Has anyone had anal surgery?

Don said:

Is this painful? WHat type of surgery did you have? How
long did it take you to recover?

For what Don? I never saw you post the results of your
colonoscopy on sci.med I sure hope you're not trying to
solve constipation with surgery ? Because you could end up
incontinent.

Some types of surgeries are here sghhealth4u.co-sghhealth4u.co-Open ↗
m.sg/health4u/colorectal/surgery_frameset.htm?anal_surgery-
.htm~right

Then by clicking on each type (in blue), it explains the
procedure and the healing time. If that doesn't work use
groups.google.comadvanced searchOpen ↗ type anal surgery
in the phrase box, you should come to same search results
as I do. J

PS I'll repeat this here (in case you've never seen it
before)

Oral laxatives are medicines taken by mouth to encourage
bowel movements to relieve constipation.

There are several different types of oral laxatives and
they work in different ways. Since directions for use
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laxatives include:

Bulk-formers Bulk-forming laxatives are not digested but
absorb liquid in the intestines and swell to form a soft,
bulky stool. The bowel is then stimulated normally by the
presence of the bulky mass. Some bulk-forming laxatives,
like psyllium and polycarbophil, may be prescribed by your
doctor to treat diarrhea.

Hyperosmotics Hyperosmotic laxatives encourage bowel
movements by drawing water into the bowel from surrounding
body tissues. This provides a soft stool mass and increased
bowel action.

There are three types of hyperosmotic laxatives taken by
mouth—the saline, the lactulose , and the polymer types. The
saline type is often called ``salts.'' They are used for
rapid emptying of the lower intestine and bowel. They are
not used for long-term or repeated correction of
constipation. With smaller doses than those used for the
laxative effect, some saline laxatives are used as antacids.
The information that follows

applies only to their use as laxatives. Sodium phosphate may
also be prescribed for other conditions as determined by
your doctor.

The lactulose type is a special sugar-like laxative that
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results much more slowly and is

often used for long-term treatment of chronic constipation.
Lactulose may sometimes be used in the treatment of certain
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blood. It is available only with your doctor's prescription.

The polymer type is a polyglycol (polyethylene glycol), a
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increase the number of bowel movements. It is used for short
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or a lack of physical exercise in order to develop normal
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(rupture) High blood pressure (hypertension) History of
stroke Saline laxatives have more limited uses and may be
used to provide rapid results:

during preparation for examination or surgery. for
elimination of food or drugs from the body in cases of
poisoning or overdose. for simple constipation that happens
on occasion (although another type of laxative may be
preferred). in supplying a fresh stool sample for diagnosis

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Is this painful? WHat type of surgery did you have? How
long did it take you to recover?

Do you have anal cancer ?

Regine

I am sorry I should have been more specific. I had a
colonoscopy last November that was normal. A month ago i
found a large, hard lump inside my rectum about 3 inches.
Went to the doctor yestersay. Doctor could not find it upon
digital rectal exam. He used an anoscope and looked but did
not seem he went very far in. The lump is just touching and
below what I think is the anal sphincter.

I have been having kind of a dull ach in my rectum
that transends to my tailbone and left buttock. (Sorry
sso graphic)

yesterday he said I had several internal and external
hemmroids as well as a fisure. He talked about surgery in
the future. That is why i asked.

Do you know if an anoscope can reach that far?

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I have been having kind of a dull ach in my rectum that
transends to my tailbone and left buttock. (Sorry sso
graphic)

Don, sorry to scare you but be very careful to see a
proctologist, that is a doctor who knows exactly what anal
and rectal cancer looks like. I had exactly the same
symptoms as yours and was misdiagnosed for over 2 years with
hemorroids. My GP eventually sent me to see a proctologist
surgeon with a letter on which he had written that I had
internal hemorroids. The proctologist immediately diagnosed
a tumor ( among the hemorroids... ). I survived this cancer
( it happened almost 6 years ago ), but it must not be
diagnosed too late....

Regine

PS Please keep us posted

I have a large painful lump inside my rectum. Doctor could
not find it but said I had terrible internal and external
hemmroids. Said soemthing about surgery.

I had a normal colonoscopy in November. In April I found a
small very hard spot about the size of a dime inside my
redtum about 3 or 4 inches up on the anterior side. Last
week I noticed the lump had become quite larege and has
"grown" down to just inside the anal opening or an inch or
so from it.

It is causing a dull ach and pain that radiates through my
left buttock and scrotum. It seems to be brought on my
straining as if to have a bowel movemnet.

I went to a gastroenterologist. He did a digital rectal and
looked with an anoscope I believe. It did not feel as though
it went very far.

I was completely mistified that he said he could not find it
and that what I was feelign was probably my prostate. I know
this is not my prostrate. My prostate is not painful when it
is fooled with.

He did sau I had alot of internal and external hemroids
and that I may need surgery latter in life. I also have
a fissure.

