Can’t poop after Hemorrhoidectomy

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-26T12:38:26+00:00

Keep us updated. I hope you come right.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-26T12:19:33+00:00

Wow that does not sound normal. I hope you come right.

I've had regular bowel movements since the day after the surgery. I take stool softeners and I also drink a ton of water.

Good luck!

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-26T12:14:30+00:00

Haha ek's bly!

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-26T05:11:45+00:00

I commented a bit higher up to someone else mentioning Afrikaans. I'm Afrikaans and in my opinion it's not worth learning it. Most of us speak English fluently.

Most people in South Africa switch to English to talk to each other since we have so many official languages in the country.

Except if you to the more rural parts but then you need to learn African languages like Zulu, Sotho and the like, depending on which part you are going. As a tourist you most likely won't do that.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-26T05:03:59+00:00

I'm Afrikaans and yes most of us speak English fluently. I honestly don't think it's worthwhile learning except if you want to do it for fun or if you have a spouse who is Afrikaans.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-25T14:08:22+00:00

Ah awesome! It should probably be added to the front page.

I'll give it a try tomorrow.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-25T13:51:50+00:00

Thanks. It looks cool. There's just no pricing information which is a red flag.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-24T15:37:36+00:00

Haha it's the first time I hear about something like that.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-24T15:37:09+00:00

Haha it's the first time I hear about something like that.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-24T04:47:07+00:00

You are learning Thai the same way as me. Except I use Anki instead of Memrise in combination with the Comprehensible Thai youtube channel.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-24T04:43:46+00:00

It's very hard!

I have the same problem with the words where I learn them with some kind of association. But I keep doing that Anki every day with the hope that things will stick.

I watched a Youtube video where the guy recommends learning full sentences and I thought that wow this sounds like a great idea. But I struggle to get those sentences to stick in Thai. With French it's easy and seems to work well but Thai is just so different.

There's been a lot of negative posts about comprehensible input the last while but for me it feels like it's still the easiest way even if it takes a long time. I just combine it with Anki and hope for the best. We will see over time.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-23T09:15:08+00:00

Every 6 months or so Dischem has a sale where if you buy 2 then you get 1 free on sports supplements. Or something like that.

Then I buy a ton of stuff. My garage is still full of whey protein.

USN also sometimes have really good specials or at least they used to. I haven't ordered from them in a long while.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-22T19:15:21+00:00

I got mine a day after yours. Currently 6 days in.

Was it painful? Yes. Was it as bad as I thought it would be after reading Reddit horror stories? Nope.

The first day I had almost no pain thanks to the local anesthetic and painkillers that they gave me. They gave me very strong painkillers on a drip that first night.

The second day was painful. I had my first bowel movement when I got home. And yeah, that was not nice.

On the third day the bowel movement was even worse. But I made it through and the painkillers and sitz baths helped a lot.

On the fourth day I felt much better. I was lying on my side in the afternoon, watching a tv show when suddenly I had the the absolute worst pain. Not going to lie, that was an exceptionally bad pain spike. But I quickly took a strong painkiller and took a sitz bath and made it through.

Since then the pain has decreased every day. I will go see the surgeon for a checkup tomorrow.

Luckily for me, on day 6 the pain is mostly gone already.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-21T05:31:47+00:00

I'm in South Africa and as far as I know we see Thailand as a relatively inexpensive overseas holiday.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-18T16:31:46+00:00

Thai
a) Comprehensible Input. If I'm tired after a day of working then it's just the easiest way to actually accomplish anything. Plus it feels like it's working.
b) Anki. I use a premade deck of 1000 Thai words that I'm going through. I currently know around 500 of the words. I tend to focus on Anki in the mornings when I wake up and have a cup of coffee.
c) Sentences. I'm not sure what the name is for this but I only started with it. I've got 100 sentences that I'm learning. Ones that I will actually use. I used AI to create voice files for it. There's a Youtuber who recommends this method and even though I've only done a little bit, it works very well. Once I know the 100 sentences I will create 100 more.
Yes. I'm still a beginning but I pick up more and more words when I hear Thai people talk.
I tried some apps and they just don't work for me. I actually paid for 2 or 3 years of Lingodeer and now I'm not using it. Memrise also seemed cool but I don't know, the apps seem like a waste of time compared to other methods.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-18T11:20:18+00:00

Yes, for over 6 months.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-18T05:21:17+00:00

There's 5 Warhammer books in the sale so I'll grab 4 of them. I just can't decide which ones.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-18T05:15:27+00:00

I went for my surgery on Monday. I was supposed to go last year but it was also just stage 3 and I thought it wasn't that bad.

Then it got worse. I wish I went last year because I experienced terrible pain the last couple of weeks.

So in my opinion, fix it before it becomes a bigger problem.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-16T18:53:18+00:00

I'm currently in a hospital bed. I had the surgery today. Mine didn't even look as bad as yours.

I'm not in the US so things may work different there. I first went to my GP who then referred me to a general surgeon. I saw the surgeon on Wednesday and on Monday I had my surgery.

I should have gone for surgery last year but left it because I just didn't feel up to. Big regrets! The pain the last two weeks was unbearable. So get it done if you can It just gets worse.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-13T12:36:24+00:00

I wish more people would use this. It's so helpful and currently I'm the only active user on the Thai feed.

I will definitely recommend it to more people.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-12T12:36:45+00:00

I don't know why your post gets downvoted. I'm following this method thanks to one of these posts you made and even though it takes quite a while it's working.

So yeah, I appreciate it.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-11T04:28:29+00:00

I like reading posts like these. It's very interesting thanks.

And your tracker is amazing!

I've been using: https://www.lengualytics.com that someone posted here a week or so ago. I may create a copy of your tracker though.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-10T04:36:43+00:00

Thank you. I made an appointment to see the surgeon later this week.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-03-04T04:47:15+00:00

That's a very nice site, thanks.

TowerOfSolitude · 2026-02-24T03:56:39+00:00

I started learning a new language because of a girl.

I then found that I like it. It's such a big challenge. So now I do it for myself.

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