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Horrible UK Hemorrhoid banding experience i feel i should hare!!!!

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jenna09649
jenna09649

Just thought i'd share my hemorrhoid banding experience on the NHS in the UK,

Firstly i am a 23 year old female, i have suffered with external hems for a while, years even. finally age around 20 i consulted the doctor had a number of awkard visits over the years.

long story short, they started to itch/bleed so i was hesitantly offered the banding procedure, i was advised as i was young i should think about just dealing with the hems, however i hate them for cosmetic reasons and was happy to do anything to get rid,

I was given an appointment at a private hospital on the NHS, when i arrived the doctor didnt examine me just told me what he was going to etc, under general i arrived at hospital at 12am and was finally taken up to theatre at 6:30pm having not eaten from 7pm the night before as i was advised not too. basically if your an NHS patient in a private hospital you are a peasant, i personally feel i would have had a bettter treament at an NHS hospital.

ANYWAY... when i woke up i was in soooo much pain straight away was taken back down to my room, very confused, the doctor came to see me and said everything was ok went well etc. however gave me no aftercare didnt tell me how many hems he had removed and didn't tell me if he'd removed any of the skin tags either( as i was in for them as well ).

WELLL... i was given a codeine and a sandwich and sent on my way, my lovely mother stopped off to get me all the fibre in the world on the way home, 10pm by this point! all i can say is i felt like someone had dragged my insides out. i am now on DAY 9 and have gone through 106 sanitary pads full of bloood (maybe so many because i have been changing VERY frequently), however day 9 and i am still in mild discomfort and my anus looks worse than it did before. the pain/discomfort for the first 4-5 was 8/10.

I just want to make it very very very clear that i was completely missled and completely underestimated to pain i would be in. i had to make up a b*****t excuse to miss work and uni and also not see my boyfriend.

I can honestly say for me if i could go back i would 100% not have the procedure, i'm aware my story may seem bad but i know i'm not the only one who was told i'd be better within a couple days and over 1 week later still in a lot of pain and i there is no sign of my anus looking any better.

i hope this helps someone out there, and also if anyone has had a similar experience please please let me know... would also like to add i have contacted the private hospital about the pain and they just persuaded me it was normal 😕 also still day 9 struggling to urinate/pass BM/sleep.

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  • paisleygirl
    paisleygirl jenna09649

    Posted

    Oh my i feel bad for you I live in Canada and had three bandings done in my surgeons office on three separate occasions without any freezing or anything else the procedure took all of ten minutes each time and although it was uncomfortable especially immediately afterwards I used ice and was fine didn't need pain meds at all....my first BM was a bit sore but not terrible.... I'm sorry you had such a horrible time of it

  • Guest
    Guest jenna09649

    Posted

    Sorry to hear that you are still in pain and not had a good experience! I had a haemorridectomy back in August 2018 and I am honestly back to normal now. The first 4 weeks were slow for me, feeling sore and uncomfortable. It was only until week 4 - 6 I woke up and just felt pain free.

    All I can suggest is that you drinks LOTS and LOTS. Tell mum to stock up on high fibre and stay away from foods that can keep you constipated.

    At least you have had it done and now once the recovery stage is done, you can go back to living your life. Dont worry too much about the cosmetic side after the opp, main thing is to feel back to normal 100%.

    Take it easy

  • julie64486
    julie64486 jenna09649

    Posted

    Hi Jenna I had surgery on nhs for two internal ones cut and stitched . Didn't feel to bad after when I came home my problem was bleeding . It got so bad had to go to a&e the next day . The doc said he would like me to stay in but could not make me but would be a bed waiting if I need it . I came home big mistake had to go back in the next day bleeding was so bad just dripping and blood clots . To cut a long story short I had lost 50% of my blood and had a blood transfusion and rushed back in to surgery . My stitches had come loose and a skin tag had been caught was down two hours. So scary but I shouldn't have gone home the first time . So please if anyone has a lot of bleeding and you don't think it's normal go and get it checked . Recovery has been tuff and still have a few issues but four weeks on I'm feeling fingers crossed back to my old self . Drink loads and loads of water and diet fruit veg fish and only a little bit of meat .I only had ibuprofen for pain as didn't want to get constipated and still take fybogel every day. You will turn that corner soon just keep looking at the bigger picture and you will never look back xx

  • claire12815
    claire12815 jenna09649

    Posted

    I know it's been a while since you posted this but would love to know how you're doing. I'm 6 days post banded and the pain is awful

  • sabab172
    sabab172 jenna09649

    Posted

    I'm so sorry you have gone through this but thank you for sharing. I am thinking about surgery and the more I read about banding, sadly the negative experiences seem to outweigh the good. The percentage of them returning after banding is high too. I hope you heal soon and I am pretty convinced that I will not go down this road to sort mine out...

  • kyle2020
    kyle2020 jenna09649

    Posted

    Does anybody know why peoples experiences with banding can be so wildly different? does it just depend on whether the hemeroid is external or internal or how big they are?

    I ask because i have had the banding done 3 seperate times now on an I guess internal 1 (it only comes out when i have a BM).

    and while its very painful when the doctors fingers and that machine he used go up my butt, and afterwards for about 4 hours its very painful and feels like i have to poop (but painful down there as well).

    However, after the 4 hours the pain lessons and by the next day the pain only comes when i get a BM but its not to bad.

    anyways, im very sorry to hear about your pain OP. Hemoroids truly are the worst.

    • kyle2020
      kyle2020

      Posted

      i guess my point was that while the banding for me has been uncomfortable, its nothing like what the OP went through. im so sorry for your pain 😦

      Do you have an update OP? i hope youre feeling better and that the procedure got rid of them once and for all.

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