hemmroid surgery

Well about 17 yrs ago I went in for an emergency hemheroidectomy (they banded them) but AFTER the surgery it was discovered I had perianal crohns skin tags and NOT hemmies so I'm afraid my experiance doesn't help anyone who actually has hemmies but here's a good link....

http://www.emedmag.com/html/pre/fea/features/011504.asp

 

 

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Hi Taylor - thanks for the feedback. That is my biggest worry about all this because it is close to the sphicter. What methods would you recommend if not surgery? It's not that big so I don't know if it is worth the risk of surgery or maybe some other procedure. I'm definitely not going to rush into it and get other opinions before going forward with something. Thanks!

I've heard that getting them banded was the safest way, this way it makes them shrink up.

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i can not give you ideas on other options.  my experiences are personal and are all surgical.  i can only tell you about the anger i feel that a colorectal surgeon along with information from my GI should know better or should have considered my future and that they didnt.  i cant think how i would have known that i was risking my future options.  AND sometime i leak...which sucks.  i had a severe problem and had 3 operations.

recovery from this type of surgery was brutal.  if i were you, i would try to make sure that you always always drink enough water and consider fibre supplements. although i always thought fiber just made my poo big, which was bad for my hemmorhoids. also be careful about what drugs constipate you.   if your UC is bad this may not be enough.  i had hemmorhoids before i had UC.  but UC through the years really took its toll (on my but hole) :)  but hey i am hemmorhoid free.  i would rather be UC free. :(

Hi UMDTerp2001

I've just had an emergency op to remove a thrombosise hemroid. Now I can only tell you my experience.
It was excruciating, they said mine was a real large hemmy. I've bn hit by a car fractured my elbow had a pancreatitis but nothing prepared me for how much this hurt. After the op they gave me enough morphine to tranqualize a hippo and still I was in agony. Also I don't know why but they did a sphinterotermy. I'm obviously having major complications. not to mention my UC is chronic now where as b4 it was manageable. It's bn 6mths since the surgery and I still hav not healed. I also had anal tags removed that was 2mths after the first op. As you can imagine I'm not impressed, I'm sore and really stressed don't know if I'll ever be able to get back to normal

My advice is if they are not that big don't cause too much pain, don't have surgey. I repeat don't hav the surgery. I was still reluctant to have the surgery when I was admitted through emergency to the hospital. Surgery even if they do band them shld be the last option

wooky your post scares me because you mention that you had anal tags removed along with a hemmie and after 6 months you still havn't healed...anal skin tags are related to crohns disease (perianal crohns skin tags, aka: elephant ears) and these should never be removed for the main reason that the area may never heal due to the fact that it's diseased (crohns) tissue....

were you DX positively with UC? Because there is also crohns-colitis and unfortunately many docs misDX IBDers because of this.

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Wooky, it sounds like you're in a pickle with your doctors. Why don't you create a seperate post to ask for advise from our members as to what you should do? It seems you might benefit from a seperate post because you will get more answers to think upon.