Scared to have hemorrhoid surgery

Hi Danielle -

First - I want to say that posting here is like a curse!  My WORST day was after I posted on here about how great I was doing.  That day when the BM's came - OH MY... I have never given birth but I think I now know what that feels like - your body pushing even though you don't want to!  BM's were more scary than painful though - lots of burning - but after a bath and rest I was fine.  Not a big deal but strange for me to have my worst day on day 6!  Now all is good, still burning w/bm but already reducing pain meds and feeling better.

As to the packing - I'm not sure I had any.  I had that quick watery bm 9 hours after surgery and all I had was 2 big packs of gauze shoved in the crack but nothing internally.  There was very little blood even on the gauze.  I did a sitz bath after and keep a piece of gauze in the crack to absorb what little oozing I have had.  Again, no blood, just a little ooze I change after the sitz baths.  

The only time I wanted to cry was during bm's.  Standing, walking around or lying down I was absolutely fine.  I have not been sitting much at all though.  Driving after day 3??? Maybe but on the pain meds and not knowing where you will be in your bm schedule - you should probably make other arrangements for your daughter.  You will need all the support you can get.  My husband has been amazing and I have done absolutely NOTHING this first week - other than starting a load of laundry or warming up food for myself.  Hopefully you have support that you can focus solely on your recovery.  You not being one to sit still - you are going to need to try & rest up so your body can heal!  I sure hope you have as good as experience as I have been fortunate to have.

One other thing I didn't mention above is gas is frankly one of the other painful experiences - be sure to get some Gas-x or Beano and take before you eat to try to stem that as much as possible - it has helped tremendously! 

Any other questions please let me know!  I am sure you will get through this just fine!

Maggie 

i have 2 days before i go in for surgery. i think im going to have a nervous breakdown. i feel like im getting an anxiety attack. i guess it will be over before i no it.

Take a deep breath, as the previous postewr said the worst part is the bm, for they first week. Ask the Dr for a valium to keep you calm when you need to go, for me the antici[pation created anxiety and anguish. the bath, and sitz bath will be your best friend. You have painkillers, bath, wipes, hot water, you will get through it because we all did. Two years later and i have not had a problem since my surgery, its life changing. think positive, i did and i was ok . you will be ok!!! pain can be controlled, throbbing is annoying but you will be ok.

Maggie I'm so sorry to hear your having pain!

-G

Hello Maggie, Danielle & others,

It's Gary the poor cat that started this thread..... Yesterday marked my 7th week of recovery. I am still having good days and not so good days. When I say not so good days I mean a ton of pain & still some bleeding.

My mornings are the worst part of the day. I wake up about 6:45am each day & my body says "have a bm now!' I have 1 & it is painful (not like the first 10 days of recovery, but pretty bad) but w/in 20 min. I have to go again, it's generally prety small and hurts way worse than the first one. Then I take my first bath & after get right on a hgeating pad & take 2 percocets. After this process I generally have spasms until about 3pm. Some days the pain is less & I like those days....

I have what seem to me to be 2 external hemerrhoids but my Dr. assures me that they are "Granulation Tissue" I pray to God he is being honest, because if I come out of surgery w/ more than I went in w/ I will be very, very hurt!!! He says they "should" shrink, dry up and fall off but they don't seem to be going away!

Listen, if you go back to my first post they day after my proceedur I was happy, felt great & thought "if this is all I have to go through I can take this!" and bam it was all over w/! My intent here was never to be negative or be "like al the other horrible posts" you and I have read but my #1 was to be honest & I have to share my experience. So if this has scared you or has in any way caused anxiety please forgive me & I would recommend not reading it, but I must be honest!

Danielle I pray your experience is not like mine but if it is, w/ in 10 days it will be bearable! Get a "Perry Bottle" like when you have a baby it helps to clean yourself, do not wipe at all!

Maggie, my friend I wanted to post earlier but life and recovery have been crazy... I'm sorry you have been having hard days, try and stay possitive! I haven't seen another post since the last & hope that's not a a sign like mine was.... 

But yes I still have a lot of pain & bleeding w/ my bm's and also have "granulated tissue" which scares me to death..... I hate this pain it has been since July and I'm not sire how much I can take!

 

-G

Danielle you will be fine! I'm now in week 2, bm's are soft and pain free. Like yours mine was traditional scalpel...honestly no big deal! Keep thinking positive and you will do great. Maggie

thank u everyone for listening to me. im going in at 1030am tomorow. i will get back to you when i can. i started fasting and i will do my 2 enimas about 930am. i just want to say that you are all brave. and you all are a great help. thank you. god bless. talk to you guys in a few days.

