First Fill Post Op Rectal Bleeding???

[futureslim 0]

Has anyone had a problem with rectal bleeding after their first fill? My husband had his first fill today and came home when he had a bowel movement he is bleeding not to sure what to think he hasnt had any problem with going to the bathroom since post op.

[sassy k's mommy 1]

he could have hemmroids and thats the bleeding..

[futureslim 0]

so do u think it could be just a coincidence that he had his first fill today?? He has never had a problem with them before thats why he is alittle nervous. He did call the dr and they said if the next time he went if there was still bleeding to go to the emergency room. I just wondered if this has happened to anyone before??

[Bronwen 11]

Is it bright red? Could be fissures ( no sure if I spelled it correctly) or hemorrhoids.

[xavier 153]

coincidence. fissures or hemorrhoids.

[SageTracey 608]

Extremely unlikely to be related to the band or his fill. You sound worried so get him to have it checked out. Peace of mind is worth it!

[DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! 12,703]

If it's red, it's likely hemorrhoids or fissures.

If it's black/tarry, he needs to go to his doctor ASAP. That would be a sign of bleeding more internally.

Either way, it's a coincidence with the fill.

[Jachut 487]

Oh god PLEASE get this checked out right away. I learned the hard way there is NO reasonable excuse not to investigate rectal bleeding right away. I know it will frighten you but im going to say it anyway because it will mean youll do something - I had fairly innocuous rectal bleeding which was both red and black and tarry - it was hard to recognise that but in hindsight it just smelled weird, sort of metallic. I even posted on here a few times. In the end i had a stage 2 rectal cancer and have just come through the hardest eighteen months of my life. I had no other symptoms. He needs to go and ave a colonoscopy as sdoon as possible.

Im sorry to be alarmist, but i put off doing anything about it for six months and my doctors all freaked at me, time is really of the essence as to pick this disease up in the early stages mean you can avoid chemo, which is beyond foul and has left me with a lot of other minor health problems.