Cat-a-Tonic
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I'm curious, has anyone else gotten their hemorrhoids banded? If so, how long did it take for your hemmies to fall off? And did you notice when the hemmies fell off?
I had 3 internal hemmies banded last week Thursday. I was told it should take about a week for the hemmies to fall off. They said I may or may not see them in the toilet when I pass them. Well, it's been 8 days and I'm getting slightly impatient. I haven't seen anything in the toilet that looks like a hemmie and it feels like they haven't fallen off yet (there's still some rectal pressure, which I've had ever since the bands were put on). I just want the stupid things to fall off already. Anybody experience a longer-than-average wait time for their hemorrhoids to fall off when they were banded?
(For those who don't know, banding is where they literally put a tight rubber band around each hemorrhoid to cut off the blood supply. Over time, the hemmie tissue dies and it falls off.)
I had 3 internal hemmies banded last week Thursday. I was told it should take about a week for the hemmies to fall off. They said I may or may not see them in the toilet when I pass them. Well, it's been 8 days and I'm getting slightly impatient. I haven't seen anything in the toilet that looks like a hemmie and it feels like they haven't fallen off yet (there's still some rectal pressure, which I've had ever since the bands were put on). I just want the stupid things to fall off already. Anybody experience a longer-than-average wait time for their hemorrhoids to fall off when they were banded?
(For those who don't know, banding is where they literally put a tight rubber band around each hemorrhoid to cut off the blood supply. Over time, the hemmie tissue dies and it falls off.)