Dealing with hemorrhoids – any advice?
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Well, here I am, joining the club... 🙂
From Sept 14th to Sept 22nd, I was dealing with watery stools (diarrhea) once a day, usually in the morning...
I didn't think much of it at first because my digestion has always been weird. Then on Sept 22nd, things finally leveled out and everything seemed normal. Went out... grabbed some drinks with the guys...
(Friday) Sept 23rd, I wake up and start scratching my ass because... well... things aren't looking too great back there. =/
And that's how I find out I've got a hemorrhoid... 🙂... honestly, I wasn't even breaking out in a cold sweat, I was almost in tears from the sheer misery of realizing it hurts, it itches, and one whole side of my poor little butt is swollen shut.
First time dealing with this kind of mess... truth be told, I don't even have the guts to actually look at it, but based on the pictures I've seen online and what I can feel, it's definitely it (hemorrhoids). By feel, it seems like about 3/4 of one side of my anus is swollen, and there's one specific spot that hurts more than all the rest.
I can't deal with this for the rest of my life, and I definitely can't afford to cut back on physical activity for a month or two (however long it takes for the swelling to go down... or for the hemorrhoid to recede, whatever happens).
Given that my lifestyle hasn't exactly been "proper" (lots of messing around and drinking on the weekends), I'm pretty sure that played a part.
What I really want to know is: can this go away for good so it doesn't come back? That's my main concern. Can I still hang out with the crew on weekends? (Just asking... I'm a real party animal, obviously). Is just applying calendula oil and chamomile ointment enough? Should I be applying it inside too, or just on the surface?
I'm 24 and I've never had any issues with hemorrhoids before (if I ever had internal ones, who knows).
From Sept 14th to Sept 22nd, I was dealing with watery stools (diarrhea) once a day, usually in the morning...
I didn't think much of it at first because my digestion has always been weird. Then on Sept 22nd, things finally leveled out and everything seemed normal. Went out... grabbed some drinks with the guys...
(Friday) Sept 23rd, I wake up and start scratching my ass because... well... things aren't looking too great back there. =/
And that's how I find out I've got a hemorrhoid... 🙂... honestly, I wasn't even breaking out in a cold sweat, I was almost in tears from the sheer misery of realizing it hurts, it itches, and one whole side of my poor little butt is swollen shut.
First time dealing with this kind of mess... truth be told, I don't even have the guts to actually look at it, but based on the pictures I've seen online and what I can feel, it's definitely it (hemorrhoids). By feel, it seems like about 3/4 of one side of my anus is swollen, and there's one specific spot that hurts more than all the rest.
I can't deal with this for the rest of my life, and I definitely can't afford to cut back on physical activity for a month or two (however long it takes for the swelling to go down... or for the hemorrhoid to recede, whatever happens).
Given that my lifestyle hasn't exactly been "proper" (lots of messing around and drinking on the weekends), I'm pretty sure that played a part.
What I really want to know is: can this go away for good so it doesn't come back? That's my main concern. Can I still hang out with the crew on weekends? (Just asking... I'm a real party animal, obviously). Is just applying calendula oil and chamomile ointment enough? Should I be applying it inside too, or just on the surface?
I'm 24 and I've never had any issues with hemorrhoids before (if I ever had internal ones, who knows).