what got you yo the point if having the op? i had 3 of my grade 3 internal hems banded in jan 2022 but sure enough after just a few weeks the bleeding with bm started up again.. the bleeding with bm happens at least twice a week and sometimes more... i always had hems as an adult but after my first child i suffered for almost a year with bleeding which was put down to internal hems and a fissure... after my second child it started up again and i had investigations where several grade 3 internal hems were found and banded. it was so painful and i just dont want to put myself through that again for them to fail again let alone have the surgery.. the bleeding does stress me out and if it happens it upsets my whole day. x
Hi Neal and everyone else, I want to add my thanks for creating this discussion. It has been easily the most useful information I've found on post- haemorrhoidectomy information and thought I might share a few things about my own experiences so far.
I'm on day THREE after my surgery. Let me tell anyone who is wondering, the pain is real! I'm a 37 year old male, I play rugby and like to do my own mechanical and DIY work, so I'm used to getting bumps and bangs, but I'd say, for me personally, pain is at about 6/ or 7/10, but it's CONSTANT. It doesn't go away, even when on prescription opioid pain medication and that's very wearing. I got two hours of sleep on night one, which made day two a bit of a nightmare as I was just a zombie and couldn't focus on anything.
For anyone wondering, the operation was a doddle! I had a spinal anaesthetic and couldn't feel a thing. I was in hospital for a total of about 4 hours. It all felt like it was going so well, so I just want anyone reading this to know not to get overconfident! Once all that anaesthetic wears off, you're GOING to feel it.
The one thing that I've found really helps so far is a warm bath. Because you're floating, it takes a lot of pressure off your anus, so I've had about four of those per day so far! I've found it a great way to get through that last hour as your previous round of painkillers are wearing off, but you can't have your next round yet.
I've already had two bowel movements, which I understand to be slightly unusual. They have both been very uncomfortable. My particular surgery involved some special stitches to starve the haemorrhoids of blood instead of removing them with a scalpel- I can't recall exactly what the doctor called the procedure. The point I'm slowly getting round to is that the first BM just pushed all my haemorrhoids back out again! I had to GENTLY encourage them back in. Very painful. No one at the hospital mentioned that anything like that could happen, so I wanted to share as it really freaked me out. The second BM I didn't have this issue- I think I'm terrified to push at all after that first episode- but there's a feeling like my passage is partially blocked (which I suppose it is until the haemorrhoids fully die and make more room) so it's still very uncomfortable and feels like I'm tearing open my wounds all over again. I'm taking a stool softener medication, eating All Bran for breakfast and taking one fiber supplement a day. This is actually veering my BMs towards diarrhoea, rather than constipation, despite the opioid painkillers- again, hopefully this will help others get the balance right.
I am now 5 weeks post surgery. I was told the recovery would be 6 weeks so I might not post any more.
I don't seem to bleed any more with bowel movements. That was the goal.
There is still pain with bowel movements but it does continue to taper down. I'm only on generic for Celebrex. As of today I stopped also taking Tylenol. I know longer cry out in pain during a bowel movement. They still hurt more than before the surgery and they are very exhausting but it does continue to get better.
I now have as much as 1 minute of warning before a bowel movement so I haven't had an accident recently. And this too improves gradually.
I sure wish I knew about the bands to seal off hemorrhoids while they were still small. If I had those decades ago I might not have needed all of this.
Thanks for all of the information here. This is my way of giving back. For those still new out of surgery, it's a horrible experience but it does get better. Very slowly.
So sorry to read of your ordeal. Hope you're in much better shape by now. Maybe you can do the pelvic-floor exercise ( Kegel exercise) to strengthen the pelvic floor muscle. There is stool softener you can take so that passing motion will be less painful.
Do you still have tenesmus ? any updates ?
How are you now?
I had hemorrhoid surgery 8 months ago. I have very good bowel movements with no pain for bleeding. My problem is it still hurts to sit for more than 2 hours. I still do my sitz bath and take advil. I start having pain 1 hour after last bowel movement. Pain last 4-5 hours. I went to surgeon and he thinks I have a condition called Rectocele. He told me to do a fiber supplement (which has helped a lot) and Pelvic floor execise's. Nothing is helping the pain. Does anyone know what I can do. I've had pain every single day since my surgery October 27,1922. Thank you
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I had a Hemorrhoidectomy October 2022. I had grade 4 external and 2 internal. It's been 8 months and still in pain. I wake up no pain after 2-3 normal size bowelments with no straining and no bleeding. The pain starts around 1 hour after last bowelment. It can last 2-6 hours. I've tried Advil it didn't help. The only thing that gives relief is a Sitz bath. That only lasts 1/2 hour without pain. I've had a Cat scan which showed nothing. the Surgeon used an anoscope to see inside better and he said I had a little inflamation. He keeps telliing me he doesn't know what the problem is. He's mentioned I have a weak Pelvice Floor and that could be the problem. I do PT for pelvic floor for the last 5 months and nothing changed. I can't sit for over an hour. I am very angry, discouraged and hopeless. Can anyone help me. Thank you , ann catherine
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Hi there, Thank you for taking the time to tell how your recovery period went with all the details. I might need to do the surgery and anything other people did experience, will help me to know what to expect and confidence in having the surgery done.
