Hi sorebutt
Thanks for the information.
Well my bleeding has stopped.
The drainage that I have is from outside the anus where the external hemorrhoids were. I still see the stitches there. I have no pain whatsoever. Its just the drainage and I feel like the external wounds are just not healing.
Just waiting for the day when it all clears up.
Its been 2 months now and it still hurts to go to the bathroom and the skin tag is still there. It does down sometimes but after a bowel movement it swells back up. Im beginning to think that this is something in gonna have to live with for the rest of my life. How long did it take you for your pain to stop?
Its been 2 months now and it still hurts to go to the bathroom and the skin tag is still there. It does down sometimes but after a bowel movement it swells back up. Im beginning to think that this is something in gonna have to live with for the rest of my life. How long did it take you for your pain to stop?
Its been 2 months now and it still hurts to go to the bathroom and the skin tag is still there. It does down sometimes but after a bowel movement it swells back up. Im beginning to think that this is something in gonna have to live with for the rest of my life. How long did it take you for your pain to stop?
I'd say it took around four weeks for the pain to get better and another two weeks before I'd say I could feel almost normal. I really feel for you. Have you gone back to your doc?
hi I had my haemorrhoidectomry 10days ago and I'm still in really bad pain everytime I have a BM. I too have haemorrhoid like swelling....I'm really scarred that it's still some haemorrhoids that the Dr did not remove. Can u tell me how long it took you for this swelling to go down? I'm going to see my Dr in 2wks time; but can't wait till then I need some help now.
Hi,
I hope you're feeling a little better. The swelling took some time to go down. I think all my insides were swollen because felft pressure like my bladder was falling out. Be patient. It will get better, but it will take a good 6-8 weeks. Most importantly, you have to keep yourself going regular. I take Miralax every morning an Metamucil every night and it's working for me. When do you go back to the doctor?
Hi if you read my story you will see that I had a horrendeous time with my after op experience. I too had some haemorrhoids that were not removed and had what appeared to be large externals. I am pleased to say that 4 months on everything has healed well and all bleeding has stopped. Even though the scarring has caused my canal to shrink and I may have to have an operation to open the passageway again, providing I keep my BMS soft all is well. There is light at the end of the tunnel and you must just hang in there.
We're hoping the dilation will take care of the problem, as more surgery can lead to more scar tissue and cause the problem all over again.
Hi! thanks for your reply. I went to the family Dr today and he suspects that the swelling part is a haemorrhoid, but he said that I better check it with the specialist which is in 2wks time. I really hope that it's just swelling and not haemorrhoids cos I don't think I can go thru this again. It's been 2wks since the operation & I don't see any improvements. Thanks again for your reply.
Hello everyone, I'm Jay.
OMG where to start? I guess I will start by thanking everyone that has posted on this site, it has truly made it easier to understand what I am going through so, Thank you! I'm a 29 year old female and I got hemorrhoids after the birth of my daughter (she will b 3 in May). I didn't have any real issues like the others on here just some pain after some of my BM, bleeding once it a blue moon. Sometimes I'd push it back in and it would slide back out or it would be too swollen to push back in, those were my major issues. I guess I got tired of the pushing so I decided to go to the Colon Center. Surgeon said I had internal hems but what was coming out was a skin tag. She said skin tag is the left over stretched skin that sometimes gets left after the swollen hems come down. She said I can have minor surgery to have it removed and that she would rubber band the ones inside while she was in there, so I said fine. They gave me a date for surgery told me it will be about an hour and have someone pick me up after. Nurse handed me some papers that told me what to do pre-surgery, no eating after midnight and post surgery high fiber diet, water intake blah blah blah. I did no research since the doctor/nurse made it seem so easy. Needless to say if I had done the research I would have most likely cancelled but I didn't so I went for my surgery this past Friday, March 29, 2013 @ 7:00am.
Surgery day - When I finally woke up from surgery I saw the Surgeon for all of 1min. She told me all went well that everything was removed to call the office on Monday to scheduled my 4week follow up. I was still groggy so couldn't even manage a whole sentence but was happy with what I heard and wanted to go home. Nurse let me go pee, she then contacted my husband and handed me my prescriptions for percoset and colace along with my discharge papers that say can resume all normal activities (can you say BULL SH!T/Impossible???) Was home by Noon. In all honesty I did not want to take percoset cause I hear stories of people getting addicted to pain medicine BIG MISTAKE!!! My suggestion to anyone is take the first dose AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to beat the pain it will be your savior!!!! And ask the doctor make sure it is okay to take Advil or Tylenol with it. Pain was horrible my rectum kept having spasms or something which just felt like hell. I took a sitz bath and finally went to sleep that night around 11pm.
Day 1 Saturday (day after surgery) At around 4am I woke up in excruciating pain again my anal doing spasms and feeling like I had to poop. I went and sat on the toilet and all that came out was blood it hurt like hell and my but felt like it was throbbing afterwards. I took a sitz bath (as hot as I could handle), a shower popped in the 2 percoset and went back to bed. I woke up around 10am all i remember is the painful spasms which even with the percoset still hurt like hell, trying to go to the bathroom 3 more times and only having bloody BMs and 3 more sitzbaths. Being a bit drowsy and watching tv. tried making dinner for the family and myself but felt like c**p afterwards. Your best bet is just to rest
Day 2 (Sunday). Woke up around 6am again anal spasms same as day before sat on toilet had a semi BM mostly blood but very little tiny poop droppings. I slept a lot of the day waking up from the pain and feeling like i had to go. When i went to the bathroom I noticed i was having trouble urinating (something they did not mention) which sucks with all the water intake. However it would be easy to go while sitting in the sitz bath. I had an ecoli UTI during pregnancy so I'm very cautious & careful when it comes to cleaning that area down there but with the blood and seepage I'm kinda worried that I will get another one :( . I was also afraid to pass gas and still am.
