To want to get this thing out of my bum?

[beckyohecky]

Spoiler alert - this post is about piles. Or rather, one bastard of a pile in particular.

Since giving birth (about a year ago) I've had piles on and off. It's no longer unbearable, but it is mildly uncomfortable.

Anyway, I made the mistake of looking at my bum (you know, properly) a few weeks ago and nearly passed out. Reader, it was not a pretty sight (stop reading now if you're easily grossed out). Let's just say... external, dangly, and roughly the size of a large blueberry.

I've just come back from the Drs who've told me that I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS. Apparently surgeons won't do anything unless it's bleeding (I totally get that, there are far more important things to be surgeoning on) but for some reason I thought the Dr could just, you know, snip it or shrink it, or... freeze it off like a wart? (Medical issues are not my strong point). She basically described it as a massive round skin tag. Nice.

My Dr did suggest I could try going private but wasn't sure whether they'd be able to do anything either. Before I shell out £200 odd quid on a consultation, has anyone had success here before? (Or, more daringly, has anyone tried the old apple vinegar method that the wise people on Dr Google have suggested..?)

I know it's not THAT BAD in terms of all the things, but I would quite like to have sex with my husband with the lights on one day.

All suggestions welcome. Thanks. And sorry.

The tag band basically cuts the blood supply off at the base. It is really painful for the first few hours as the tag band is basically strangling the old pile / skin tag. The pain goes after a few hours as it starts to die. About 4 days after using it, mine fell off in the loo.

You can buy them on amazon but make sure you get the right size.

Mine bleed a lot, more blood than my period. Not all the time, every now and again. The doctor said I should live with it too. Is this right do you think?

I had mine surgically removed, recovery was a nightmare, And it came back. Mine does bleed and I'm just going to live with it because it's less hassle living with it than trying the recovery again while chasing a 2 year old.

Pile surgery is quite risky, very painful and there is a good chance they will come back. Very few vascular surgeons will touch them if they aren’t giving you much trouble now as it would essentially be seen as cosmetic and the risk outweighs the benefit.

I have found my people.
Have been trying to keep things at bay with anusol but just ordered xyloproct and hoping for the best

Surgical success here. I had two bastards that nothing would fix ever since my last pregnancy. They would flare up then subside, but they were always external and like yours OP they wouldn't be pushed in! (sorry gross). GP kept prescribing me stuff but nothing worked.

Once when they were really bad and sore I went to the GP again and she actually recoiled in horror :o and referred me for surgery. (I was amazed I got it on the NHS - not sure if you still can.) Yes it was very painful for a week or two afterwards but that's a distant memory and now I have the joy of a restored bum. No recurrence 3 years on.

Before deciding to operate the consultant asked questions about the impact on my life, ie, difficulty keeping clean etc. and pain, not just unsightliness IYSWIM so I think that's relevant for getting surgery.

I had some tags removed a few years ago. I had gone to see gp about a fissure - v painful--so was in and out a lot re that and was referred to hospital. The surgery was a day case. Recovery was pretty painful because you have to poo. Ouch. I spent a lot of time in the bath.. After a week though it was much more tolerable and then healed nicely. The surgeon had left one behind though so I went back and got that taken off. Much less pain with just the one. I was back at the gym within days.

I stressed that it felt unclean. As it was hard to wipe with all the skin tags in the way. I know funds are tight in NHS but they should sort you out if you are uncomfortable.

you need amateurarsedoctor who posted some years ago about taking such matters into her own hands (literally).

Ok, so I think my current plan of action is this:

1. Try some of the stronger creams and suppositories that have been recommended
2. Try the tagband (if I'm brave enough... and can fiddle about down there successfully)
3. Try a private Dr and find out about steroid treatment and / or surgery

I almost feel like if I can just shrink it then it might stay in if I pop it back in? But maybe I'm beyond that (as I said earlier... 'dangly').

Urgh.

@2020meh

you need amateurarsedoctor who posted some years ago about taking such matters into her own hands (literally).

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/general_health/344037-i-ve-performed-surgery-on-my-own-bottom

I’d agree with shrinking it before you try the tag band. The smaller it is, the less the tag band will hurt.

The tag band is actually quite easy to apply. I squatted on the bathroom floor with a mirror, so that I could see what I was doing. You stretch the small elastic band over the plastic cone, squeeze the pile / skin tag into the cone and then release the elastic band, so that it is around the base of the skin tag / pile. There’s a video on the link I posted.

2020meh I thought of the same thread. And was a a bit horrifed to see that it was posted 13 years ago - doesn't seem that long! Here you go, OP, hope you get sorted soon.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/general_health/344037-i-ve-performed-surgery-on-my-own-bottom

@BoreOfWhabylon Good. Grief.

Although this fills me with horror it's almost exactly what I was hoping / expecting the Dr to do. Just a casual bit of banding, a nice cooling spray and off I go.

Would be too terrified of bleeding to death or somehow implanting the elastic band in my bum if I DIY'd though.

I take opiates and often get constipated becuase of these and unfortunately piles are a side effect of getting bunged up. I get horrendously painful piles as a result. Don't let your GP fob you off with OTC remedies, they are not good enough (apart from anusol for eye bags) ask them to prescribe proctosedyl suppositories. They contain lidocaine which numbs them and they are really effective.

If you do go down the tag band route, it’s important to gently (so that you don’t knock the tag band off and have to start again) clean the area morning and night and after you’ve been for a poo. Used watered down TCP.

I developed one in my late teens/early 20s, but I've never been quite sure if it's actually a pile, or just a skin tag. Fortunately, it's never caused me any pain, so I've let it be.

If yours is actually causing your physical discomfort OP, I'd continue pushing for a remedy.

Zingally. I was informed that.
anal skin tags are the leftover flesh after a pile. So they aren't painful and prone to bleeding like a pile, just fleshy and in the way 😁

My favourite thread ever! Some useful suggetions.
Plus I feel less like a circus freak about my dangly little friend. For what it’s worth OP, I didn’t realise my DH could see it but he revealed once that he’s been able to for years and couldn’t care less.

They do shrink, Becky. Honestly.

I got them really bad when pregnant and they’ve never really gone away - in fact I have a flare up right now ☹️ After childbirth the midwife who came to check my stitches said they were the worst she’d ever seen. Scheriproct helped the most, as others have recommended. Luckily mine don’t give me much pain, just look unsightly and occasionally bleed a bit.

I tried the tag bands but the tag was too big fof the teeny band. Am seriously considering tying cotton round it, it is so unsightly and makes me feel so self-conscious and unattractive.

My mum had a few which she described as like a bunch of grapes she has elastic bands put round them and they did go. I was quite young so don't know if it hurt or anything or even what they actually were

I have this issue, they are huge, like a bunch of grapes hanging out my bum is a good way to describe it 😔. Started with tiny ones in pregnancy but they swelled up when I pushed out ds and never went back.

I went to gp years ago (ds is now 5!) who gave me scheriproct but it didn't do anything. I don't have any pain or bleeding, but getting properly clean after a no2 is the main issue. I don't really know what to do about it, I don't want a painful surgery/recovery but I do want rid of them. Dp has never mentioned it but he must've noticed 😳.

I've had this for years, prior to having children though, my bowel movements have never really been problematic so fuck knows why, I'm watching to take notes!

Anudol cream comes with a long pointy thing that you insert and squirt up your bum. It worked for me. I have never had them back since. My Dad had his operated on but was in agony after and had to sit on a rubber ring for weeks. His grew back.