I thought I’d start a little diary explaining the Botox procedure I had done 2 days ago. I’ve had successful Botox in the past three different times(2017, 2018 and February 2020). I had a retear in may. Tried all the standard treatments at home to no avail.
Since my Dr didn’t want to perform LIS on me due to having children, I decided to look for a new surgeon for a second opinion.
In early September, my new dr sent me for pressure tests. They came back as me having high resting pressure. Ultimately she wanted to give Botox another go as she felt she could have success targeting the specific area of muscle with ultrasound guidance.
So on Friday I went in to hospital for day surgery. Waited quite a long time, I was last called in due to being the youngest patient in the queue. I’m late 30’s.
After getting a bed and undressing, the anesthetist arrived, I answered some questions and the cannula was inserted ready for theatre.
Half an hour later I was wheeled into surgery where about 7 doctors and nurses were waiting. Within five mins I was put to sleep. Woke up in recovery about an hour later. Got dressed, had a drink and sandwich and was sent home. I felt very nauseous in the car but only in a small amount of pain as I was given a nerve block. I had 100 units of Botox given in the 3 and 9 o’clock areas high up in the canal. This is considered a large dose.
I arrived home, had something small to eat and a shower. Went to bed early. Slept perfect.
Next morning I had a BM first thing. Pain and burning was a 8/10. Soft but felt stuck. Jumped in the bath straight after. Continuing diltiazem and obviously stool softeners, fibre etc.
Mid morning there was a fair amount of pain and spasm. Tapered off in afternoon. I have sneezed twice and gas has escaped without warning. Hopefully just a result of the recent surgery and not from Botox. I think it’s too early for it to work yet.
Day 2 has been much the same so far. I noticed a lot of swelling in the tissue around anus. Everything seems to have been irritated. The nerve block has worn off now.
I was doing ok before surgery and not in a lot of pain but it wasn’t healing 100%. Sometimes there was bleeding and sometimes none. So far the recovery is identical to the other Botox experiences.
I will update on the process of healing in a few days.