I had the removal operation 30+ years ago, Previously tried shrinking injections and rubber banding which were only partlially successful for a limited time.
The operation was under general anaethetic and I woke up with pain but not over the top. The first time on the toilet was an adventure but with medication to make it soft it was over quickly. A warm bath helped. Soon after, I remember thinking it was worth doing rather than putting up with them.
I believe the further out of sight they are, the less pain.
Which is worse, a grade one or a grade three. How are they graded. Is there a haemorrhoid inspector who classifies them or a judge who adjudicates.
Sounds like a total pain in the ar$e Hendo and you have my utmost sympathy.
Bit of a twist but had internal haemorrhoids that were bleeding enough to fill an overnight womans pad. On and off but became too much. Off to the bum doctor who did a digital inspection and decided I needed a haemorroidectomy. Off to surgery and in the preop theatre I asked him what the plan was for the lumps inside my bum. He asked me if he had done an examination and I said um, yes you did. He had another feel around down there and said that instead of the planned haemorroidectomy he would do a colonoscopy and biopsies.
Saw him the next day and he had organised an MRI then the next day, CAT scans. Had quite a number of cancers down there and the scans showed a growth on my right lung. Off for a lung biopsy.
He put together a medical team including a lung surgeon, radiotherapy and chemotherapy specialists and off I went for six weeks of daily chemo and radiation then a two week break and a lung resection.
That all started in Nov 23 and I didnt really recover from it all for about 15 months. Am now technically in remission. Phew.
Moral of the story, a pain in the arse can be a good thing. It happened to actually save my life.
