I'm trying to help a friend in a third world country who has limited access to medical facilities. He is a 30 year old male with history of internal prolapsed hemarrhoids that he has had to put up with for years because he couldn't afford to pay for treatment. Recently he accessed a temporarily available...
0 replies 0 votes Reply to AaronDHSo I am now 6 days post op. So far it hasn't been nearly as bad as I had anticipated. There as been all but 3 times that I have been brought to tears. So I'm still swollen down there and have been iceing like crazy. I have a hard time just resting tho use to being busy non stop. I had my first bm today...
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Hey I'm super scared I have med to big size internal prolapse hemorrhoids and skin tags that needs to be remove I'm almost 33( in July) with 4 kids all c secs. Is there any way to get thru this with minimal pain?
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I'm trying to help a friend in a third world country who has limited access to medical facilities. He is a 30 year old male with history of internal prolapsed hemarrhoids that he has had to put up with for years because he couldn't afford to pay for treatment. Recently he accessed a temporarily available...
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Today marks the 7th day after surgery, and last night and today I've been passing large amounts of blood and blood clots for twelve bowel movements so far. It's been getting more frequent, and I have to pass a lot of blood every 10-20 minutes. The ER wanted me to wait until my appointment with my surgeon...
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Hemorrhoidectomy recovery I had a hemorrhoidectomy two weeks ago. The doctor warned me that recovery process would be painful. But I didn't think it would be this intense. Here are a few tips to ease the pain. It made a world of difference in pain management for me: 1) ice packs-- most ice packs are...
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After 5 weeks of doing the operation and especially after passing through some really horrible times of pain and misery I promised myself that I owe it to everybody out there to share my experience so that you can derive benefit out of it. I had suffered from haemorrhoids for 20+ years and it is only...
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Hi Everyone, Its been just over two weeks from my surgery and I really wanted to post some tips that I have found/finding helpful in my recovery and some positive thoughts post haemorrhoidectomy surgery! Context: I am a 30 year old woman, slim and in fairly good health based in the UK. I have been...
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Hello all, Well I finally worked up the courage to book on my banding. I am getting one large hemorrhoid banded and injected in July. I am scared but also hoping for the best. I have a few hemorrhoids but read it best to do one at a time. I would love any after care tips :-)
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Last Thursday I was in hospital for a day surgery op initially thought to be to treat an anal fissure. It turns out that there was no anal fissure but the procedure was carried out coupled with banding of haemorrhoids. On Friday I managed to get out for a walk to get my regular medication (I have several...
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29yo Male here. I had rubber band ligation on stage 2 internal haemorrhoids. 3 bands were placed. Since then, I have blood clot out on toilet paper during 1 or 2 mins straining. I am still able to pass gas however I do not have any bowel movement yet. I don't feel any pain and I don't think the harmorrhoids...
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Suffered since ten and now fifty seven, late Father senior consultant. Mother had the operation and was worse than before after it. I just had pain until I was about thirty and then the bleeding started, it got very bad and was a constant worry. About three years ago I started thinking of an idea. These...
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After a diagnosis of piles some months ago I relaxed as I was convinced it was bowel cancer. However the bleeding continues every day - just a small amount and bright red. The doctor has referred me for a flexiblie sigmoidoscopy in a few weeks. I've just been reading Dr Google and now everything points...
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Had my 3rd and final banding on Wed. June 7. Third one seems to be the charm. I can honestly say this must be how the Dr who hasn't had banding but is advising means when they say... some people go to work the same afternoon - although that very first day was painful, it's been pretty much a breeze....
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Hey everyone! Hope you're doing well :-) My name's Michelle and welcome to My Hemorrhoidectomy Journey posts. This is part 8. Please feel free to read parts 1-7 of My Hemorrhoidectomy Journey to see what has led me up to this point, how and why. Any questions/comments/feedback is greatly appreciated...
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I had the most excruciating expirience with an impaction that began with unholy pain, pouring sweat, vomiting, and screaming. It lasted about 30 min. of me manually evacuating the problem followed by me crying in an Epsom salt bath. I had a hemorrhoidectomy about three weeks ago (never have this surgery...
