timaca
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It appears that I may now have a hemorrhoid as a result of the two bouts of C. difficile I just experienced.
Any helpful pointers on this new development?
Signed, Timaca (the newest member of the Poo R Us club)
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trails
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Welcome to my LOVELY WORLD TIMACA!
I laughed out loud when I read this post---are we some sort of twin illness spirit in different bodies?
I was NOT laughing at your new friend, but the fact that Hems, as I call them, have been my friends for 10 years now.
I had to have major rectal surgery at age 30 for them. I had this new technique done where they give you what I call a face lift for your *** ! Now I can honestly say I am tight *** !
Okay---hems can cause extreme pain and be so very embarrassing. The reason I had them so badly is 1. genetics...dad had 2 hemroidectomies by 30 years old too......thanks POP! 2. My endometriosis caused adhesions that wrapped around my colon and kinked it leading to severe stopage that would occur on and off for several UNDIAGNOSED and humiliating and painful YEARS.
HOT baths are realllllllllllllly good for them. But dont put salts or anything in the water...plain old hot/warm water.
Laying down and elevating the pelvis as much as possible is also good.
*****Using baby wipes and no tiolet paper.*****
over the counter creams are good but the bestest bestest stuff is rx and it is a steroid.
BUT--I have used it very safely during lyme treatment, and have had several LLMDs say it is fine...not much absorbed by the body.
Desetin can be helpful. for keeping it lubed.
Staying off your feet and NOT sitting for long periods are also helpful.
Things I found NOT helpful: *dumb docs *feeling ashamed *alternative cream remedies *"sitz baths" as in those things you buy and put on the toilet---they will increase the pressure in that area and sometimes cause the hem to get worse
I have the bestest bestest Heiny doctor in the ENTIRE world in Albuquerque. He is better than ANY LLMD, or doctor or nurse or ANYTHING I have ever had in my life...so if this continues, you can go see him!
Go lie down and put a pillow under your rear or under your knees and get a good book or the remote. Rest and relaxing are the best medicine for the HEM!
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Such the achiever...next thing you know, you'll be going for anal fissures! (uber-ouch!)
well, i can only concur with the wealth of good advice that trails provided. i, on the otherhand, just ignore mine and we co-exist with great disdain for each other.
now the fissures on the other hand, they are a little more insistant...
in any event, now you have some company while you visit john. sort of like a chia pet...
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Timaca, They are testing me for C. diff right now. I've had my picc for 12 days. I've had diarrhea ever since. The I had a fever of 101, but think it was because I caught a stomach virus from my son.
Doc said if the tests come back positive, it shouldn't be a problem because I am on Flagyl, and that should wipe out the C diff. Still has me a little worried though.
I also had terrible "roids", as well as surgery to remove them. They are literally a pain in the butt. You got some good advice though. Good Luck! Jill
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Ahh yes, the hemmy club, courtesy of c.difficile! I had mine banded (big mistake) hurt for 2 weeks in evil pain. The best thing I found is Neo healar. http://www.originaldrugs.com/neo-healar.shtml
You can try the OTC remedies but they really only lubricate it. This stuff shrinks it, and helps alot, its very soothing. Sitz baths are helpful, witch hazel on a cottonball applied 3x a day and left on the hemmy at night can shrink them too. if its thrombosed and has a blood clot in it, its really apinful, and you can get the clot cut out by a colo-rectal surgeon. They are evil! The fissure club sucks too! Ugh! C.diff, I am telling you guys, its almost as bad as Lyme ever was and that is saying a %^&^* of alot!!
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timaca
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I find myself almost speechless! First, I am inducted into the Poo R Us Club. Next, the Hemmy Club! Such honors have been bestowed on me recently! Not to mention, the honor of being named The Culture Queen at our hospital lab! Thank you, one and all for these great honors. I must defer, however, from being a member of the A. Nal Crack Club. I'm just too busy reading about how to use Preparation H to take on any other endeavors.