Regards,
Emil
Hi Ann
I am two weeks in from grade 3 surgery and I'm also having the same problem! This problem even happened before surgery, I go to the toilet then 30 - 60 minutes later the pain kicks in.
The surgery itself I feel went really well and I have recovered great even in this short amount of time. My only worry is that this constant pain after BM will continue months after recovery.
I've also found that the pain can become worse if you haven't fully empted after going to the toilet, it's almost like I haven't finished, strange I know. I hope you find something out about this as like I said the pain is the same as before surgery and this makes me really worried that while the hemorrhoid removal was successful there is still an underlying issue that I need to deal with.
If you would like to DM me to talk some more please do as I feel we are going through the exact same issue. Good luck.
i had been researching for months and never found anything that helped about long term post surgery symptoms, finding you post has saved me from so much anxiety. i had my piles surgery for 3 internal and 3 external ones 3 months back, the doc told me to take at least 3 weeks off from work. like you all know the first BM is from hell. I cried a lot of times the first 2 weeks. I started to get better in the 4rth week by 2 months i was so much better, felt like everything was in the past, then i got a peranal abcess, it drove me nuts and gave me so much anxiety again, had to get a minor surgery for that. I was finally recovering from that and now my butt hole has started to hurt again, it hurts when i sit and walk. i was loosing my mind and looking up everything online for long term effects, as i was told that i will be all good after 2 months and i didnt understand what was happening to me now. But reading your post and everyones comments here has given me hope and given me a timeline now. That it can take upto a year for things to fully heal and calm down. i m great full to anyone who has posted and commented here.
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Hi there i have a similar experience and it isnt getting much easier honestly. I am a 34 year old male and mostly in good health and weight. I had horrific hemmoroids last December 2022, and struggled for 8 weeks until February until my GP referred me to see a colorectal specialist. I tried the Steroid cream ( Hydrocortisone) did nothing . When my referral went through and I seen a specialist. She stood by the door with her coat on and bag, she asked why I was there, I told her I had pain in my bum area. She had a 10 second look and said it was nothing then told me to have a better diet, Diagnosed me with IBS and chronic diarrhea then discharged me. my appointment was at 4.30 so she just wanted rid of me and cared less. This is Blackpool Victoria hospital a hospital have had many issues with already. Anyway I went back to my GP, as I wasn't happy, and he sent me to the Spire hospital for a second opinion. I seen another doctor at the Spire and he was a real gent. I explained my difficulties going the toilet in severe pain with prolapsed external Hems and he was more then happy to help. The only issue was because my treatment was NHS funded it would take 3 months on a waiting list. anyway fast forward to May 21st I finally had surgery, I had 8 internal hemmoroids banded one external prolapsed hem chopped, skin tag removed and sent for biopsies. I was put to sleep for this surgery lasted about 30 mins. Post op was horrific I was sobbing in pain on the ward until the nurse gave me some pain relief. I rested about 2 hours as I felt dizzy to move after anesthesia, had something to eat . then was allowed to leave only after going to the toilet. The thing about the toilet was I bled heavily all over the bathroom floor and sobbed again. I am a male and this was horrific for me. 😭 The doctor inspected me and said I will be ok after new pads . Then after about another hour I was finally discharged. I knew the healing process wouldn't be nice. but I eat only weetabix and herbal tea for the first week. My first bowel movement after 5 days was horrible, I never ever pushed but it was very hard to go for a poo. I did ok until probably the last 40%, then my body had enough of waiting, and forced it out at 110% I had no control whatsoever the contraptions in the lower part of my bely was horrible, I didn't even think the body especially a male was capable of this But it did, it forced out my poo as it had enough off waiting and I'm guessing with the immense pressure I had in my bum hole so much blood and so much pain. So for about 2 months I had bleeding everytime I had a BM. I also had a nasty smelling yellow mucus coming out too. this lasted about 4 months but honestly come November this year I still get the odd mucus and dribbling down my bum . I have some days where its fine. but others where it just stings and burns. This is 6 month post surgery. I asked my GP and he said because I have IBS and chronic diarrhea it will take much longer to heal from the Hemorrhoidectomy maybe even a year or longer. There are days where its still uncomfortable to sit down and the stinging always comes and goes i get anal fissures which sting too . I have another referral from my GP. For February next year to see another Colorectal specialist
so and it isnt getting much easier honestly. I had horrific hemmoroids last December 2022, and struggled for 8 weeks until February until my GP referred me to see a colorectal specialist. I tried the Steroid cream ( Hydrocortisone) did nothing . When my referral went through and I seen a specialist. She stood by the door with her coat on and bag, she asked why I was there, I told her I had pain in my bum area. She had a 10 second look and said it was nothing then told me to have a better diet, Diagnosed me with IBS and chronic diarrhea then discharged me. my appointment was at 4.30 so she just wanted rid of me and cared less. This is Blackpool Victoria hospital a hospital have had many issues with already. Anyway I went back to my GP, as I wasn't happy, and he sent me to the Spire hospital for a second opinion. I seen another doctor at the Spire and he was a real gent. I explained my difficulties going the toilet in severe pain with prolapsed external Hems and he was more then happy to help. The only issue was because my treatment was NHS funded it would take 3 months on a waiting list. anyway fast forward to May 21st I finally had surgery, I had 8 internal hemmoroids banded one external prolapsed hem chopped, skin tag removed and sent for biopsies. I was put to sleep for this surgery lasted about 30 mins. Post op was horrific I was sobbing in pain on the ward until the nurse gave me some pain relief. I rested about 2 hours as I felt dizzy to move after anesthesia, had something to eat . then was allowed to leave only after going to the toilet. The thing about the toilet was I bled heavily all over the bathroom floor and sobbed again.
