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HEMORRHOID SURGERY submitted by Paul on Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 17:18:43
What The Doctor Didn't Tell Me
- That I would be unable to urinate due to swollen tissues in the days after the surgery.
- Fecal incontinence from the loss of muscular control after surgery.
- Chaffing of tissues around the anus.
- Feeling faint as a result of low blood pressure produced by loss of fluids.
- Lower back pain.
- Eating anything made with only refined flour and sometimes cheeses seemed to make stools more difficult.
- Finally, after presumed recovery, males can experience sexual dysfunction for a time because some of the same nerves that are affected by the spinal block given during surgery affect sexual function.
What I Discovered
- Inability to urinate: Lying on my side with my clothes on, icing my buttocks with bags of frozen peas provides relief of pain and reduces swelling. ---Fecal incontinence: Staying near a toilet at all times is necessary. Sanitary napkins in underpants will absorb blood and other discharge. I used over 100.
- Chaffed tissue: Vitamin A & E or zinc oxide ointments provides relief.
- Feeling faint: I needed to suspend taking a prescribed diuretic.
- Lower back pain: Because the nerves in the lower back were affected, I needed chiropractic treatment.
- Not eating foods I normally ate for several weeks.
- Nerve damage: healing time and accupuncture
Other things I learned:
The goal is to have stools glide by the wound so they need to be soft, which is complicated because of swollen tissue. Drinking plenty of liquids and eating foods high in fiber while minimizing other foods and using a stool softener will help.
Avoiding foods that produce flatulents will avoid discomfort because in the initial days, the affected area is highly sensitive; even a sneeze or cough is felt. About four ounces of liquid Aloe Vera can help and may reduce the need for stool softeners, on which one does not want to grow dependent.
Sitz baths are recommended, but until the wound is healed, sitting on a sitz bath for more than a few moments may not be tolerable. However, a use to be made of a sitz bath is to loosen fecal matter that may remain after a bowel movement; then using only soft toilet tissue (facial tissuecan clog up plumbing) ever so gently to complete the cleaning process.
Being gentle translates into blotting or patting means rather than wiping. A small battery-operated fan will dry without producing the irritation physical contact produces.
Homeopathic supplements may help speed healing. These include Arnica Montana, Bromelain, and Traumed/Traumeel tablets. The protein amino acid L-Arginine may also be helpful.
Recovery from hemorrhoid surgery, like every surgery has its own demands, including getting lots of rest. Specifically for me it meant minimizing discomfort and keeping healing time to a minimum. This meant keeping the wound area as clean and dry as possible without inflicting unnecessary discomfort or damaging the wound.
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