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1 day post op

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studentmum2
studentmum2

Hi everyone so had my surgery yesterday morning. In lots of pain with spasms in my sphincter. Doc said internal ones were also grade 4 and massive, and both the internal and external hems were much bigger than when he saw them in December . He used 8 sutures in the internal ones. He said he's left a couple of the external ones ( a couple of the external ones seemed to shrink a bit when he cut into some of the internal ones) and cut out the rest as he thought it might lead to too much scar tissue if he did all of them at the one time as they were so big and he was worried about anal stenosis. He'll reassess them in 8 weeks and decide if I need more surgery then. The external ones he did cut out he said were very big so he left the wounds open as stitching can risk infection and gave me antibiotics alongside painkillers etc to help it heal. Since last night I've had that dodgy tummy feeling you get when you need to have a bm but when I go to the lol nothing's happening. I'm a bit worried how long the padding inside is allowed to stay there as I think that is what wants to come out x

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  • mary90364
    mary90364 studentmum2

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    The BM was sore as I did not know what to expect. I took lactulose and fybogel for the BM and this softened it but it was always very slow. After every BM I sat in a bath which helped. I was lucky the pain got less. I drank lots of water every day. I am still drinking two or three 500ml of water a day.

    Hope things are getting better for you.

    • studentmum2
      studentmum2 mary90364

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      Thanks Mary. I'm the same. Everytime I have a bm I get into a bath and it does seem to help with the pain. Thanks for your help x

  • mary90364
    mary90364 studentmum2

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    Hopefully it won't take long to heal. Do you know if you will get an appointment with your surgeon for a check up to see if everything has gone okay?

  • mary90364
    mary90364 studentmum2

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    How many weeks is this after your operation ?

    Mine was eight weeks after the operation I got an appointment with the surgeon. But he did tell me he does not usually see his patient after the surgery again. I think he saw me cause mine was a difficult operation.

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