9/22/2023 0 Comments Sentinel pile removal recoveryI only use TP to blot when drying off the area. One thing I imagine I'm doing differently than most americans is that I use a bidet attachment at home instead of toilet paper for wiping. Hey, thanks so much for sharing your experience. What's done is done! Give it a few weeks then look at it. How are you doing today? My best advice is to stop looking. I told her that the area looks exactly the same pre-surgery and i went through all of that pain for nothing. She basically told me that the bumps are fine and its no big deal. She seemed annoyed with me and is hesitant to remove again. I asked what the next steps are if the bumps are still present during my appointment in June, she said she can do removal again. She examined me and said the large top bump still has an open cut causing the area to swell. She told me that "gravity pulls down" and "you are constantly aggravating the area every time you wipe" so it will take time to heal. Two weeks ago, I saw a new bump forming and the top bump was still there and i have a tag on the bottom. She made my next appointment for June to make sure everything is okay. She told me it all swelling and would all go away. I had follow up appointment at week 5 post op and it was so bumpy down there. I don't think my doctor ever discussed how much it would swell either. I want to avoid an infection at all costs. I think the baths are key to not getting an infection in the anal wound. So far, little pain and I am up doing laundry, etc. I have found it to be helpful in reducing the swelling of my anal wound and the pain has decreased. Follow the directions and it won't burn as much. It is an anti-inflammatory pain reliever that is a nasal spray. My doctor had said to take a different stool softener but I know Miralax works for me so that is why I am taking it. I have been taking two doses of Miralax a day and it has totally worked to keep my poop loose and pain free. So daily I have been told to take 3 baths a day AND after every poop. The next day I pooped, but it didn't hurt. That night I took another normal dose of Miralax. So I waited for the bath water to let the gauze float off. I tried removing the gauze early on in the bath but it hurt. I woke up later and ate a small dinner and took a normal dose of Miralax. They sent me home and I drank a milkshake to calm my stomach, then I went straight to sleep. I woke up afterwards with gauze in my bum. However, when I was in the procedure room, the anesthesiologist pushed the meds through my IV way too fast, it totally burned, way more than it burned with chemo. I have had a lot of IVs and they are way easier with the numbing shot first. The IV was fine because they gave me some numbing medicine. The next day I felt nauseated but didn't throw up again. Then I waited two hours to drink the remaining prep. I got through 7/8ths of the prep before I threw up. I was told I would need a week to recover. She could take it off the skin tag during the colonoscopy. She then said, because I have a previous cancer diagnosis and my aunt died of colon cancer, I qualified to get a colonoscopy. She said the skin tag could be removed in office with shots in the anal area. I had chemo 4 years ago for ovarian cancer so that is when I was most constipated. She said the external skin tag was created from a fissure when I was constipated. She said they don't remove the internal hemorrhoids unless they really have to because the recovery is difficult. I booked an appointment with a colorectal doc who did a quick physical exam and told me I have an internal hemorrhoid and an external skin tag. I lived with it for 4 years until it got too irritating. I wanted to post my experience because I read a lot of horrible things about anal skin tag removals.
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