r/hemorrhoid

Hi, 2 months ago I underwent surgery for multiple hemorrhoids (internal, external, and mixed) using a combination of LHP (laser hemorrhoidoplasty) + a conventional hemorrhoidectomy for the largest one.

Even after 2 full months I am still experiencing:

• Daily discharge (which increases after a bowel movement)
• Swelling/a lump that gets larger after bowel movements
• Mild pain/discomfort lasting for 2-3 hours after a bowel movement
• A minimal amount of blood in my stool
• Recent perianal dermatitis/eczema (likely caused by the discharge and friction).

My last follow-up was 1 month ago, and my doctor told me that everything was healing well and there were no complications. My next check-up is in a few days.

I wanted to ask: in your experience, is this normal? Does it usually take this long for post-op symptoms to completely go away?

Also, I tried going back to the gym and lift very light weights, but I immediately felt discomfort in the area and had to stop.

Thanks!

I am in a serious mission to heal my anal tag completely or even 90% in 1 month. I have had anal tag since past 5 years because I had severe constipation at one point that I could not even sit but now I am really getting annoyed of it and I want it removed at any cost.

I cant get surgery or go to doctor because then I would have to tell my parents which is something I want to avoid.

Those who have healed their anal tag not via surgery please help me out🙏🏻🙏🏻

Its not hemorrhoids it is anal skin tag its visible to me atleast I have not shown my ass to anyone. It's size is around idk it's mid but on a smaller size.

PLEASE HELP ME OUT🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I had a LIS last year. After that there's been no pain from BM but I've been getting a stinging, stabby sort of pain from perianal region (I think). The bleeding I see is bright and usually after I walk a lot or run. I think the bleeding is from the perianal area and not from inside because that area is also sore when I touch it or when I use bidet.

I've been to 6 different doctors (yes) trying to figure this out. One said I'm chafing, one said it's the old fissure, rest are clueless. There's no hemorrhoid, internal or external. The old wound is healing and no new fissure too.

I'm at my wits end. Any advice?

Hello again and welcome to the play by play for my hemmorrhoid bandings that no one asked for. Bit my experiences have been fairly textbook, so I wanted to share them foe those who are anxious.

Honestly, I wanted to cancel but only because I know the night of sleep after the procedure will be shot to hell. Also, I was a bit constipated leading up to the procedure, so I took a glycerin suppository that morning l, which worked like a charm. But that meant my bum was a bit irritated going in, which wasn't very fun. Doable but not ideal.

The procedure was as normal as the first two. Painless, over in 30 seconds. It is the dull, achy discomfort afterwards that sucks. It feels like a combination of constipation pressure and a menstrual cramp. Generally no higher than a 3/10 of pain for me, but it is constant the rest of the day and night. Usually, by morning I feel back to normal-- will report back as we go.

I take alternating Tylenol and Advil for the discomfort, but the only things that help are walking/activity and sitz baths. And sleep, but I struggle to fall asleep. But generally, all 3 of mine were textbook. Painless, fast, discomfort afterwards that resolves the next day.

Here's hoping I won't need to do this again for a long time! Drink the fiber supplements, yall! And don't be afraid of the banding-- just make sure you go to a colo-rectal surgeon if possible, because they gwt much more training on it than GI docs.

Cheers and hydrate,

rosa

Edit: I misspoke. Didn't mean "extreme", I meant "alternate"

I'm curious if anyone has shrunk external/thrombosed hems in a pinch with other things? Like what about those skin firming, tightening beauty products like that eye cream that's always in ads with some dude's name on it? Sometimes desperation leads to innovation. Thoughts?

#I'minsomuchpain

26M with Grade 3 internal hemorrhoids.
They prolapse after bowel movements but go back in on their own. I also have swelling and pain for about an hour afterward.

My surgeon recommended PPH/stapler surgery but warned me about possible recurrence.
I’m confused about whether I should go ahead with it or consider other options like traditional hemorrhoidectomy

Has anyone with Grade 3 hemorrhoids had PPH/stapler surgery? How was the recovery, and did they experience recurrence?
Would you recommend getting a second opinion before deciding?

