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fedupandsore wrote:Hi all
I hope everyone is ok and is not in pain (like me) :(
This is my first time posting so please bear with me.
Well it all started (this time) back in June 2012. I was away in Paris for a weekend and had a hard BM and I've been in pain ever since :'(
Went to my GP was told I had haemorrhoids etc. (I've always suffered from haemorrhoids and fissures) was given creams, suppositories, movical etc but nothing was happening :( I was eventually referred to a CRS. I am lucky that I am provided private medical insurance in my job, so I have been able to use this and go private to see a surgeon. I was diagnosed with AF and prescribed nitra for 2 months but this was doing nothing and was causing me extreme headaches. Went back to surgeon, explained everything and told him how this was taking over my life.
He has advised me to go for a sphincterotomy - I am booked in to have this done this week! :-O
I suffer pain every single day! It's so sore :( I have a BM and it's like I'm possessed, no matter how soft the stool is, I have to strain like mad until my head it about to explode or I'm about to pass out. I can not do anything to control this, I try not to strain, but something just takes over me! Almost feels like how I imagine it would when you're giving birth, when you've got to push... You've got to push!
I'm like this even when the stool is not hard :( its so draining. I then get off the loo and am in pain for 4-8 hours. However, often after a BM all of a sudden I get the urge that I need to go again urgently! So I go and normally just sit and strain (I try my hardest not to), I don't always pass anything though. But I am ALWAYS late leaving the house now :(
I have a skin tag too which I think it the bit that is causing the most pain, after a BM it gets inflamed and throbs! My bottom hurts to sit down too and by this, I actually mean my bottom. Like the boney bit of your bum that you sit on, actually feels bruised!
After a BM and I am in pain, the base of my back also hurts :(
So, as I say... I'm booked in this week for my sphincterotomy and will ask him to remove my skin tag too. Part of me is looking forward to this op because then maybe there will be an end to all of this, but then part of me is soooo nervous and scared too obviously.
Does anyone have the same sort of symptoms i have too? Like the straining, even when no hard stools?
What should I expect after the surgery? He says I'll need a day or two off work, but I've already told work I'll be off for a week.
Is there anything I should do in preparation or anything I should buy for after the surgery that will help recovery or comfort?
Anything I should ask my surgeon?
Sorry for the long winded post but it's not something I've ever discussed with anyone other than my surgeon. So I will be awaiting eagerly for responses. Thank you so much in advance and I look forward to chatting to you all and sharing stories
Thanks
Xxx
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