Back in my early days (about 8-years post injury--I'm a T10 complete para) I had several hemorrhoid "bandings"--the proctologist uses a special tool to put specially made, super-tight, rubber bands around the hemorrhoids, within a week they shrivel up and vanish. I never had any problems.
HOWEVER, I had another friend that had a similar procedure and ended up with a blood clot that went to his heart--he recovered, but was fortunate he knew what his symptoms meant. A couple things I've learned--make sure your doctor knows about dealing with SCI and how we evacuate our bowels. I have spoken with a few proctologists that won't even consider dealing with SCI and hemorrhoids. Per blood thinners--the main thing is to be monitored. I am on blood thinners, and I have had to go off of them from time to time--for 3-5 days--due to various minor surgical procedures. No problem, but again, it is vital to communicate all of this to the various medical professionals. Hope this helps. Bob V On Nov 1, 2014, at 1:22 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Has anyone had a hemorrhoidectomy and will you share your experience as far > as general anesthesia versus spinal block and sedation, recovery time, etc. > > I am scheduled for surgery Dec. 8 and while it is an outpatient procedure > we're doing it at the hospital just in case something goes wrong. I'm on > blood thinner and nervous about going off of it even though he said we'd do > lovinox shots the 3 days before surgery and after. > > Ready for relief! > Nicki >