I am a mom of two littles (4 and 5) and don’t have the help necessary for a hemorrhoidectomy. I wouldn’t be able to have any down time.
I am in agony. I have chronic constipation and am on Linzess (290mcg). I have had hemorrhoids for years, even before kids. They went away at one point.
I try Prep H, witch hazel, hot soaks, vaseline, sugar and with hazel, etc… it is burning and I have these external buddies that I hate.
I am not overweight, I workout regularly and I am constantly on the go with my kids.
What are non invasive things I can do or minor surgical procedures. I have had banding procedures but with little to no help.
It isn’t feasible now for me to do the full surgery.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Can using an ice pack or something similar for 15 mins or so and then taking a warm sitz bath for 15 mins as well help speed up the healing process of a Thrombosed Hemorrhoid or should I just keep sticking to warm sitz baths? I've been doing sitz baths for 3 to 4 times a day for the last week and I have seen no improvement and I haven't used the special ice packs for hemorrhoids in a few months. So I was just curious if doing ice and then warm will help it a lot.

I've had a very small pea sized external hemorrhoid that will go back inside when it isn't inflamed and in pain. I haven't been able to get it to relax tho and every time it seems like im making progress on getting it to settle down no matter how soft my stool is it re-triggers it to get swollen again and resets my progress all over again. I have tried to get it to go away now for like 3 months and it will not stop swelling and hurting. I feel so discouraged, its not even a huge one and i can feel it hurting whenever i try to sit or lay on my back, i've tried several things like forces of nature, iodine pads, laying on my stomach, making sure my stool is soft, taking diosmin hesperidin and even kegels to trying and relax enough to push it back in but it wont stay in and just hurts all the time now. I only have prep H and copper supplements left from the list of things to try. If there is anything anyone can recommend to help out like a routine or anything else i'm up for anything. If i could get it removed i would but its not even that big.

Posting my experience with hemorrhoids because I felt reading medical sites were not really descriptive or helpful. Maybe this will be useful for someone experiencing the same.

It started when I felt something extra in my rectum while defecating and soon after that I started feeling pressure.

I had never before had any symptoms like this. It was not painful and I wondered what it was and though that I’ll have to visit a physician as it could be anything.

It came and went, started causing slight pain and then progressed in a few weeks to external hemorrhoids. I got one or two pea sized external hemorrhoids around the anus that appeared and slowly disappeared. I would feel sudden pressure and pain somewhere around my anus, e.g. close to the perineum and a new external hemorrhoid would appear which would cause discomfort and slight pain.

This was reassuring for me that it was hemorrhoids as the piles were soft to the touch and collapsible. It made me quite sure that they were not cancerous growths as such generally are hard masses and don’t shift places.

This phase was also accompanied by feeling pressure inside the rectum on a particular side like left and then it disappeared, getting something on the right and then it disappeared, then more generalized pressure and it got better and reappeared. The symptoms were accompanied by a small external hemorrhoid at times. These came in waves so first feeling pressure or getting a bump and then it dissipated in a few days until it again reappeared.

These came pretty much on their own and I don’t feel like any particular activity caused them. Not exercise, not defecating strenuously, not particular foods.

When I had flare ups I would have to lie down on my stomach on the bed with my rear elevated to relieve the pressure and discomfort. I washed myself with a bidet shower head and soap and applied Abilar wound balm to help with the itching, just something I had at hand.

My stool was without blood and otherwise normal. I had one episode of thin stool when the pressure inside the rectum was the worst and it was a bit worrying but it lasted only two days.

At this point I was about a month into the episode.

I read some people had benefits of taking copper and I had myself been supplementing daily with 15 mg zinc citrate for at least a year. As zinc interferes with copper absorption so I thought there might be something to it and that maybe my supplementation had caused an issue with connective tissue and caused my problems.

I stopped zinc supplementation and started taking 2 mg copper bisglycinate daily for a few weeks. The symptoms were still present but slowly over time started getting fewer with more time in between.

Now about 3 months since it began I have been without any symptoms for about a month.

I have been otherwise completely healthy, I am normal weight, I ate healthy food and exercised.

What caused it? No idea.

Did taking copper and stopping zinc help? No idea.

For me at least it seems like it was some temporary disorder, metabolic or whatever that caused swollen and inflamed hemorrhoids. Now everything is back to normal and I don’t think I could have avoided this by drinking more water, eating more fiber, changing excretion habits or anything.

Just posting this as I was searching online every source says that hemorrhoids appear and get better in a few days but this was more of a series of instances that lasted almost a few months.

