Hi, thanks to all who helped me on my other thread. I looked around some previous threads (and maybe I'm missing a search option that only searches this forum).
Summary of symptoms:
- Combined internal/external hemorrhoid
- Internal comes out during BM (pushed back in)
- BM are pretty narrow and usually formed and harder (working on fiber but not enough perhaps). I assume the low volume and narrow poops are due to the internal making the passage way more narrow?
- I get a thrombosis every couple of years
- I asked doc for surgery but backed out
- After my last two soccer games, the external gets really irritated (feels like a mild thrombosis where the pile doesn't get fully filled b/c it has enough skin... its basically a skin tag now from a previous thrombosis)
- Every few months I have no bleeding internally
- When bleeding starts, it stays irritated for a few months.
- If there is bleeding, it's only during BM and sometimes has clots (not sure if they are coming out from the internal one or if it's from sitting on the toilet too long)
Now, if I could reduce the size of this thing, naturally, I'd be super happy. I'd like to be able to play soccer or run without having a kind of a flare up. I don't know... maybe at this point the external skin tag bit (being in the middle back) is just a larger size forever and will always be annoying unless I get it cut out. It wasn't always like this. I could play soccer without feeling it after. I can even feel it while sitting.
Also, if your natural remedy ideas are a form of application, how do I get whatever oil/cream in contact with the internal bits?
As for diet, I have been adding fiber powder (3g per) to water about 2-3 times a day and I've been eating Fiber One bars and apples. I would guess I'm in the 15g range for daily fiber intake. I know men need more. But, if I eat too much I get a stomach ache. They get too loose, and since I'm hairy and the placement of the external, it's super annoying for hygiene.
Thanks!