To Blog or Not to Blog

I haven't posted for most of this week, but not because I haven't had anything going on. Unfortunately, I've had a lot of things going--mostly rather personal health issues. I've been debating whether or not to blog about them. Then I remembered that I spent most of my pregnancy last year whining about being constipated and having hemorrhoids. It's been a while since those days, so I guess it's time for a little trip down memory lane. My parents are in town for a few days, so on Wednesday evening we decided to head down to a nearby wetlands area for a sunset nature walk. It was beautiful: we saw an eagle, Mt. Ranier in the sunset, a heron, and lots of Canada geese. As sometimes happens after a lengthy walk, my bottom was feeling sore when we got home. Only this time it got progressively worse. I won't even describe what's going on down there, but it's really not pretty. According to the internet I should have a doctor take a look at what's going on to make sure permanent damage is not occurring. The only flaw in that plan is that I don't currently have health insurance. According the bureaucrats at the state health department, my application is still not complete even after five weeks of waiting. This morning I decided that the pain was too intense and I went in to see urgent care at the hospital. After two-and-a-half hours of waiting, a very nice female resident came in, looked at my "bottom area" (as she kept calling it), and informed me that I really should consider surgery. Thankfully it's not bad enough right now that I need to pay for emergency butt surgery out of pocket. But it's getting to the point where I not only have to go to the butt doctor, but I'm going to have to have him take a knife to my bottom. I just hope my insurance comes through soon and that my current inflammation subsides a bit before then.

The moral of this story is to eat plenty of fiber, drink lots of water, and make sure you have good health insurance. Oh, and I think that pictures of fourth-degree prolapsed hemorrhoids would make good pregnancy prevention tools.

Comments

Sarah said…
I'm petrified of having my hemorrhoids reappear from my last pregnancy. So far, so good but it's something I worry about every day as my delivery comes closer. There really couldn't be anything more awful and then to have the whole stigma attached to just tops it off.

I can't believe you've had to wait five weeks already for health insurance to come through! What don't they get about PREGNANT LADY COMING THROUGH!

Posting isn't always pretty - but don't you feel a little better now that it's "out there?"
1/26/2007 11:47 PM
FoxyJ said…
I'm not currently pregnant (thank goodness!)--it's just unfortunate lingering side effects. If I were, then I probably could get insurance faster.

And I wish that hemorrhoids weren't so embarrassing. When I was pregnant, I didn't have much morning sickness, but I had horrible hemorrhoids and vaginal varicose veins. People would ask how I was feeling, and I never knew what to say "Fine, except for the constant shooting pain in my butt". Uh, yeah.
1/26/2007 11:54 PM
AmyJane said…
Ow, ow, ow, ow! I'm doing the jump around pain dance for you. I am so sorry that you're in pain. I'm having my own wierd little health moment that I keep feeling tempted to tell the internet but I think I will refrain until I know what's up with me. Good luck with your insurance people.
1/26/2007 11:55 PM
Desmama said…
It does sound so painful. I have nothing to complain about in light of what y'all have been through. I hope you get insurance through soon so you can get treated.
1/27/2007 9:42 AM
Lisa said…
I will pray for your "bottom" and for your insurance!
1/27/2007 10:24 PM
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1/27/2007 10:25 PM
Mary said…
Something to read:
http://www.drmcdougall.com/med_constipation.html

Make 'Meatless Monday', meatless every day. I am a vegan and am not really rabid about it, but I think a plant based diet would solve or prevent a lot of common physical problems.
1/29/2007 9:58 PM
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