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I definitely regret not seeing a specialist from the start. The one covered by my health insurance was on vacation at the time, so my doctor's office picked a general surgeon as the quickest option under my health plan.

I'm not sure of the stage, but I had an internal one that I had to manually push back in, and two really bad external ones. The external ones had gotten worse and worse to the point where I had to take a week off of work before the surgery because of the pain. He took out the internal one while he was dealing with the external ones, since they're connected. The external ones were definitely the reason and the focus, though the removal of the inside has caused all of the issues afterwards.

The healing process was the most painful thing I've ever experienced, by far. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. The pain really was, as they say, like shitting out a cactus, for the first week or two at least. There was also constant leaking, so I had to have gauze taped in the area and changed throughout the day for a few months. The outside healed really quickly, but the inside has been causing issues ever since. i actually went back for a follow-up appointment, just to check things out, and he decided it would be a good idea to cut out MORE for some reason. That was half a year ago, and I still have bleeding after every bowel movement, with 1-4 pain most of the day. I'm going to see a specialist about it soon, hopefully the surgery parts are done with though...

Good call not getting them cut out. I had a hemorrhoidectomy last October and it still hasn't healed. I hope this is the end of your problems.