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4 Weeks post op

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studentmum2
studentmum2

Hi hope everyone is doing well. I'm now 4 weeks post op and from day 9 I have had to use a sitz bath to do a bm. Anyone else 4 weeks post op still using the sitz bath? I just find it too painful to go without sitting in hot water. I'm due back at work on 16th so don't want to still be using it then x I'm not constipated and my bm is soft so no idea why it's still so sore x

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  • Happybum
    Happybum studentmum2

    Posted

    Well SM2, at one month I was still pretty sore and bleeding so, yeah. I didn't find the bath helpful for bms, I just toughed it out on the toilet. But, if it helps, you do what ya gotta do. 

    I had 2 internal hms taken out and it's complete hoo-ee that you are ready to go in a week. Complete BS. Even at three weeks. My surgeon laughed at that idea. You'll see when you get to that date of your work and go from there. The body heals as it heals and needs the time to heal. 

     

    • studentmum2
      studentmum2 Happybum

      Posted

      Thanks Happybum. I'm wondering though if it's normal to still need to sit in hot water to have a bm. I won't be able to do that in work. I'm wondering if something else might be going on x

    • Guest
      Guest Happybum

      Posted

      If you had it back would you go thru it again 
  • kathy96513
    kathy96513 studentmum2

    Posted

    My surgery was Jan 26th and at 4 weeks I was still using sitz bath.

    I also had to go back to surgery at 4 weeks because I developed stenosis( narrowing of the rectum) and I am still using sitz baths with bowel movements because it is less painful after 2nd surgery.  I have also developed 2 tears 2 weeks ago that start healing and getting better only to tearing again if bm’s get slightly firm .  My poor rectum has been through hell and I must say this was my 4th surgery in a year and I must say hemorrhoids are a real pain in the butt!  My first surgery a year ago was banding that failed which led up to this surgery in January.

    I am supposed to go back to work Monday and like you I don’t know how I will make it without my sitz bath.  My doctor prescribed Rectagel which is a compound medication which he encourages me to use prior to urge to have BM to decrease discomfort.

    I wish you the best and a speedy recovery.

    • Guest
      Guest kathy96513

      Posted

      Oh that’s sound awful then if you had it back would you go thru it all again I’m just wondering is it worth going under the knife 
    • studentmum2
      studentmum2 kathy96513

      Posted

      Thanks Kathy. It's stenosis that I'm worried about as I'm still in so much pain. Sorry tmi but my stools are long but flat one side of that makes any sense. Is that how yours were?

    • kathy96513
      kathy96513 Guest

      Posted

      I wish I could say no but there was no alternative with grade 4 hemorrhoids.
    • kathy96513
      kathy96513 Guest

      Posted

      I hate to say so- but yes that is exactly how my stools were before I had to go back to surgery for dilation.

      Best of luck to you- Hopefully yours is just due to swelling.

  • Happybum
    Happybum studentmum2

    Posted

    Mine were narrower than usual but as time goes on, things are becoming more normal. 
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