Day 3 (Monday) I would spend some time before bed reading this forum & I saw that a couple of people combined the pain meds with Advil/ibuprofen, so before going to bed (Sunday night) I took two advils along with the two percoset and i was in heaven I actually slept through the night woohoo!!! I woke up at 8am and felt very rested thank God. Even though I would sleep during the day I was not getting enough rest since i kept on waking up because of pain. I had breakfast which led to a BM mostly blood again but bigger pellets of poop. I called the dr office to schedule my follow up appt. I asked a couple questions that I had one being an extra piece of skin that felt like a hem but was on the opposite side of where the original skin tag was. The nurse told me that it was normal and once the swelling went down I wouldn't notice it (fingers crossed she is right because I would hate to go through this again) I spent the rest of the morning and afternoon with the family and then around 4pm we all took a nap. When we woke up we had dinner watched tv and went to bed.
Day 4 (Tuesday, today) Before going to be last night I was telling my husband how I was worried about having a set back since people some people complained about that on this forum. I went and had the percoset with Advil went to bed and hoped for the best. Woke up this morning around 8 and in pain.. Did my usual morning routine, bloody BM bigger poop pieces, sitz bath and shower, popped two percosets and back to bed it was did not wake up till 2pm. Husband made me lunch and took two Advil without the percoset since the husband goes back to work tomorrow and I will have to tend to our daughter can't be high or sleepy. Went to the bathroom after lunch and had a regular BM still bloody but actual stool came out and it wasn't too hard so I guess the colace is working. It still hurts to go, unfortunately it feels like some one is ripping you from the inside or stabbing you. I jumped right in the shower as since the throbbing was not as bad as the previous times probably because I took the Advil. I was very happy that I actually pooped and I spent the rest of the afternoon in bed drinking water eating fruits watching tv and reading the forum. I really hope tomorrow is a good day as I will be on my own come Thursday.
Some tips to help through the first couple of days is rest as much as you can. Take it easy. If you are single let some family or friends know about the surgery so they can help you with meals and any errands that might need to be taken care of while you recover. Show them this forum if you have to!!! If you are reading this before your surgery make sure to not have any events or appointments with in days or weeks following your surgery as you will not know how much time you need to recover and everyone is different. If you have a job take as much time as you can, sick days, vacations day and/or personal days, it is very difficult to walk around or even sit down. I use panty liners for the blood and seepage, and change them every time i go to the bathroom to pee. I use flushable toddler wipes (daughter is potty training) and I don't wipe I pat the area and then pat it dry with toilet paper. I'm afraid wiping will hurt to much. I also keep napkins in the bathroom to pat myself dry after a shower, no matter how much you wash there is still some blood and I think most people will agree they do not want to ruin towels. After every BM take a sitz bath with water as hot as you can handle it will work wonders. Take the stool softener (colace) the doctor prescribes along with the pain medication and like I said before ask if it is okay to also take Advil/Tylenol along with it if the pain becomes unbearable.
Once again thank you to all that posted what they went through with the surgery I know everyone is different and healing time/process will be different for all of us. This is a very painful surgery and I wish doctors/surgeons would be more forthcoming and realistic when given out information about the procedure. As I sit here writing this I am still not sure if I am completely happy with having this surgery. I am still in a little bit of pain and am worried of having a set back. I read all of the horror stories people shared as to why they had no choice but to have the surgery, the hems were really bad and ruining lives, my only consolation is that if I have avoid all that then I guess I will be happy in the end.. I am sorry to those that have had to wait weeks or months for relief. I know my first two days were hell and I was miserable and unhappy I hate not being able to do things on my own. Thankfully the hubby was smart enough to take these past couple of days off cause I really thought it was gonna easy and nothing to it and boy was I wrong.
I will try to post an update on Friday (1 week after surgery) or Saturday and maybe once a week until my 4thweek check up. In case anyone is reading and is curious. In the meantime I pray for everyones health and easy recovery during this time and hope you all have a great support system and help because this is not something one can and or should go through alone. My best to all of you.
~Jay
Hi Jay,
I had my Op on the 28th March! I am a mum of 2 children from the UK. Luckily after a bad episode of banding I had the good sense to read every bit of advice I could on these forums!! They have got me through the last couple of weeks!
You didn't mention swelling much in your post. I am very swollen and have two large swollen areas that look almost like new roids!!
What is your experience of this?
Thanks
I'm also a UK mum of 2 and I had my op 25th March! I've had a pretty rough recovery but it seems to mirror most of the posts on here with regards to excruciating pain etc. I spent a week in hospital 7 days after the op because of pain and swelling and I had to have an examination under anaesthetic at 10 days post-op because the pain was so bad the surgeon wanted to check there was nothing wrong (thankfully, no infection though). I've been home a week now and still have a swelling which is like another haemorrhoid!! But my surgeon has said it's not, just oedema of the bridge they leave between each haemorrhoid they remove. However, it 'behaves' just like a haemorrhoid in that it swells more and is painful after I've had my bowels open. So I'm beginning to wonder whether it is another haemorrhoid (I was told I have circumferential haemorrhoids and they don't remove them all at once