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Posted 1/15/2015 9:58 AM (GMT -5)
My GI told me to go get my Hemmie cut out at my last c-scope. BUt, I hardly ever have issues with it, so I postponed....especially after reading how painful it is and how long the recovery is. Now, I am having issues again. I have started Rutin, Ester-C and grapeseed extract, and that helps, but if I stop taking it, I am toast again. So, has anyone had the surgery and what can I expect?
Posted 1/15/2015 10:30 AM (GMT -5)
I would only do it if you really have to. First of all because the surgery can take quite a while to fully heal and it does make visits to the toilet very painful while that's going on. Also, in most cases, they do tend to go down on their own without intervention. It's usually straining or continued diarrhoea that causes and aggravates hemmies. Is it possible for you control those issues better instead?
Posted 1/15/2015 10:54 AM (GMT -5)
I'm trying. I have upped my fiber. What else can I do? I use baby wipes when I can and sitz baths as I can. Any other recommendations?
Posted 1/15/2015 10:59 AM (GMT -5)
I have a friend who does not have UC who had one and it was a horrible recovery. Something went wrong and 10 hours after the surgery she had to go back and have something redone. It was a full 5 months before she healed. My own dr doesn't like to touch them in people with UC. His feeling is that it opens up the body to harmful bacteria and the trauma can cause the disease to flare or worsen.
I don't usually share horror stories, but my friend was a mess for a long time after her surgery!
Posted 1/15/2015 11:45 AM (GMT -5)
I have been reading the same things. VERY long and painful recovery. I tried butchers broom but it gave me awful pain in my jaw. I'm scouring the internet for other options.
Posted 1/15/2015 12:11 PM (GMT -5)
Is it an external one by chance? If it is then you could get it banded (no cutting involved) if it's internal then I'm not sure what all the options are to get rid of it but with having IBD it's scary to have any kind of cutting done on/in the anal area...

I was told I had hemmies too (external) and they banded mine, then I found out they were not hemmies but instead perianal crohn's skin tags, they banded them while the tags were flaring (large and hard) and remained in a flare as a result since you're not suppose to have surgery done on perianal crohn's skin tags due to them being disease tissue which is quite different from atual hemmies so having mine banded really messed with my CD...my anal skin tags were my first symptoms of Crohn's disease, it started on my anus then my crohn's went internal affecting my rectum, colon and small intestine..I was a huge mess when I first got DX.

Get another opinion, just to be safe, I wouldn't want anyone to go through what I've been through...and still going through.
Posted 1/15/2015 6:47 PM (GMT -5)
Are your UC symptoms currently under control? I found my hemmies went away naturally once things simmered down. My consultant wanted to operate initially but when I went in for the operation, he took a look and said they'd gone down on their own.

Sitz baths will help with pain and to cool down the swelling. You can also do a lot with diet: powdered vitamin C, glutamine, green drink (spinach is great) will help you detox and including good fats from avocados, fish, olive oil and flaxseed oil will make it easier to pass stool and help control inflammation in the body.
Posted 1/15/2015 9:55 PM (GMT -5)
I used witch hazel pads after every bm. Sometimes I would leave the pads on for half an hour or so. Also did a lot of sitz baths.
Posted 1/18/2015 8:57 PM (GMT -5)
Ditto for witch hazel pads. Proctofoam HC also helpful. I would agree with the recommend above to get a 2nd opinion RE surgery. / Old Hat (34 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)
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