Danielle - Thinking and praying for you - I hope your experience is like mine.  10 days after surgery and I played 18 holes of golf yesterday....I know I have been extremely fortunate. 

Gary - you must have misunderstood my post - other than the first couple BMs which were scary more than painful, I have had no bleeding and virtually no pain.  I took the pain meds for the first week but nothing since, back to a regular diet - albeit adding fiber.  I know I have been extremely fortunate! 

Here's hoping Danielle's experience is like mine - and Gary I hope you get better and better by the day.... :-D

Maggie

well here i am a day afer surgery. i went to the surgery center at 1030am. they had me on the operating tabe at 12pm. at 130 i woke up in recovery. i felt fine. the surgeon came in and told me he removed 3 internal hemroids. he said come in for a follow up in 3 weeks. i went home about 230pm. i felt nothing until 8pm. oh boy did the pain kick in. i took ibprofin but no pain meds. he perscribed perkoset. around 1am i had so much gas that the pain from it was worse then the site. i took gasx(thanks mggie) it helped alot. i had a bm around 130am. it was horrible. i got all sweaty my face went white nd i almost passed out. i felt like i had the flu. i went all nte with no pain meds. big mistake. i slept 1 hour. the pain was excruciating. i ate alittle breafast at 8am. had another small bm that diddnt seem to come out all the way. but i really didnt wnt to push to much. i took my first pain pill ever in my life at 1230pm the next day. wow that helped. i slept 3 hours. its now 8pm and i will take another at around 11pm so i can sleep. i just hope it gts better every day cause the first day was horrible. thaank you everyone for your prayers. i hope everyone is doing good. maggie your amazing. and so are u gary. hang in there.

hi guys. its day 2 after surgery and i been taking my pain pills every 5 hours and its so much better. i feel about 50 percent better. i havent had another bm. but im really scared to. i been taking colace, metamucil, and eating prunes. i probably dont have much in me. i just wanted to let everyone no whats going on. ill keep u posted.

Hi Danielle - Hang in there!  Yes, TAKE YOUR PAIN MEDS!  As long as you take the metamucil & colace your BMs will be soft and while scary - once you have a couple you will be "over" the fear and it gets easier.  Keep soaking in the baths too - that makes it so much easier.  We're praying for you!  I used the pain meds religiously the first week then I didn't need them anymore.  Keep us posted!

I am scheduled for hemorrhoidectomy on Oct. 9th 2012. I have had a really tough year. After getting Pertussis (aka Whooping Cough) last year I then found out I was severely anemic. Ended up in the hospital needing several blood and iron transfusions. I had fibroids and heavy periods and hemorrhoids so I almost bled out. I got well enough to have a hysterectomy 6 weeks later, which resolved 2 of my 3 big issuea related to blood loss. But I have both internal and external hemorrhoids that have gotten  worse over 12 years since childbirth. Now I am have to tackle the last one to "stem the crimson tide" so to speak.  Terrified but ready to ready to resolve  this situation. I am tired of bathroom issues negatively affecting my life.  Thanls to all for sharing their experiences.....

CrimsonTide - Wow... a rough year indeed - but follow the advice here and you will get through this just fine!  After all you've been through - you might think we are all wimps here!  Just start your fiber therapy beforehand...and TAKE YOUR PAIN MEDS along with more metamucil/colace to counteract the constipation effects and you'll get through fine.  Time to get 2012 behind you and a happy and healthy start to 2013!!  We'll keep you in our prayers - Maggie

hey crimson. you will do great just like me maggie and gary. i am on day 3 after surgery and im doing fine. reading everyones advice helped me get through this. just get gasx and keep it in the house becausethe gas after the surgery is horrible. take your pain meds about 6 hours after sugery because i didnt and that was a mistake. i amde dinner last nite and i might even venture out of the house today. take alot of stool softeners. and eat a soft diet. keep us posted, good luck

hey guys. its day 4 after surgery and im doing great. i take about 2 pain pills a day and i walk alittle slow but i went out today and drove my daughter to work and school. the bumps hurt but i kinda drove on one butt cheek. not to bad. i get spasms alot and they hurt. i been take all the stool softeners and that helps. bm are scary and they burn but im getting use to them. everyday better and better. im def glad i had it done. no regrets so far. i hope everyone is doin good. gary i hope u are doing better. every surgery is different and u will recover fully. sometimes it takes months. hang in there. maggie im glad to here ur doing great. this will all be in the past and we probably wont even remember much of it. feel better all