Let’s start from the beginning. My symptoms started this past fall. It was a busy one for us. There were a couple of weddings and a girls trip to Nashville. I was eating and drinking like the little trash panda I am. There was more going in this temple than was coming out. I didn’t let that stop me. A laxative here and there and I kept it moving. Because I felt so gross most of the fall the new year seemed the be the perfect time to have a “come to Jesus” moment with my health and fitness. So, I dusted off my stationary bike and got to work. First day was slow but fine. The second day was NOOOO BUENO!
There comes a time in the lives of most modern adults when they are confronted with a pain or an illness. This situation can be addressed in a number of ways. The responsible thing, to some, may be to contact a doctor and have the symptoms looked at immediately. Others might wait it out in hopes that whatever it is leaves just as quickly as it came. Then there are those that will leave their fate up to a search engine. But what do you do when your Google results point to cancer? If you’re anything like me you’d keep scrolling until you find a more manageable illness! Cancer seems like an awful lot to take on. I was looking for something that would likely clear up in 7-10 days with little to no intervention.
I took a hard pass on a possible colorectal cancer and accepted my self diagnosis. Hemorrhoids. Listen, I’m a woman of a certain age that has birthed a child and I’m well aware of what hemorrhoids feel like. Changes in bathroom habits like constipation and pain or even bleeding during bowel movements. Ew. The only problem is that I’ve never had a hemorrhoid that felt this friggin bad. Scale of 1-10 this was probably a 9. It hurt to sit, stand, lay, walk, etc. You never realize how connected your butt is to the rest of your body until something goes wrong. I self medicated through this pain from January until the end of March. Seems like a long time and probably unnecessary but this pain was easier to deal with, in my dumb brain, than finding someone to show my butt hole to. I even had a readily available medical professional that I could have talked to early on but that conversation was going to be so damn embarrassing. Can you imagine running into someone at the grocery store that knows you haven’t pooped right in months? ACK!! ❤️ VA