Rubber Band Ligation and Leakage

I feel pretty good so far but have only had the one band. Tomorrow is the next one. Only time I have pain also is after a bm and it usually lasts about an hour. Like an ache feeling is the best way to describe it, but before the first band when this would happen it was way worse. That's what makes me think it did it's job.

Hey Carissa, it went well! It kinda hurt a tad more when my Dr inserted the tool this time, but same pain afterwards as the first one which has already faded which I believe it was from the insertion. She said that the one she did first felt much much better this time. I asked her if it did what it was supposed to and she said yes. So that makes me pretty optimistic.

I believe she said it was the one of the three walls she was feeling. She said it didn't feel inflamed anymore and felt much better but the other two were still inflamed. Then she did the second one and said she hopes it goes as good as this one did.

Hi CarissaD216,

I was just wondering how you are feeling at this time? Has everything returned to normal? I had a bit more blood through this second one but it only lasted about a day about a week after it was done. I am now having my third and final (hopefully) band done on Wednesday morning. I am very eager to return to work, and before it was hard for me to stand for very long due to the pressure and they would bleed. I still have pain after bm but it seems it has decreased since the beginning. I am hoping and praying all goes well so I can return to work, as I have been eating at my savings. I've even tried finding new positions where I am strictly sitting down but I don't want to be restricted like that. My ultimate hope is that after the final banding they don't bother me after standing for long periods. Anyway, hope you are doing well!!!

I live in Colorado and work as a budtender Basically a clerk that sells and educates customers on cannabis. It required me to stand for long periods of time though, which I was able to do not even two years ago at a different job, but ended up getting into others that were sit down jobs including a call center. When I tried to return to physical labor, that's when I knew I had a problem. it's good to hear they aren't bothering you as bad as before. I feel the same but am slightly afraid to return to work because of the fear of it happening again. It was kind of traumatic lol and devastating because I couldn't perform the duties required and I loved the job literally more than anything I've ever done. I am still welcomed back by them whenever I want to go back, but I'm waiting for this final band and then my birthday is next week, so I figure I'll just knock that all out and go back the following week. They were banded, so I have a hard time seeing them swelling up like they used to and bleeding again since they were supposed to shrivel up and fall off. If that is my unfortunate fate, I have a very scary backup plan. I'm going to go stay with my parents for a month or two in Michigan and have a hemorrhoidectomy done. I've decided one way or another I'm getting rid of these things. I just really hope I don't have to take that route. I'll definitely let you know how things go! I'm eager to ask my doctor how it feels down there. She said the first one felt a lot better so hopefully this one does too.

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I luckily have not been straining for a while because I have been eating a lot of fiber and drinking tons of water. That's why I have hope I won't even need the surgery, but who knows. I have done all I can and changed my diet completely so there isn't much else I can do that I can think of. Just hope for the best I suppose.

Has anyone had fecal leakage one day after banding?