6 Months later
There are days where its still uncomfortable to sit down and the stinging always comes and goes i get anal fissures which sting too . I have another referral from my GP. For February next year to see another Colorectal specialist so hopefully i get more answers. 🙏 I still take my IBS medication, Lopermade, Buscopan for stomach cramping omproznal to settle my belly. But mark my words guys!!!! Google says you heal from a Hemorrhoidectomy in 8 weeks it's total rubbish, I'm nearly 7 months post op and it's still uncomfortable and painful to sit down I guess it will take much longer in my case .
Hopefully the February appointment next year will shed my answers 😉 Thanks for reading. Hopefully i get more answers. 🙏 I still take my IBS medication, Lopermade, Buscopan for stomach cramping omproznal to settle my belly. But mark my words guys!!!! Google says you heal from a Hemorrhoidectomy in 8 weeks it's total rubbish, I'm nearly 7 months post op and it's still uncomfortable and painful I will update this if anything changes ❤️
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oh my goodness! your journey sounds like a living nightmare. i just wanted to say I am so sorry you went through this traumatising experience. i went through an awful trauma with an op in 2022 too and it still give me anxiety, something I had never had before. how are you doing now?
I had a haemorroidectomy last Thursday, its now Tuesday and the pain is horrendous but your story makes mine seem easy.
Hi can anyone tell me please if there's another way to make the 1st poop after haemorrhoidectomy painless.? I had my surgery on monday the 1st week of January 2024 and its been 6 days now I haven't pooped. Docs are pressuring me to go poop but anytime i try pooping the pain in extremely brutal i I can't bear it. I tried pooping on day 4 but only a very small hard poop came out and it was filled with clotted blood i didn't even know it was a poop until I crushed it to confirm. I tried pooping 2nd time in day 6 but again the pain was lethal and nothing came. Doctors said to me that i should force the poop and push it with all the strength for it to come out. Anyway guys I haven't pooped and am still looking to see if there's a painless way out of the 1st poop
hi - wondering if you could recommend the Dr you used in Bristol? looking for someone in Bristol myself.
I am about 6 months post op, still use laxatives. My surgeon said to have poop once a day and I cannot find a way to have it without laxatives. She said it is ok to use those as long as I need, I am using forlax.
reading this and I feel like I hate those doctors. How can they do this. Especially letting you out half hour after surgery. I was lucky, I was more than 24 hours in the hospital I guess after surgery. Did you check for the reviews of those doctors before surgery?
I had hemoroidectomy more than 6 months ago and still have pain when sitting. As with hemorhoids - initially it is low pain, but then it grows over time. After I do not sit for some time, like few days or so, then pain reduces and I can sit again. I was to doctor for inspection but he does not see anything bad and said to not expect to never feel pain. Use lidoposterin when having the pain. That sucks. I do not believe lidopostering will be very effective, did not use it yet, since managing to reduce it by standing more. I booked the surgeon who did the surgery to me again in a month. I watched one doctor on youtube who said pain after few months is not normal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQQcd9_7fU0 But in the comments he also says pain is part of life, so again I do not understand is it not normal or not normal. But he said few things what doctor should check - like computer tomography, or some magnetic thing or give anethesia and check on operation table - none of these were done to me, so I do not get why. The last doctor which checked me has good reviews.
Female here who had an inguinal hernia mesh repair so my recovery is a bit different than OP’s, but I will say it was the longest, toughest recovery I went through.
Couldn’t lay on either side to sleep for months. Held onto things to climb stairs or crouch down, or use the restroom. Unfortunately, I wasn’t given a stool softener after surgery so my first trip to the bathroom was painful. I ended up drinking prune juice and taking a tablespoon of olive oil to help with that.
Even a few years after surgery, had it in 2022, I would still get “mesh pains” almost as bad as the day I came home from the hospital. They’re basically gone now, unless I do some insane ab workout or twist my body in the wrong way.
Hope everyone has improved.