I'll start a diary here rather than in the diary section as more people should find it here and hopefully find it useful.
I'm in the UK and I have Bupa insurance. Mr Brown, my CRS, was recommended by a fellow member here, and I had the surgery at a private hospital in Sheffield an hour from where I live.
I had the general anaesthetic at 1.20pm, the surgery at 1.30pm, I woke up at 1.50pm and I was back in my room at 2.10pm. I was surprised that I was fully alert as soon as I woke up. My CRS came by around 4pm and said that he'd done the Botox, removed the sentinel pile at the back (as I apparently have a smaller one too, I asked if it was the purple one sticking out and he confirmed that was the one he'd removed) and performed a minimal fissurectomy. He said I should be fully healed in a week. I was cleared to go home at 4.30pm and the nurse finally came around just before 6pm. I was sent home with a packet of Tramadol. The hour in the car on the way home was fine.
It's almost 9.30pm. I've taken two paracetamols as a precaution. My bum feels a bit weird but I'm not in any pain yet. It feels a bit uncomfortable when I go to the toilet, similar to having a fresh fissure which I technically have after the fissurectomy.
I've drank a lot of water and had a small dinner. I'm currently chilling on the sofa waiting for First Dates to come on.