Hello all,
Last time I posted 3 months back it was about iron anemia defieciency, due to over time anal beeding, after I recover from 5 blood tranfusions and a few days in the hospital.
I was sent to a rectal surgeon who decided I had a fissure upon physical examination, his finger.
An ILS (internal lateral sphincterotomy) was scheduled.
I went in for the surgery on the 19th of November, imagine my surprise when I woke up and they told me they found no fissure (hence did not do the surgery, what I went through a surgery with no surgery?), but tons of monstrous hemorrhoids, some thrombosed internally.
Well that sucked because I was amped to finaly have long time problem (anal bleeding like urine) fixed now only to find out I would have to take a month to recover before they would even re-evaluate my situation.
I was given hydrocortisone and sent on my way.
Over the next week the pain grew so bad I was forced to the er, couldnt eat, coudnt sleep, the thought of going to the bathroom terrified me.
I was forced to the er due to pain, something I avoid at all costs, I have rarely had a pleasent experience in the er. Now imagine my surprise when they tell me I now have an external lacerated thrombosed hemorrhoid. Told to use stool sofeners and the hydro and go home.
My doctor would tell me I am hyper sensitive to pain and that he has had thousands of patients who didnt complain of pain from similar hemorrhoids. Not sure what that has to due with my pain, although he now labels me hypersensitive and weary of doing any more trements as the pain would be to unbearable for me.
It would be ten days before I would pass a larger than golf ball size stool that I am positive the neighbors should have called the cops from my screaming.
I am not sure where the eternal hemorrhoid came from, it appeared the day after the surgery.
My rectal surgeon granted me a fast appointment to look at it a couple days later, confirming what the er said, and told me he could do nothing until at least a month had passed and I fully recovered from my previous surgery (that was no suregery at all)
I did a ton of research online, when ya dont sleep and am in pain you will look for any answer, especially when your own doctors cant or wont help.
I found the most common and forum backed up cure might be miralax for the stool sofenting hot baths for swelling reduction and witch hazel for external application, hell even Dr. Oz reccomends that as the only way he would treat external hemorrhoids on his website.
So low and behold 2 blocks from my house at Walgreens was Dickinisons Witch Hazel, looks like a bottle of baby oil. Within the first few hours of applying the witch hazel the pain reduced immensley, this would be Dec 3rd Friday night.
The miralax definitley has turned all my stool to noodle strip soft (if ya know what I mean), this in itself is a miracle because previously I was crapping marbles or golf balls. Yes, apparently man cant live off bread and meat alone, yeah my diet sucked, but all I had to due was sub soda for water and add grapes as a fruit snack rather than any sugar things, cookies, ice cream ect.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now the questions as my next eval appointment isnt till the 21st of Dec,
The external hemorrhoid still hurts although it has reduced greatly with witch hazel, can anyone tell me how long it takes for the external hemorrhoid to go away this way?
I currently use the witch hazel as directed, after each bowel movement and before bed time.
The external hemorrhoid seems to shrink then reinflate each day, is this a normal part of the healing process?
Should i consider the more evasive procedures, such as lancing, rubber band litagation, sclerotherapy, hemorrhoidectomy, stapled hemorrhoidectomy, and more out there I assume, you get the picture, is there a least amount of pain procedure anyone has had done that might get rid of this eternal hemorrhoid? Currently I can not sit and walking hurts, I can now only lie on my side.
How long can I keep using the witch hazel treatment before I give up for the surgical options?
The witch hazel says the hemorrhoid woulkd be gone in a week, but I dont think that meant for thrombosed hemorrhoids, I am not sure.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Honestly, my track record involves enless surgeries every year, vitamin defieciencies, pancreatitas and so on, all the joys of Chron's and more Im not gonna bother listing cause you all know what they are.
Please help I am terrified that this is the rest of my life, lying on my side now in bed, every time I go see a doctor or surgeon I am getting worse not better.
I have plenty of previous posts over the years showing my bouts with Chrons and doctors, as we all have.
If anyone has any advice I will listen, I do not want to go through another needless painful procedure or surgery only to come out worse on the other end.
The rope I am tethered to is getting shorter every day and I dont know how much rope I have left to hang on to.
This pain and butchering of my body through modern medicine just cant be the rest of my life, but for now lets just focus on the external thrombosed hemorrhoid and the best possible way to get this gone naturally.
Thanks
Jon