My experience 5 weeks after Haemorrhoidectomy 

How many weeks post operation are u? My dad had this operation like me and he said what helped him alot was laying naked on his side and having a plug in fan blow on his rear side for half an hour, I'm 6 weeks post operation and still have pain pooping but since I've been taking 2 stool softeners and eating only fruits and veggies and oatmeal and lean chicken, my bowel movements are alot smoother, change things up and see what works the best, hang on there bud, it does get better

Well written, Glen! Thank you for posting this. I had hem surgery for two internal prolapsing grade 3 hems, one large one small. I had all the things you mentioned - bleeding, a lot, just after surgery, pain, etc. I am 3 months post surgery and I am still not out of the woods, but it's okay. I had fissures which took cream to heal (prescribed by my surgeon) and they did heal up after 6 weeks. I tend to have 3-5 bowel movements a day so perhaps this is the reason healing has been longer, but it is healing and getting better and better.

After my follow-up appt with my surgeon today, he said that it can take 6 months to a year to get back to all normal. Currently I have tenesmus (feeling of having to have a BM when there is no BM to have) and it gets worse the more bms I have in a day. That, he told me, was due to the nerves that were cut where my hems were. The nerves, he said, are still traumatized so that is why I have the tenesmus and feelings of burning and muscle spasms. However, I no longer have any razor blade pains and the coccydinia that I had, which was incredibly painful, is also diminishing. So I just wanted people to know that for some of us, it takes longer and there may be some additional symptoms but in time, these will all clear up. I also had seepage but that has reduced dramatically and is pretty much non-apparent.

So, if you NEED this surgery, get it. The sooner you get it done the better and follow the recommendations that Glen has suggested. One very important thing - make sure you get the surgery done by a specialist that deals with that area of the body day in, day out. My surgeon does colorectal surgery and oncological surgery. He is also an associate professor of surgery. He said today, that this surgery, is one of the most painful you can get (yep) and to make SURE you have a surgeon who specializes in that area. Get the best surgeon you can. It makes ALL the difference! And that's from a surgeon himself saying that. 

So get prepared, Read the forums here and get all the info you can from reputable sources. Yes, it will be painful - I dealt with the pain with just over the counter meds and yes, it was the most painful thing I've gone through physically, but, most of the pain was dealt with in the first 6 weeks. So if you've suffered for years with this and your quality of life has really gone down hill, don't wait. Find a good surgeon, get prepared and have it done. I will post again in 3 months time to let you know how I am then. But, I'd have to say, that at this point, I am VERY glad that I have had it done. No more lumps projecting out, no more intense burning, pulsing, severe pain (coccydinia). I have my life back Thank you Dr and thank you to all of you who posted such great info here and encouragement. 

Yes, I agree with you!

I had open heameroidectomy with some banding!

It was hell, I felt like the grim reaper was with me every time I had a bowl movement.

You are so right. The pain will go and it will be worth it.

I actually have to have another surgery but its for a heameroid that formed during my recovery caused by my constipation. Even with that I am better than i was and as its just one I am prepared!

This time I will prepare better, and all the above you mentioned.

I’m about 5 weeks post op. Good thing is there is NO pain .. for awhile I was with many of you where I just had break downs crying. It was a tough recovery - I’m curious if any of you have had issues with controlling your bowels. Just this past week I suddenly have anal leakage basically. No control over my bowels so I’m back to wearing a pad again. I take stool softeners bc obviously don’t want to be constipated  but this is not diarrhea - it’s just soft stool that’s coming out without notice. 

Okay the best thing I've done in years is to get my hemorrhoids removed.

To be specific if you're going through this when I went to the bathroom before it woukd take like 20 minutes and then to wipe another 20 because I had hemorrhoids popping out and it was just disgusting. In addition to that these things would bleed and it looks like poop or something in your underwear so it is totally disgusting. Don't waste your time having them tied off because they just come back 6 months later and that is not a painless procedure.

I went to Tufts in Boston send me head of the colorectal surgery division, Dr. Yoo, did the operation.

