Since we are going to TMI-vile, can I say that I am suffering with my first ever hemorrhoid.
I do NOT like. Apparently, 50% of adults get them. There's nothing you can do for them except take baths and wait 'em out--is that right?
Sir? I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.
Zoe ,'The Train Job'
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Scrappy - Feb 28, 2011 11:53:01 am PST #16409 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
DavidS - Feb 28, 2011 12:13:40 pm PST #16410 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
There's nothing you can do for them except take baths and wait 'em out--is that right?
Well, Preparation H helps. It's not just for the baggy, dark circles under a supermodel's eyes!
erin_obscure - Feb 28, 2011 12:14:51 pm PST #16411 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
aren't there OTC creams and such? Are they basically useless?
Ginger - Feb 28, 2011 12:26:32 pm PST #16412 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I have them fairly often, because the IBS means more trips to the bathroom which means more irritation...
Any discussion is really TMI, but I can give you a few things that help.
Doing the same thing you'd do for a vaginal infection, i.e., keeping everything clean and dry, helps.
The creams with the local anesthetic dibucaine (Nupercainal and its generics) to work best for me for immediate relief. Preparation H and its clones do seem to speed up the healing. I use the suppositories overnight, but some people swear by the cream.
In this context, "intelligent design, my ass" is particularly appropriate.
beekaytee - Feb 28, 2011 12:47:05 pm PST #16413 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Hm. I've never found the specialty products to work for me. Cleanliness, yes!
Ginger - Feb 28, 2011 12:51:41 pm PST #16414 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I've never found the specialty products to work for me.
I didn't mean to imply they were the answer, but those seem a bit better than nothing. The cortisone based ones do nothing. I do think the dibucaine helps keep me from becoming the urban legend of the woman who scratched her ass off.
DavidS - Feb 28, 2011 12:52:05 pm PST #16415 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Also, Scrappy insent.
beekaytee - Feb 28, 2011 12:54:50 pm PST #16416 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
No. No. I know they work for some, but just not for me. I think I'm hyper-sensitive/resistant.
For instance, when my gold grown fell out once, the dentist recommended that I use Dentucreme to temporarily glue it back. Millions of people use that product. I thought it was going to kill me, the pain was so great.
I'm just special.
Ginger - Feb 28, 2011 12:58:10 pm PST #16417 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
There are times when nothing works, but that's really TMI.
Vortex - Feb 28, 2011 1:14:24 pm PST #16418 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
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