Intense pain and heavy bleeding the first night. The pethidine injection
lasted me only an hour. Had to bear with the pain the rest of the night.

I had stenosis for the first two months. The stools which came out
were pencil-thin.

I also had fecal impaction twice the first two months. Had to dig it out
with my fingers.
Luckily, improved by the third month.

The surgeon was probably not too skilled nor experienced enough in
the use of the staple.
The staple also has a high rate of relapse.

Within two years, an external hemorrhoid came back.
But is Dr Lim is skilled in this method, you should have no problems,
reduced pain and faster recovery, I guess.
Reinterventions for specific technique-related complications of
stapled haemorrhoidopexy (SH): a critical appraisal.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/18766410/
Stapled hemorrhoidopexy is associated with a higher long-term
recurrence rate of internal hemorrhoids compared with conventional
excisional hemorrhoid surgery.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/17665254/
Obstructed defecation after stapled hemorrhoidopexy: a report of four cases.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/20583519/?
Agraffectomy after low rectal stapling procedures for hemorrhoids and rectocele.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/21695440
Obliteration of the rectal lumen after stapled hemorrhoidopexy: report of a case.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/18670815/

Luckily the stenosis largely improved, about 70 percent,
after a few months.

Whenever you cut any part of the body, the scar which
forms back is usually harder than natural skin, so there
will be bound to be some stenosis or narrowing

Your anus is obviously not as elastic or can
stretch as when it was new.

The external hemorrhoid is still there, and at times
does bother me, especially when I have diarrhea
or constipate (I have IBS since my young days).

One of these days, I think I will have to get it removed.

If you are planning to have surgery, ask the surgeon
to use the harmonic scalpel, Ligasure or one of the
new generation thermal scissors. Do not choose the
staple.

My ex-schoolmate's (Dr Yap Boon Hung in Tung Shin)
late father had hemorrhoidectomy three times.

Looks like the surgeon did a good job.

Who is the doctor and which hospital ?

Roughly how much would the procedure cost now? Just want to know more in case if anything... touchwood