warm water over the area off and on as I am going through a bm. Surgeon said he left 5-10% behind because had he done them all it would have caused to much restriction. I am terrified that this will mean another one of these horrid surgeries down the road. I just don't know if I could do this again...has anyone had to have the surgery again due to the surgeon being unable to remove them all?

I had my surgery beginning of December. Almost 5 months now. I still have leakage. It truly makes me feel disgusting. Not sure what to do. I also have slight flatulence issue. I control mostly throughout the day but night time is bad. My doctor said I was healing fine but to call if I have further issues. Should I call? Or is this still normal?

It seems like when the leakage stops is all over the map. I'm no where near 5 months (only at 5 weeks this Friday) and still have it after BMs, primarily -- usually clear, sometimes white-ish (depending on hardness of stool). I've seen people state it stopped for them after week one, while others noted it didn't stop until month 8. It seems to depend on how soft you keep your BM -- high fiber (high fruit/vegetable, lower meat diet, mixed with stool softener as needed) -- in relation to how much your sphincter needs to expand (essentially re-opening a healing wound) and how clean you keep the area afterward (baby wipes, sitz baths, backward showers, etc.) One post noted something along the lines of, compare the healing we're experiencing to a cut on your arm. If the wound is scabbed over and you squeeze it (breaking the scab), it oozes to form a new scab and repair itself. The problem is that we had surgery in an area that needs, by its very nature, to expand and contract. Each time we have a BM, to varying degrees based on the hardness and/or amount of the BM, we essentially break the scab that continually tries to form. The poster noted to help alleviate oozing, which is a normal part of healing assuming there's no serious pus-filled discharge, to try to clench your sphincter as little as possible... umm, good luck with that. I am conscious of this when using the bathroom. It isn't easy not to clench. Either way, based on all I read so far, the discharge can be considered normal for a long time -- despite some recovery sites noting it should stop two weeks after your surgery. Like I said, I'm in week five. Last week during my first post-op check up, my doc said I'm healing well and all I'm experiencing can be expected for some time to come (with no clear definition of what "some time" meant, despite repeated probing). So, some of those sites are full of it. I would read all the posts from people who are recovering or have actually recovered from this surgery and form your own opinion about where you are on the spectrum and what you might be doing to aid or hinder your recovery. For instance, I know I need to adjust my diet to include more fruit and veggies to get a softer stool to lessen stress back there. My current mix of hard and soft isn't helping the healing process. I was hoping I could start to eat more normal foods by now. Nope, my hind-quarters are telling me I'm not ready yet. If you're worried, check with your surgeon. Tell him/her what's happening. Ask for their thoughts and what you or they can do about the issue. Believe me, I understand the disgusting concept. I have to use a cream after BMs still, Nupercainal (my surgeon prescribed a topical with dibucaine, which this has), and 4x4 gauze pads gingerly placed between the cheeks but not touching the leftover skin tag, as I'm guaranteed to leak (light to heavy, usually heavy) after a BM. Discharge tends to decrease the further I get from the time of the BM to almost non-existant (of course, until the next BM). It gets to the point that, despite pain having lessened a great deal (but not completely), I dread BMs because of the impending leakage. I'm so tired of having to go to the bathroom at home or at work, check the pad for nasty-smelling, foul-looking mucous and stool every other hour or so, clean up, cream up, pad up, and repeat throughout the day -- all mixed (per the doc's advice) with collace three times a day and, for pain, 600mg Motrin, and/or 1k mg an hour or two later, as needed. I know you are much further along than I in healing and my mini novel might be comparing apples to your oranges. I truly hope this isn't the case and also hope this helped in some small way. I wish you the very best. Please post any updates to your condition. They will help many, including me, who went through or will undergo this surgery now and in the future. Regards.

I had this surgery on 3/1/16, and didn't know what pain was until the first bowl movement. I was screaming and cursing like I never have before. Ever poop in a bathtab and not care? Been there done that.

It is now 5/17, and I'm still having issues. Still have swelling after bowel movements. Still need to take a shower with a removable head to clean myself after each BM. Still have the yellow mucus discharge that smells like you are dying from the inside out. Last dr appointment in April said everything was ok and this is normal. Go again next week but I've resigned myself to the fact that I will have pain and smelly boxers for the rest of my life.

I workout every day, take fiber supplements, and eat as well as I can. None of that matters.

At this point in time, 12 weeks after the surgery, I would have rather lived with the hemorrhoids.

Wow this is great info, when does the burning after a bm go away? This pain is the worst. Also when were you all able to go back to work? I'm a waitress and have to spend 7to8 hours on my feet.

Omg!! You are soo right! I'm waitress and I don't know if I can stand like that anymore. Speedy recovery everyone!

hi there!!

its been nearly 10 weeks since my hemorrhoidectomy and i have, to varying degrees, been getting a pus/mucus like secretion. this happens all day long and i still have to wear panty liners which have to be changed sometimes 4 times a day!

i have no problems with bowel movements although they are sometimes thinner than usual. i have noticed a fleshy lump of skin that occours on the left side of my anus when i go to the toilet which narrows the opening but that can be pushed in with ease (i am pretty sure its not a hemorrhoid as i suffered with them for nearly two years and have got quite familiar with how they feel :P)

i am just concerned about the amount of seepage i have and wondered if anyone else had suffered from this at all?

also it may be worth mentioning that on occasions i get pinching pains in that area too :(

del

Thank you for following up so long after your procedure. Definitely takes some of the stress of the process knowing it may be like this for longer periods of time.

Thank you. Gr8 reply