I am just so scared now. This thing now feels like the size
of a small egg. It feels as if it is blocking my rectum
partially. I feel lousy and I dont know if it is from the
worry or the intermittent dull ach I am having.

Does anyone have any advice?

Does anyone here have a different opinion?

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I had a normal colonoscopy in November. In April I found a
small very hard spot about the size of a dime inside my
redtum about 3 or 4 inches up on the anterior side. Last
week I noticed the lump had become quite larege and has
"grown" down to just inside the anal opening or an inch or
so from it.

It is causing a dull ach and pain that radiates through my
left buttock and scrotum. It seems to be brought on my
straining as if to have a bowel movemnet.

I went to a gastroenterologist. He did a digital rectal
and looked with an anoscope I believe. It did not feel as
though it went very far.

I was completely mistified that he said he could not find
it and that what I was feelign was probably my prostate. I
know this is not my prostrate. My prostate is not painful
when it is fooled with.

He did sau I had alot of internal and external hemroids
and that I may need surgery latter in life. I also have a
fissure.

I am just so scared now. This thing now feels like the
size of a small egg. It feels as if it is blocking my
rectum partially. I feel lousy and I dont know if it is
from the worry or the intermittent dull ach I am having.

Does anyone have any advice?

This doctor was a gastroenterologist. I dont have a
proctologist in my area. Is this doctor as good?

Now I am scared. What age were you diagnosed? Had you had
any scopes before the diagnosis? How big was your tumor?

Where was your tumor located?

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Does anyone here have a different opinion?

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Quoted message said:

I had a normal colonoscopy in November. In April I found
a small very hard spot about the size of a dime inside
my redtum about 3 or 4 inches up on the anterior side.
Last week I noticed the lump had become quite larege and
has "grown" down to just inside the anal opening or an
inch or so from it.

It is causing a dull ach and pain that radiates through
my left buttock and scrotum. It seems to be brought on
my straining as if to have a bowel movemnet.

I went to a gastroenterologist. He did a digital rectal
and looked with an anoscope I believe. It did not feel
as though it went very far.

I was completely mistified that he said he could not
find it and that what I was feelign was probably my
prostate. I know this is not my prostrate. My prostate
is not painful when it is fooled with.

He did sau I had alot of internal and external hemroids
and that I may need surgery latter in life. I also have
a fissure.

I am just so scared now. This thing now feels like the
size of a small egg. It feels as if it is blocking my
rectum partially. I feel lousy and I dont know if it is
from the worry or the intermittent dull ach I am having.

Does anyone have any advice?

If your GP can't feel it, and the gastroenterologist can't
feel it, it probably isn't anything abnormal. But why not
get a surgeon to give you an opinion?

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Does anyone here have a different opinion?

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I had a normal colonoscopy in November. In April I found
a small very hard spot about the size of a dime inside
my redtum about 3 or 4 inches up on the anterior side.

Wait just a second, here. How the hell did you "find" that?
I don't know any people who give themselves rectal exams.

Don said:

This doctor was a gastroenterologist. I dont have a
proctologist in my area. Is this doctor as good?

Don, there's creams for external hemorrhoids and there's
suppositories for the inner ones. Follow the other tips
there and if it doesn't get better, (you decide when) find
and go to a proctologist. Otherwise keep your fingers out
of there and quit obsessing... The more you touch, feel,
rub the more you may be aggravating, inflaming and
thickening the skin.

J-not a doctor

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Does anyone here have a different opinion?

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Quoted message said:

I had a normal colonoscopy in November. In April I
found a small very hard spot about the size of a dime
inside my redtum about 3 or 4 inches up on the
anterior side.

Wait just a second, here. How the hell did you "find"
that? I don't know any people who give themselves
rectal exams.

You mean you don't know anyone who TELLS you that they give
themselves rectal exams.

HMc

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Now I am scared. What age were you diagnosed? Had you had
any scopes before the diagnosis? How big was your tumor?

Where was your tumor located?

I was 43 when diagnosed, and my GP, after a digital rectal
exam had given to me the diagnosis of internal thrombosed
hemorroids. The proctologist surgeon found that it was a
tumor. It was high in the anal canal, actually they did not
know at the beginning if it was in the rectum or in the
anal canal.

The tumor was large ( T3) and a lymphnode was involved.

Anal cancer is an uncommon cancer, but it's better that you
get positively sure that it's not that before being treated
for hemorroids endlessly.

Regine

J said:

Don said:

This doctor was a gastroenterologist. I dont have a
proctologist in my area. Is this doctor as good?

Don, there's creams for external hemorrhoids and there's
suppositories for the inner ones. Follow the other tips
there and if it doesn't get better, (you decide when) find
and go to a proctologist. Otherwise keep your fingers out
of there and quit obsessing... The more you touch, feel,
rub the more you may be aggravating, inflaming and
thickening the skin.

J-not a doctor

I forgot to post the website
digestive.niddk.nih.govhemorrhoidsOpen ↗