Hello everyone, 38 male very active …just wanted to share my journey thus far. I’ve dealt with hemorrhoids for several years and I can honestly say it was the most annoying deliberating thing I’ve ever had to deal with. Day in and day out I could not do any activities. If I would go to the gym for 10 min it would come out and be irritating. I couldn’t go on long walks, I couldn’t go to a club, I couldn’t go to a bar, outside was pretty much dead to me because I’d be miserable and in pain. The weeks leading up to surgery were horrible. So much pain so much blood and hems were thrombosed. Throughout reading all the horror stories that absolutely scared me, I just couldn’t live like this anymore. I ended up biting the bullet and doing surgery. Currently on day 6 and so for these are how my days went….

Day 0 - SURGERY DAY. Surgery was done around 10am and took about 40-50 minutes and I was done and rolled back into my hospital room. Not much to say about this day since I was drugged up on Dilaudid and Toradol.

Day 1 - first half in the hospital and had my first bowel movement and my God, I won’t lie it was the most painful thing I’ve ever had to endure. Pain was 10/10. Luckily, right when I had it the nurse put me on Dilaudid right away and toradol a hour later. Dealt with the pain no more than 5 min because the drugs sedated me heavily, but that 5 min stretch ooooff I was scratching the walls. Right after BM ended up being discharged and headed home. Not much else this day besides resting.

Day 2/3 - Took medication (norco/diazapam/tylenol) as prescribed throughout these couple days. A lot of resting and the only pain I was dealing with was walking or farting. Didn’t want to walk much. Farting only slight pain as it passes then sudden relief right after. Sitz baths 6-8x both these days with 2 baths to clean myself up. Farting blood and discharge.

Day 4 - This day was tough. I was going through Rectel Tenesmus. Meaning the sphincter is a persistent, painful urge to pass stool even when your bowels are already empty. So it’s somewhat a false alarm and happened throughout day 4 and 5. Numerous times had to run to the RR to see if I would have a BM. Eventually around 11pm at night, had my second bowel movement. Very little blood and discharge. I made sure I had it in my bath and let me tell you it’s a cheat code!!! Pain was 5/10 and lasted about 30-45 min. You feel pain for sure but right away relief from the warm/hot water. I really recommend anytime you have a BM do it in the tub or your sitz bath either way is fine. It will be messy but it’s so dang worth it. Other than that that was day 4.

Day 5 - Third bowel movement and again did it in my tub and very little pain. Little blood and Yes very messy but again it’s a cheat code. The only pain was it coming out for a few seconds but definitely manageable. The hot water eased everything for me. Walking around a lot more, constantly farting, still a lot of discharge, and still dealing with Rectel Tenesmus. I think dealing with that is the most annoying about these first 5 days. Because you just don’t know if you have to go or not and it’s painful. Pain lvl for that is around 5-7/10. Depending on the person I’d assume everyone is different with pain tolerance. And I must say my pain tolerance is somewhat low it is not high.

Day 6 (currently) - Woke up today night and day difference. No pain whatsoever. Had some mashed potato’s and chicken breast for dinner. First actual food in 6 days. Right now it was 11pm and I’m having that Rectel Tenesmus again. I feel like I have to go but I don’t. All day I did not feel this until about 10pm. Other than this, today was a fairly decent day. Not much else besides watching movies with my cousin laying on my side.

All in all….im so happy I did this surgery. It’s not AS BAD as everyone makes it out to be. Definitely PREPARE. Definitely RESEARCH. Definitely DO YOUR HOMEWORK on this post op recovery. It will help you tremendously. It did for me. I’ve read all the horror stories. I’ve read the stories with light at end of the tunnel. I’ve talked to family members who have gone through this procedure. I’ve used AI. Almost everything you can think of to research.

Day 1-4 I was on liquid diet. Didn’t eat no food only drank liquids including chicken broth.

MiraLAX will be your new best friend (it’s what I used and worked flawlessly)

Buy bulk pads or diapers…you going to need it.

Have a partner through this. Do not go through this alone as it can mentally drain you and put you in a place you don’t want to be. Have someone with you at all times to keep your mentally boosted and just in general the company.

All in all….so far it’s not as bad as everyone made it out to be. Yes it’s frustrating. Yes the recovery is not easy, but it’s all in your mind. I’m hoping to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I can see it now but it’s still a long stretch. I hope this helps anyone. Sorry I’m not good at writing things out like this as I’ve never done this before. Bear with me. God bless you all going through this. We will be ok. We will
Make it through. And we will have a better/new beautiful life ahead.