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Problems 8 months after surgery

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Pen10
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I had a haemorrhoidectomy approx 8 months ago and still have problems.  I usually have a BM daily but if I miss a day become constipated and then have pain in my behind and suffer for a couple of days with soreness all around my lower region, feel like I have cystitis, but know I don't, and also cramps and urgency for a wee.  I also suffer with bladder weakness but never had problems with that before my op.  I feel sick of my life at the minute as it literally rules my life, I can't stand for long and need to sit but am then uncomfortable sitting.  I am in the bath at the min trying to soothe things but just feel like weeping.  What do I do now, I don't think I could cope with the severe pain of more surgery. Has anyone had similar problems.  Please help.

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  • rob42298
    rob42298 Pen10

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    Yes! I am 4 months post op and now once or twice I have missed what had become a daily BM becoming horribly constipated. The solution to which was a rubber glove finger up there to scrape myself out. Not ideal sad

    obviously I'm bleeding and feeling (and smelling) pretty sh!?y. To get regular I've started using Ortisan cubes. The soreness gets sorted with Atrogel and stool softness is addressed by upping my water intake - at least 2L per day. Hope that helps. Don't get down. For the other symptoms I'd see my GP

  • shaz3458
    shaz3458 Pen10

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    Hi.. I really feel for you and completely understand what you are going through,

    i had my op 14 months ago and I am still suffering. I take a laxido sachet every night and I am now taking nortriptyline every night too. If I miss one sachet of laxido I get constipated and the pain is unbearable. I am now seeing a different consultant who believes I have nerve damage, I am waiting to go into hospital again, this will be the third time!! He is going to give me a scan and an ultrascan to find out the extent of the damage. He also believes I have muscle damage which is why I can't control my bowels properly. I still go the loo (poo) about 3-4 times a day. I daren't eat at work or in public in case I need to go.

    the nortriptyline is helping with the pain, it's the first thing that has actually helped but I am still suffering everyday.

    i just hope I don't need to have further surgery, I couldn't bare it.

    my whole life has changed for the worst. I have no social life, I can't drink alcohol, I always have to be near the loo and sometimes don't make it!! 

    I have taken the laxido sachet everyday since my first op, on the occasion when I've missed or forgot I start to get impacted within 2 days so the consultant told me to keep taking them.

    you should try them and the nortriptyline, I read somewhere that someone else who has gone through what we are going through started nortriptyline and she said it was the only thing that helped her, she also tried everything under the sun, like me, and nothing helped. She wished she had known about them earlier. So do I !! My first consultant was absolute rubbish, I think he messed up my op and didn't know how to put things right, he never once mentioned it could be nerve damage and never offered to prescribe me neuropathic meds.

    i hope you start to get better soon and would love to know how your getting on.

    take care

    shaz

  • shaz3458
    shaz3458 Pen10

    Posted

    Hi.. I really feel for you and completely understand what you are going through,

    i had my op 14 months ago and I am still suffering. I take a laxido sachet every night and I am now taking nortriptyline every night too. If I miss one sachet of laxido I get constipated and the pain is unbearable. I am now seeing a different consultant who believes I have nerve damage, I am waiting to go into hospital again, this will be the third time!! He is going to give me a scan and an ultrascan to find out the extent of the damage. He also believes I have muscle damage which is why I can't control my bowels properly. I still go the loo (poo) about 3-4 times a day. I daren't eat at work or in public in case I need to go.

    the nortriptyline is helping with the pain, it's the first thing that has actually helped but I am still suffering everyday.

    i just hope I don't need to have further surgery, I couldn't bare it.

    my whole life has changed for the worst. I have no social life, I can't drink alcohol, I always have to be near the loo and sometimes don't make it!! 

    I have taken the laxido sachet everyday since my first op, on the occasion when I've missed or forgot I start to get impacted within 2 days so the consultant told me to keep taking them.

    you should try them and the nortriptyline, I read somewhere that someone else who has gone through what we are going through started nortriptyline and she said it was the only thing that helped her, she also tried everything under the sun, like me, and nothing helped. She wished she had known about them earlier. So do I !! My first consultant was absolute rubbish, I think he messed up my op and didn't know how to put things right, he never once mentioned it could be nerve damage and never offered to prescribe me neuropathic meds.

    i hope you start to get better soon and would love to know how your getting on.

    take care

    shaz

    • Pen10
      Pen10 shaz3458

      Posted

      Hi Shaz, you have definitely benn through a lot.  I am still the same apart from becoming constipated and am now worried sick about going to the loss as know I will be serious once I do go.  I am going to see a surgeon tomorrow so want to know what's causing it.  I have also started, just in the last few days, taking Laxido.  It makes me feel sick when taking it, but needs must.  I will let you know what is said tomorrow.
  • dee57696
    dee57696 Pen10

    Posted

    Nearly 7 weeks after surgery, I've been in hospital three times again, been catheterised 3 times and all they keep telling me is, "You're bunged up."  I'm home now but they've prescribed so many laxatives that faeces are pouring out of me and I need to clean up in the shower several times a day and change clothes.  The pain when faeces and even just gas pass my anus is excruciating.  I can't go anywhere and I don't want friends or family to visit because of the smell and humiliation.  I now have individual self-use catheters for when I can't urinate.  It is the biggest regret of my life that I ever agreed to this horrendous surgery and my wonderful husband is feeling really guilty for encouraging me to go ahead.  I hope I will get my life back one day but it's hard to see an end to this horrendous experience!!

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