Hemorrhoids - Rafaelo - Post procedure doubt

Are you going ahead with a op or ? i'm due to have the rafelo mid nov x

Reading this makes me pleased i went for the standard haemarhoidectomy surgery to get a huge grade 3 and attached very large skin tag removed.

I am on day 24 now and although still a bit of remaining discharge and soreness it is generally all a lot better now and there is no nonsense around my anus anymore. I still take a dulcoease every day to keep things soft but have been completely off the pain killers for 10 days now.

Day 0 was fine due to local anaesthetic. Days 1-2 were pretty unpleasant almost like having a load of broken glass in your bottom with a regular urge to poo when you can't. Days 3-5 were an ordeal (I literally cried from the pain for 4 hours running at one point on day 4 despite taking 3 cocodamol in the day) but this was mostly because i didnt take enough laxatives to pass a full bowel motion by day 2 in response to all the opiode pain relief I had used on days 2-3. The Dr didn't recommend enough laxative/stool softener and 5 sachets of Movicol plus 4 dulcolax were needed to shift the ensuing rock that was pressuring my sphincter and causing a lot of the added aggro. The relief after it was gone was so good and BMs were mostly a 2 out of 10 and a bit of soreness thereafter. Very important to use hydration, stool softeners and good fibre diet while staying regular through the recovery I would say. Also important to use the pain relief medication to get through the first week or two I would say. By day 6 though i was needing a lot less.

After that, aside from a 3-5 egg cup bleed and soreness on day 14 (not unusual im told) it was relatively all a lot better. It is worth adding that the pain was never as high as when I had problems from a severe blocked bowel over the years or the worst back spasms i have ever had so although it is bad at times it is not the most extreme pain you can go through.

It also helped that I took it very easy and rested a lot up to about day 15 before slowly ramping up the activity levels. I found it uncomfortable to sit before then. Took me until day 21 before i could walk 18 holes of golf for example and i was quite sore down there by the end of the round from the mucous alongside walking causing soreness like a nappy rash. Needed a long warm bath when i got in followed by nappy rash cream to calm it down again. When I play tomorrow a big dose of nappy rash cream is going on before hand which I hope will help a lot.

I am only just getting back to normal now and its definitely a lot more than the 1-2 week recovery they advertise but feel its been well worth it for me. No constant oozing blood, no big hard to clean lumps around my anus and no blood dripping like a very leaky tap when im on the loo. I may even be able to use the exercise bike at the gym in a few weeks time again which had become impossible before I finally grasped the nettle and got this sorted.