Pls help! Those who did external hemorrhoid surgery

Hi Gina, I had 3 piles externally and skin tags , I had op 7th July and I can't lie it was horrific but now it's all over I'm glad , yes there is scaring but who sees it apart from you , it's better than having all those lumps! The worst pain is the first 2 weeks you think it's never gonna get better but slowly it does , anything that is cut is bound to have scaring , I am glad now cos I would hate to think of having the op when I'm in my 70's

I don't want to scare you but I will say that if I could turn back time I never would have had this op. I did have complications, have been in ER twice and spent 9 days in hospital. But there are people on here that say that it was a life changing op for the best. Also remember that many of the people on here have searched this page because they are having issues so there may be an unbalanced number of people with problems on here. The recovery is rough, In my case very rough. I am still bleeding 9 weeks post op when I have a BM and have been told that is normal. The blood isn't the worse the pain from every BM is tough to deal with. There are days when you think you just can't do it. But it does get easier but not nearly as quickly as I was expecting or told.

I do now have more 'loose skin' externally than I had before and was just told this week that it's not likely to go due to my complications.  

Look into the op more, ask your doctor every question you can think of, get a second or third opinion if you need to. Decide if the lumps are uncomfortable, painful, make life harder, if so then maybe the op is the way to go. If they are just there - but not causing an issue I would be tempted to say just live with it. But it's not my decision. I know they don't look great but I now 'look' worse. There are lots of comments on here from people who have had all sorts of experiences so you can see lots of different views. Remember this is a part of the body we use every day. even just walking around is difficult and I have lost weeks of work. 

Now every day I think back to how I was immediately post op and am glad to have moved this far forward. I would recommend you have someone in the house with you for a few days after your op. And that you have no plans to do anything other than relax. Feel free to ask any questions. Research . 

I feel sorry for you sflor, sounds like you have had it really rough !! Just seems extra slow recovery for you , I'm 7 weeks post op now , I still use wet wipes after bm , and it does still hurt a little but I'm 90% there , during recovery I was having 6 to 7 bm a day omg it was horrific , I was eating less than before the op so couldn't understand it , when I went to see surgeon 2 weeks ago he said everything so weak up there and loose so anything there just wants to come out , it's settled down now to 3 times a day but when u gotta go you gotta run there is no holding it back , I guess that it takes time to heal , I've suffered piles for years and years , they would flare up then pain would go for a while , I didn't have pain for a while there but last year I thought I had a thrombosed pile I had it for a few months when in November I had to go to emergency and it was a perianal fistula so had to have op they just cut it open and laid it flat !! Then had colonoscopy in February had 3 internal piles banded then pile op in July so hopefully my arse is nearly fixed lol I will say though piles are painful when they flare up and I would not be able to cope with the pile op when I'm in my seventies or older so I'm glad I've done it now

Hi

I did it just over 2 weeks ago. Removed 2 piles, had some stiches but they broke after a few days (which is normal). Open wound started to heal after Day 5. My recovery went super good and I am 100% now after just over 2 weeks. Feel so good now and strongly recommend the surgery. I read a lot of scary experience written only also and was scared to death. It depends on the surgeon and patient's health condition also. My recovery was super smooth and I felt so lucky and couldn't ask for more. Post ope quality of life is different. Feel free to refer to my recent post on my experience and let me know if you are curious about anything. 

Hi gina, i dont know weather you have already had your operation yet.

But please let me tell you do not listen to the doctors or consultants about the pain there liers, the pain is horrific so to speak. Im on day 6 from external hems and the pain has been renching from the minute i woke up in recovery. I had to pass some gause they put inside the next day omg the pain ripped through my whole body i was littery screaming my bathroom down along with having the bath filled ready. (My neighbour actually called the police she thought in was being hurt lol) i ended up in ane on pain relief (morphine) to ease the pain.

Well as you can imagen i had a rough few days after about day 4ish the pain started to be bearable BUT then the bm was once again a horror story the burning throbbing contracting pain it left me after. I so wish i never ever had this done now i would happly turn back time and live with my hemmerhoids.

Im currently sitting in a warm bath writing this atm as the burning and throbbing is still apon me after a bm at 7am and the time is now 8.30am i have been in and out off this bath for an hour or so wishig the throbbing would quite frankly do one lol oh i have to laugh or id sit here and cry.

If only we didnt have to have bm after this op i think it wouldnt be so bad i think i speak for everyone who has had this procedure done.

Im praying to god i dont have this pain in 9days time still (christmas day) or my children will be opening there present in the bathroom while im in water 😂