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Spending hours on the toilet

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blade39505
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Hi All,

So a year ago I use to go to the loo but spend multiple attempts to empty myself, in quick succession (i.e. go, get up, sit again).

This year, I had a haemerhoidectomy and everything originally went back to normal. Then I would be going twice before dinner, and then twice before dinner, and then once under dinner.

I used to notice if I ate something my stomach would not agree with, I would go multiple times after dinner (I guess to flush out whatever is in my bowels).

However, now, everyday, I go multiple times after dinner, taking up to two hours to empty myself.

I am in a position now, where, with prune juice and probitoics, I get very close to emptying myself on the loo before dinner, but some is left. My bottom feels very tight and narrow (maybe anal stenosis), which I am seeing my surgeon to discuss. If that is an issue, treating that may fix everything. I also get bleeding now, which would be haemerhoids, so that doesn't help.

Basically, I have the same experience as the poor husband of who wrote this thread: https://patient.info/forums/discuss/how-long-each-day-do-you-spend-in-the-bathroom--599005

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