I'm wondering if anyone here has experienced bleeding after seeming to be fine for a few weeks after LIS? I had mine just over 5 weeks ago. Barring a brief setback during the first week (antibiotics gave me diarrhea unfortunately) I have been doing surprisingly well since my LIS. I had my post-op checkup about 2 weeks ago and he said everything looked good then. He did say that it would be normal to have occasional soreness for a total of about 8 weeks after the surgery but I haven't had too much of that unless I've been sitting for a number of hours. HOWEVER, unfortunately this morning something seems to have happened. I had my usual BM after breakfast. It was a bit loose and (TMI alert) smelled kind of funky to me (I did eat some junk food yesterday, maybe that's it?) but not diarrhea and very easy to pass, no hardness, etc. I am still on Miralax, etc. It didn't hurt upon exiting and I didn't notice any blood right then.
However, I did notice within the next few minutes after my shower that it felt a little irritated, almost chaffed. I didn't really think much of it, and went about my business. I drove about 5 minutes to go do some work at a coffee shop, and walked about 7 minutes from the parking lot to the shop, and used the restroom (just #1) before sitting down. I just happened to dab a little back there, and was shocked to see blood. Not really heavy, but more than just faint too. I'm going to call my CRS first thing in the morning tomorrow, but in the mean time I'm trying to not panic. It seems different than my fissure ever did, at least so far (we'll see what happens with my 2nd BM later today I guess). Could this be some kind of hemorrhoid? I am just so dismayed to see blood down there. I just want to go back to sitting as needed without thinking about it (I'm a grad student and then next 2-3 weeks are "hell weeks"), running, etc. like a normal personal already.