HIGH FIVE, Trails! Yes, I suppose we now have one more thing in common! Perhaps we need to start looking for positive things that we have in common, eh?
The not sitting for long periods of time may pose a problem. I expect to be on my toosh for about 12 hours on Saturday as I get my body to NY. Hopefully, things will have quieted down in that particular area.
Nice to know that you know a good Heiny doctor. I'll keep that in mind....
duramater~ Glad to know that I'm in your fine company once again. I appreciate the support and thought of a new chia pet friend.
Jillybean~ Hope your C. diff is negative...keep us posted! I guess you are now the newest member of the Poo R Us Club! Welcome!
Wildcondor~ Thanks for the link for the Hemmy creme. I so appreciated your link for the Florastor. I noticed the other day that that particular pharmacy is located on Lexington Ave. in NYC. I take the Lexington subway all the time when I'm there! So, maybe I can find that pharmacy! (Note: other people are looking at the Statue of Liberty while in NYC. I'm looking for the pharmacy that sells probiotics for C. difficile! )
Thanks, one and all for your posts. I had tears streaming down my face from laughing so hard, and that is SO much better than tears streaming down my face from crying!
You are all AWESOME!!
Timaca, Member: B. Burg. Dorfi Club Poo R Us Club Hemmy Club Deferring from A. Nal Crack Club Posts: 2872 | From above 7,000 ft in a pine forest | Registered: Feb 2005
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You're going to do great with that awesome attitude and sense of humor! Keep it up! We have to laugh at these things, as serious as they are, worrying gets us nowhere. I've been worrying all week about this stupid c.difficile and I just have to start laughing more. Congratulations on being the culture queen! Got to love it when they give you the containers with no scooper for the poop! Its like you dumb a$$ tech, give me some tongue depressors or something, what do you want me to use my good silver spoons? Argh!!!
We have to start an official poop and hemmy club, and i will nominate myself as president of the abdominal cramps club. Who wants to be poop president? hemmy president? Screw it we have to laugh!
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Oh, I'm definitely stepping up for nomination to the poo-resident position.
I can offer my experience for the poo-sition: *multiple episodes of mild to severe C. diff beginning in early 1990;
*a family history that includes ulcerative colitis (this sort of makes me the 43 to 41 EXCEPT my poo-litics would be radically different...actually it probably makes me "Number 2");
*experience with multiple great smokies tests (and for those in the know, each one requires at least three days of playing with your own poo).
*I have over 20 years of experience in academia, and let's face it, other than poo-litics, where else is there so much sh*t-slinging?
*Lastly, in the private sector, I am CEO of Poo 'R Us, a multinational conglomerate with a specialty in poo-land security.
Please consider me for nomination to this e-steam-ed poo-sition. Together, we can get to the bottom, ahem, of the C. diff problems.
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timaca
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duramater~ I, too, approve of your taking the Poo-resident poo-sition of the C. diff club. You forgot to mention one of your most poo-ressing qualifications, however....when someone looks at you sideways, you get C. diff! Let's not forget that one!
I would like to hereby nominate Trails for the Highest Honor of Head of the Hemmy Assoc . The qualifications that were outlined in Trails earlier post clearly qualify her for that position.
I would like to humbly submit my qualifications for the the title of The Culture Queen. December 13th was my first blood culture (2 bottles of blood taken--about 10 cc per bottle of blood). Dec. 20th--4 bottles of blood taken (40 cc blood). Dec. 23, 24, and Jan. 6th another 4 bottles of blood taken each time. (At this point I figured a fungal infection was the least of my problems...the lab was going to bleed me to death)
Stool cultures (3 each time mind you) were submitted on Jan. 6th and Jan. 27th. And, yes, Wildcondor, I ASKED for wooden sticks to do the dirty work with!
Wildcondor~ I accept your nomination of Administrator of the Abdominal Agony Assoc . May your term be short lived.
Thanks once again for the chuckles... Timaca Posts: 2872 | From above 7,000 ft in a pine forest | Registered: Feb 2005
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