After many years of fighting the pain and trying every conservative treatment out there, I am finally giving in to having the surgery.
My surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning and as of right now, I'm in a panic! I'm so stressed out, I don't know what to do. Been pacing the floors for a while now!
I'm hoping that I'm making the right decision and that I don't regret it afterwards. I have read many of the posts on this board and it seems like I'm making a wise choice. Thanks for being here, it really helped me to move forward with this.

Good luck, you will get through it and the other side of the tunnel is so much better even if the road there is bumpy.

Thanks TonyStone! I'm definitely expecting some bumps, I do hope it's all worth it!

goodluck to you today flipflop..

Good luck flipflop!!! You will be fine. Just think about all the good posts on here of others post surgery.

Good luck flipflop!

Good thoughts heading your way for your surgery tomorrow. The road may be bumpy, but you will be on it and not wondering how it's going to be any more. Best wishes!

Thank you everyone for the words of encouragement. Thinking the positive thoughts made it easier to cope with everything this morning. Surgery was exactly 12 hours ago. I did ok getting thru the surgery. They did local anesthesia with sedation and I didn't feel or hear a thing. There was a lot of pressure when I woke up. The doctor did the LIS surgery, skin tag removal and said I had 2 huge internal Hemms that he also removed. (much worse than he thought) He said that is going to be very painful for a while and told me to stay ahead of pain with the pain meds, which I have done. But, this is causing nausia. I haven't eaten anything but jello and applesauce and a lot of liquids. I'm pretty scared anticipating the first BM. Has anyone had a hemmorhoidectomy w their LIS? Does anyone have any suggestions, either about how to control the nausia or that first dreaded BM? I am taking Miralax and Benefiber already. Also, the surgeon told me that he placed some internal packing and that it would fall out either before or with the first BM. Has anyone else had this? How long did it take to come out? How painful was it, etc..
Thank you all again. I'm so glad I found this forum!

Hello FlipFlop,
I had a hemmorhoidectomy back in 2004 and I want to recommend you something..
When I woke up from the anesthesia I felt sore and a little pain. My big problem came when I felt the need for a bowel movement. Everytime I went to the toilet was the most horrific pain I have ever felt! It was like I was going to pass out of the pain everytime. All your anal cavity is hurt and passing stool is extremly painful.
When you feel the need for a BM, fill out a big container (big enough where you can sit) with warm water abd sumerge your butt in it. The warm water relax your muscles and help you pass the stool without that horrific pain. That really help me passing stool and the warm baths help with the healing. If you don't have a container like that, run to Wal-Mart, they cost around $12.
Good luck and we are here with you. Happy recovery!

Hey Flipflop,
Philber had an excellent post on his experience with this surgery. I posted the link below.
http://anal-fissure.org/t2348-sphincterotomy-and-hemmorhoidectomy-four-days-ago