by Stef2020 » 24 Jan 2021, 10:02
Hey all,
Thank you for your well wishes. I will give you a full account of my recovery so far :-) don't want to tempt fate, but so far, so good and although I can feel I still have some healing to do, I am not in pain.
I am day 9 on from surgery. I had the LIS as well as removal of the scar tissue / fissure that was causing me most issues so I was left with an open wound right on the edge of the exit. Surgeon had said he would also remove any haemorrhoids but there wasn't any significant ones so I didn't have that done.
Surprisingly wasn't in too much pain following surgery - although I had been dosed up with local anesthetic. Took some pain killers for the night and had a good sleep..
Was terrified of having to poop the next day but it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. I thought I was going to see a bright red toilet bowl but there was actually no blood! I did have intense burning / stinging for 1 hour - I washed off in the shower and spent the next hour in the bath which helped with the stinging. I got out and had some pain killers and was good for the rest of the day.
Day 2 was pretty much the same and then from then on the pain following a poop has decreased in time. Day 3 and 4 was about 45mins, day 5 and 6 was 20 mins, day 7 was about 10 mins and now day 8 and 9 I have only been a tiny bit sore as I poop but no after pain or stinging. Through the whole recovery I also haven't had any bleeding.
I was initially quite swollen as can be expected but again this has reduced each day. I would not say I have ever been in pain since the surgery, more discomfort and most of it seems to be a bruised feeling (maybe from where its opened during surgery!?) I am taking it very easy as I don't want any set backs.
Surgeon had said that I should be feeling almost back to normal after 3-4 weeks but I would say I am almost back to normal now.
Anyway, I don't want to be too positive because I'm not there yet but inside I'm secretly jumping for joy that I hopefully never have to experience that intense throbbing again and really I should have done this years ago! P.s. I also dont seem to have any issues with incontinence/ farting but I know this can be a side effect
Anyway, happy to answer any questions and will update again in a couple of weeks.