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Hey guys, it's been about a day since my surgery. The pain is not too horrible like many have described (maybe I'm lucky), but it is definitely pretty bad. I recommend taking percocets or whatever pain killers the doctor prescribes you exactly. I made the mistake of not taking my percocets during the...
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Any suggestions on how to get things moving? I had surgery tues. Had a small amount of diarriah wed morn and a really small amount Thur morn. I have had enough food that I think I should have atleast had my first bm by now. I take stool softener eve time I take a pain pill along with lots of liquids....
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After reading some terrifying reports on this procedure, I thought I'd offer my experiences so far, especially as some of the horror stories nearly made me cancel my op! Yesterday I had an haemorrhoidectomy for a large internal haemorrhoid, a thrombosed exeternal one and some prolapsing tissue. I also...
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I take one sachet of laxido and 15 mls lactulose each day prescribed by my doctor. I also suffer with diverticulitis. I have soft stools but evacuation is very slow and I don't understand why. I don't like to strain for obvious reasons. I am healing from the surgery from helll for internal and prolapsed...
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So I am now 6 days post op. So far it hasn't been nearly as bad as I had anticipated. There as been all but 3 times that I have been brought to tears. So I'm still swollen down there and have been iceing like crazy. I have a hard time just resting tho use to being busy non stop. I had my first bm today...
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1st day Tues felt kinda sick before even going in had a real bad headache and was super dehydrated. They gave me pain meds a ton of antibiotics and something to calm my nerves. So I woke out of recovery felt hardly any pain but assuming this is from the pain meds they gave when I got out and also the...
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Help needed. 31 year old male.. relatively healthy. Ibs and haemerrhoids both diagnosed Woke up after a night of drinking and 1st bowel movement was normal....the 2nd one when wiping could see blood. Now it was the typical beer poo sorry for tmi however it was so could not tell if blood was bright...
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Do I clean the infection site with antibacterial soap? Like dove or something of that nature..also am I ok to take showers and wash my and larger my body to wash or will this cause potential problems? Need some tips on the hygiene part because I can't stand not being clean and feeling all funky. Any...
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Tomorrow is my surgery. I started my flush today and have been on the liquid diet as advised with the 238 grams of miralax. I am soooo Hungary already. What can you eat when you get out of surgery or do you have to stay on the liquid diet? Or is food going to be last thing on my mind
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I got a hemorrhoid flare-up for a week now. Today is my 8th, and the prolapsed H started to shrink on the 7th day. Normally, my episode lasts for 2-3 days. I noticed i got my unwanted visit after running 32k (pace 5:30). Yes, im training for another Full marathon in July. I also noticed that post short...
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Hi guys, I'm Val. I'm having my consultation tomorrow and then will be given a date for my procedure. I am absolutely reeling by what I have read so far on the forum. I'm really not sure whether to go ahead with the procedure now. I have had internal/external hemorrhoids for over 30 years and have put...
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Hi I have external piles and also a lump hanging down. I went to the doctor the first time and was given anual cream. I used this and was not getting better back again and this time got cream and supposìtories. This helped for a while. Went back to the doctor again and got cream and supposìtories...
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Apologies for the gross details below. I had never had a hemmerrhoid until about 10 days ago. Then, all of the sudden, I noticed a pain down there. It got worse over the next 2-3 days. I realized it was a large external hemorrhoid. I applied preparation H and took warm baths. By about the third day,...
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Hi. I've been getting hemorrhoids on and off for the past ten years or so but it's always been manageable and just uncomfortable. Recently they've gotten a lot worse. I went to the doctor but the suppositories they prescribed were over $100 (I'm in the wonderful US) and the cream for external weren't...
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Hi all Yes it's embarrassing. Yes I haven't shared it with my friends, but it felt important to post this seeing as I'd read everything I possibly could for the last 6 months leading up to last Friday. I had my op on Friday. I'm a healthy, 32 yr old woman who was lucky enough to get these piles during...
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As I said before my surgery is on Tues at 1230. I am currently taking the depo shot for birth control which I've now only been on a month. So as far as your period is concerned it can stop it completely, cause spotting, a super long period, could be heavy or light. So I have yet to figure which one my...
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