TMI - yuck. anyone get a thrombosed hemorrhoid? :(
Just as I am about 95% recovered from my csection. I have sprung a bad hemorrhoid, it's thrombosed. I suffered with hemorrhoids a bit in pregnancy before but nothing like this. I'm not sure how it suddenly came about - my diet is great, I never strain or suffer digestive problems, I can't think of anything that brought it on other then I was sitting lots after the csection of course. Anyway. I hear they are common in pregnancies, so I thought I'd ask here. I went to my doctor yesterday morning and she gave me a surgery referral but said if by tonight it's not better I should go to the ER to have it lanced. Looking online - apparently they are nothing serious, just painful and will get better on their own usually with a week. I have been applying the prescription cream, doing Epsom salt baths and using ice packs religiously. I guess my question is, has anyone had any luck without getting it lanced???? I'm not going to the ER tonight - I want to wait it out. It hurts alot but it's not unbearable. Advice???