Hemorrhoid PPH Surgery - What To Expect and How To Prepare For Your Recovery Period
The day before the PPH surgery: Unlike other surgical procedures this one doesn't require you to empty your body inside out.
However, not eating or drink anything for a day before it helps with giving yourself few extra hours for recovery before you have to go and use the bathroom for your # 1 and 2.
On the day of the surgery: The PPH surgery takes around 20 min.
You can either opt to have a local or full anesthesia.
You will probably wake up with quite strong pain in your bottom - tell your nurse so she can give you pain medication.
Your doctor will not let you go home until you have managed to do your first pee after the surgery.
You will be given plenty of water and soda with caffeine to stimulate the action.
If 5 to 8 hours later you still have not peed they will have to install a catheter (not fun at all).
Recovery Period: It may take between 2 to 4 weeks.
Be well prepared and have arrangements for someone to take care of your day to day needs for the first week.
You will need someone to drive you home.
Tell that person to be gentle with the accelerator, the brake and to go easy over bumps on the road.
You may want to be lying down on the back seat instead of sitting up.
If you have had other previous surgeries you will have some scaring tissue left up inside your bottom.
Will take you longer to recover and will be more painful than usually after PPH surgery.
You need to stock up on pain medication.
Taking a lot of hot baths, 2-5 per day, helps a lot with reducing the pain.
Because of irritation up inside you might experience burning pain and also feel like you have not finished with your bowel movement.
Try not to sit on the toilet for longer than 10 min.
Do the job and get up.
Avoid straining.
Make sure you only use stool softeners and not something that will give you a loose (or runny) stool as it will farther irritate your bottom and may even cause it to become raw.
For the first 4 days take only liquids.
For the following 3 days add puree.
After the first week you can eat "regular" food.
Your stool should look like tooth paste.
Too much fiber and a rather loose stool will cause a burning sensation.
Not enough fiber and a hard stool will cause pain.
Eat smaller portions and drink LOTS of water.
Avoid eating foods high in fat and poor on fiber.
Make sure you eat plenty of fresh fruits such as pears, plums, apples and other foods rich on fiber.
If possible drink plenty of freshly squeezed fruit juice.
- Things to have ready before the surgery: painkillers, stool softener, Epsom Salts and Sitz bath, multivitamins, fruits, veges, prune juice, bran, soups, yoghurt, entertainment
However, not eating or drink anything for a day before it helps with giving yourself few extra hours for recovery before you have to go and use the bathroom for your # 1 and 2.
On the day of the surgery: The PPH surgery takes around 20 min.
You can either opt to have a local or full anesthesia.
You will probably wake up with quite strong pain in your bottom - tell your nurse so she can give you pain medication.
Your doctor will not let you go home until you have managed to do your first pee after the surgery.
You will be given plenty of water and soda with caffeine to stimulate the action.
If 5 to 8 hours later you still have not peed they will have to install a catheter (not fun at all).
Recovery Period: It may take between 2 to 4 weeks.
Be well prepared and have arrangements for someone to take care of your day to day needs for the first week.
You will need someone to drive you home.
Tell that person to be gentle with the accelerator, the brake and to go easy over bumps on the road.
You may want to be lying down on the back seat instead of sitting up.
If you have had other previous surgeries you will have some scaring tissue left up inside your bottom.
Will take you longer to recover and will be more painful than usually after PPH surgery.
You need to stock up on pain medication.
Taking a lot of hot baths, 2-5 per day, helps a lot with reducing the pain.
Because of irritation up inside you might experience burning pain and also feel like you have not finished with your bowel movement.
Try not to sit on the toilet for longer than 10 min.
Do the job and get up.
Avoid straining.
Make sure you only use stool softeners and not something that will give you a loose (or runny) stool as it will farther irritate your bottom and may even cause it to become raw.
For the first 4 days take only liquids.
For the following 3 days add puree.
After the first week you can eat "regular" food.
Your stool should look like tooth paste.
Too much fiber and a rather loose stool will cause a burning sensation.
Not enough fiber and a hard stool will cause pain.
Eat smaller portions and drink LOTS of water.
Avoid eating foods high in fat and poor on fiber.
Make sure you eat plenty of fresh fruits such as pears, plums, apples and other foods rich on fiber.
If possible drink plenty of freshly squeezed fruit juice.
- Things to have ready before the surgery: painkillers, stool softener, Epsom Salts and Sitz bath, multivitamins, fruits, veges, prune juice, bran, soups, yoghurt, entertainment