And subject to jokes fire away! I had hemorrhoid surgery today. The surgery lasted 58 minutes. The staff was professional and very friendly. The surgeon and the anesthesiologist gave me a full breakdown prior to the surgery. It went very well. I had no pain afterwards, but in the spirit of full disclosure they had given me demerol in IV form. Now that I'm home I'm taking an Epsom salt soaking regiment and and he prescribed Percocet, which of course is oxycodone. I'm going to be real careful with that. My only regret is that I didn't get this done years ago. It was a good week, got my hearing back and my ass cleared up.