sadpandadude

this!

having suffered for 4 years i am finding it pretty hard to cope. I was pretty much turned away from the docs 7 times, as I am an early 30's male in fairly good shape, so pretty much just advice of 'drink more water', 'change your diet', etc all of which I was doing anyways.

Its hugely stressful, always uncomfortable, can't really sit at all. Going to the bathroom is a nightmare.

How soon after surgery did you see improvement?

Why would banding not have worked out of interest?

I had to have surgery and was put under even for banding. Even trying to examine was fairly excruciating, as apparently I also had a fissure that was causing problems.

They banded the actual roids, and injected them and the fissure with Botox which apparently would help.

Since then having a BM has been tricky, as trying not to strain, and venturing far from a 'friendly' toilet isn't ideal, eg going to work.

Was told within 7-14 days they would likely drop off, although my brain was a little muggy from the GA so can't remember exactly what they told me. Currently on day 12, but still not feeling great.

Apparently I will be going back to see someone in about 10 weeks, so if no joy, I will see what they say, but will hopefully be armed with the information of your procedure, as sounds like yours was fairly instant.

Sufferer of the same for 4 years, actually had mine banded coming up to 2 weeks ago now. Still waiting for the little bastards to die and drop off though. Things have probably been worse for me since the op, hoping things get better in the next few days.

/u/nnopainnogainn can you describe how your op was different from banding? Have you had banding before, did it work?