Hemorrhoid Surgery? Does it hurt?

[MOMOFALLBOYS]

What kind of Dr. do I need to see? I have had them almost 2 months now and have had them several times in the past I just can not seem to get rid of them this time, I have one on the outside about the size of a pea a little bigger, very hard..it hurts so bad. Does surgery hurt and would I qualify for it?

[kag]

Yes, I had hemorrhoid surgery on Friday and would be happy to share this with you in hope that I can help you.  I will post a bit more after I see if this post takes.

[kag]

Ok, that seemed to work.  

I had a partial hemmorrhoidectomy with a THD procedure on Friday, 9-11. I am a 48 year old female.  Basically, the partial Hem was a cutting out of the prolasped tissue that was on the outside. I do have dissolvable stitches. The THD was the inside suturing and cutting off of the other major veins that run into the anal canal, that produce hems.  My prolasped hem was very painful and ugly and I had dealt with it for many years.  At other times, I would get thrombosis and have in office procedures to cut out the clot in this prolapse, which was painful and temporary.  I could manually push back in the outside one, but it was horribly annoying etc.

I would recommend these procedures to anyone.  I had a great general surgeon who used to just do proctology and has done surgery for 30 years. I'd highly recommend using a seasoned proctologist or colo-rectal surgeon who may also be a general surgeon. I live on the West Coast of Florida.

I had morphine on Friday morning after the surgery.   I was careful to clean out my system the day before surgery and eat only soft fibre filled foods the day of surgery(after) and the last few days along with taking a stool softner and a half cup of prune juice everyday and no constipating foods period.  I have been drinking tons of water too.  I had a bowel movement the first day, 3 movements the next, and 2 the next, and one today.  I may have had a bit too much softner in me the day before, and thus the extra movements.  I immediately dab my bottom after a bm and then got in a warm, light force shower for about 10-15 minutes after each movement, using a soap free soap.  I have not had to use any pain killers and feel my diet and care of myself has contributed to the ease of this surgery.  I read many awful horror stories and so I prepared.  I do not use sitz baths as I get UTI's easily.  The first few movements were a bit uncomfortable, but do to the softness of the stool, it was bearable.  You DO NOT want hard stools, so you must sacrifice and eat only baby food, jello, broth etc, the day before and of.  

I am taking it easy as I can, although I had my period Sunday, so this has been a bit annoying.  

Another tip is that after you exit the bath, use a rubber glove to dab neosporin with lidocaine on the area each time.  I did ask not to use a catheter during the surgery as I did not want an UTI, but had to be cathed after the surgery to remove the first urine as I felt full and could not get up right away.

I do not recommend the following, but was told taking vitamin K and goldenseal were good ideas. I have done so, the day before and still, but cannot say if this is good or not based on each persons health. I take many other supplements, so am versed in what is good for just me.

I hope this helps..