wanting reassurance from others who have had the same! currently day 9
had “excision under anaesthetic + DG-HAL+RAR” for grade 3/4 internal haemorrhoids under the NHS. signed off work for 6 weeks
day 2/3 - kept up pain meds (tramadol, paracetamol, ibuprofen) and an prophylactic antibiotics (metronidazole). Morning and evening shallow baths with a capful of Dettol, 10mls milk of magnesia at night. Thinking this all went better than I thought this’ll be a doddle…
day 4 - owwwwww!!! feel like i have been anally violated by Edward Scissorhands. first sensation of needing a bowel movement - sat on toilet in cold sweat. Worse than childbirth. tiny amount of soft stool passed after all that. repeat several times…
day 5 - same cold sweaty nauseous feeling passing tiny amounts of loose stools
days 6-8 sensation of having been punched in the anus. frequent need to pee. more soft stools but nowhere like the same pain
day 9 - today I’m utterly exhausted and just cannot sit comfortably. Just want reassurance from others who’ve had the same procedure.
Antibiotics finished yesterday, still have some Tramadol and am just taking one in morning when pain is worse, then paracetamol. Surgeon said not to take ibuprofen for more than a week (NSAIDs can delay healing?) so those are the only pain relief choices. Avoid opioids as constipation risk.
thinking of taking Fybogel from today, have stopped the milk of magnesia as i hate the taste (not that fybogel much better - I hate any liquid medications etc). I’ve been having sensible food (Fruit& Fibre, chicken, fish, rice, veg etc)and Activia yoghurts. Also trying to add a couple of satsumas and prunes as snacks.
when did others feel able to leave the house??? i cant imagine being too far from a loo at the moment! I don’t know if its all the swelling and pressure down there but i need to pee every hour at least!
for the last few days i have been sat on the sofa watching Netflix but I’m now wondering if sitting so much is a bad thing?
For anyone going through this my favourite things have been:
Dettol baths (I’m weird, I love the smell!). Surprising how much pain relief the warm water gave.
Disposable pants! for the first couple of nights i wasn’t sure what to expect, some Tena pants took away the fear of soiling the mattress and let me sleep! when I realised the leakage wasn’t as bad as I feared it was ok then to use sanitary towels placed bum-end of my pants.
Sudocrem - thoroughly dry after passing a stool, then a fingerful of this between the bum cheeks is so soothing.