I had dealt with hemorrhoids for years until earlier this year deciding to do something about it. I visited the general surgeon and we decided it was best to go ahead with a hemorrhoidectomy. This was done on 1 April 2015 and he removed at least three internal hemorrhoids (from what I remember). I was recovering well until about day 10 when a hard, extremely painful lump came showed up. I visited the emergency room and the surgeon on call said it was just normal healing. Two days later the extreme pain was still there so I went back to the emergency room when the first doctor said it was just normal healing but called the on call surgeon to take a look. Within 15 seconds of looking, he said you have an abscess and we have to drain it tonight. Two hours later I was being wheeled into the operating room to drain the abscess and what a relief that was the next day.
I thought everything was great until I noticed the sharp, passing-glass like pain during bowel movements. I put up with it for a couple weeks then decided I had to go see the surgeon again. I saw a new general surgeon and she said that I have a fissure and could try a botox injection that could possibly help out. About mid-June, I went to the surgeon to have the botox injection and she also removed a skin tag. I felt great for about a week then one bad bowel movement cut everything back open.
I went back to my original surgeon about a week later and he said the next step is the LIS and assured me it was a 95% success rate. So at the end of July, I went into the operating room for the LIS. Similar to the botox injection, I felt great for about 10 days after the surgery and finally thought everything was going to be gone. However, about a week later I had an extremely difficult bowel movement and the fissure was re-aggravated. Here I am about 6 weeks from the LIS and I visited the surgeon again. He saw that the fissure is not looking good and even noticed a fistula that has formed. I am finally referred to a Colorectal Surgeon who I will be visiting soon to see what the next step is. I have a good amount of scar tissue from the original hemorrhoidectomy that is causing everything to be extremely tight down there and the surgeon mentioned he was probably too conservative on the LIS. What a nightmare this has been but learn from my case and SEE A COLORECTAL SURGEON FROM THE BEGINNING!