The bottom line is this surgery was life-changing. I did a colonoscopy first and there was a big polyp that was making it hard for me to go to the bathroom. There's your 20 minute issue. This might sound weird but now I say I have an ass like a 12 year old LOL. I go to the bathroom and it takes like 2 minutes now. No more blood in my underwear no more embarrassment when that thing is bleeding.. everything's perfect.

It took me 25 years probably to do this because I was afraid of the surgery. Let me tell you dealing with that for 25 years was definitely not worth it. Just get the surgery.

And in terms of recovery.. they gave me a bunch of Oxycodone. I took a few and it didn't do anything. However I smoked pot back when I was 18 and now it's legal. So I got a medical marijuana card before the surgery. Medical marijuana completely took away the pain. When I had to deal with this night, I smoke some and went to sleep . This lasted for about a week and I might have missed a couple of days at work because I wouldn't smoke pot at work obviously.. After about a week the worst of it is over and you get steadily better for the next two weeks. So get rid of the oxycodone and do the medical marijuana first because that actually works and it makes your recovery a cakewalk.

In terms of sitting in the bath and so on.. I just went to the shower sad in there.

So if you're thinking about it.. get it done and the medical marijuana is the trick to not have to deal with too much pain for next week or so as you recover. A much better and more effective choice than opiates.

I cannot recall how many times I have come back to this post in last 7 weeks. Thanks to all contributors.

I had cryo haemorroidectomy and fissurectomy by cauterization.

I had multiple sentinel piles and two internal haemorrhoids of grade 2.

The journey so far has been tough. I am still not 100% healed.

From my learnings its important to keep to not more than 2 bms per day. This will give more time for healing.

Always have cotton above pad. So you can remove it when its soiled.

I was given pottasium permanganate along with salt for sitz bath.

For first two weeks i was told not to consume wheat and limit myself to rice.

I was having too much loose stools due to milk of magnesia so i stopped it right after week 1.

I managed pain through out by ibuprofen 400mg. Taking thrice initially.

Most important is to engage yourself in some activity and take it one day at a time.

My biggest mistake was not to be aware of post operative recovery. On a hindsight if i knew there would be so much pain, I would not have done the procedure.

I had a grade 3 hemorrhoid removed and a fissure repaired 5 days ago. I have had a hard time with my bm’s. I have followed my doctors orders concerning diet (high fiber foods, fruit and veggies etc) and supplements (Citrucel once per day, stool softners) and water, lots and lots of water. I’ve drank so much water that I have to pee every time I move lol! 

My problem is despite my best efforts to keep constipation away, I am now constipated. I believe it is caused from the Percocet I was taking. I stopped those 2 days after my surgery. I have had one bm on day 4, it wasn’t much but it was extremely difficult to pass. I had to strain more than I should have. It wasn’t a lot either. I had a smaller one the next day, with the same difficulty. I haven’t had any since. I have been taking laxatives (sienna, miralax, and milk of magnesia). All have helped in giving me the sensation (and pressure) of having to go, but it does dot pass. I have tried Stitz baths, but sitting outs so much pressure in this area it is extremely uncomfortable. Now I am walking around either passing gas and leaking a little or feeling cramped. I expected some difficulty thanks to my pre op research.  What I did not expect was the sensation of walking around with a baseball clenced in my butthole. My question is when does that feeling go away?  I believe the reason I cannot poop is all of the swelling both internally and externall. Overall my pain has to been too bad except when I sit on the toilet, or getting up from laying down. 

    Has anyone else experienced this and how long before I can expect relief? 

 I had a thrombosed hemorrhoid removed by surgery three days ago along with an absces  drained as well as I didn’t even know I had one. The pain is out of this world horrible. There is so much pressure and I feel like I’m going to explode. I can’t sit on anything I have to lie down. And it feels like I have to pass stool But I still can’t go. And I can actually feel my heart beat down at the opening of my anal cavity. I’m just completely incapacitated right now.