Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
General health

Mumsnet doesn't verify the qualifications of users. If you have medical concerns, please consult a healthcare professional.

Original poster

Broken Bum Embarassment

28 replies

DetentionGrrrl · 18/10/2006 08:41

The bottom situation (piles) is worse and becoming unbearable, but i'm too embarassed to go the doctors. (I don't know why really, i've got no problem getting my bits out for a smear etc!)I'm even too embarassed to go the chemists or discuss it with my fella. Can someone please inspire some confidence to get this sorted out?!?!

OP posts:
danceswiththedevil · 18/10/2006 08:50

People will wonder why you are sitting down so gingerly and imagine that it is because of some other bottie related activity

southeastastralplain · 18/10/2006 09:07

go to the docs! they have seen arses galore

GRUMPYGHOUL · 18/10/2006 09:10

Have you tried a cream, if not is this something you could order from Boots online?

throckenholt · 18/10/2006 09:11

get some anusol from the supermarket with the rest of your shop - no way they can tell who it is for then .

Hope it feels better soon.

GRUMPYGHOUL · 18/10/2006 09:41

Have to say im with Detention despite having endured all the indignities of pregnancy I could no sooner stick a tube of Anusol in my basket than sprout wings and fly.

I KNOW its illogical but it would feel as though it was glowing and drawing attention to my basket - felt much the same way when MIL wanted a Westlife CD for Xmas.

ks · 18/10/2006 09:45

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn

Original poster
DetentionGrrrl · 18/10/2006 09:50

Well thanks for making me laugh anyway!

And danceswithdevil- i WISH that's why i'm sitting down to gingerly!

Shall seek out some online cream purchase as a start. Having a broken arse really is no fun.

OP posts:
BlackCatBert · 18/10/2006 09:56

So - blow up your swim ring, sit on it carefully, and visit Boots the Chemist online:

there are free wipes with every purchase

DumbledoresGirl · 18/10/2006 09:59

DetentionGrrrl, I know what it is like. I am a well-known Mner (I think! ) and I don't mind openly saying here that I had a similar problem after my ds1 was born. I didn't have piles, I had an anal fissure and every day going to the toilet was an absoslute agony for me. I was also too embarrassed to go to the GP. I endured the agony for 5 months! Eventually I decided i could put up with it no longer and booked an appointment with a female GP I had never seen before (and hoped never to see again!) Yes, I did have to strip off and yes she did put her finger up my bottom and yes it was embarrassing, but no it wasn't worse than the agony I had endured for 5 months and yes I did get treatment and was soon back to normal.

Your agony must be worse than mine as I only hurt when I did a bowel movement whereas I believe piles hurt all the time don't they? You must be getting close to the point where you want your piles treated. When you reach it, you will know, and no embarrassment or shame will stop you from getting that treatment.

Honestly, what have you to be embarrassed about? Is your bottom any different to anyone else's? Does it have green horns growning out of it? Did your piles come from doing some reprehensible act? No, presumably, like my fissure, they came from pregnancy or giving birth. You have nothing to be ashamed of. Make an appointment today - you will be so glad you did once you are treated!

ks · 18/10/2006 10:08

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn

Original poster
DetentionGrrrl · 18/10/2006 10:11

Going to the loo is hell on earth. I think i'd rather give birth again- at least i had something to show for that!

I think i'm so embarassed because i've always seen my bottom as a sexual object, rather than a dysfunctional body part (hence no discussion with fella)

OP posts:
DumbledoresGirl · 18/10/2006 10:17

I understand that. So go to a female GP! You are allowed to ask for a woman GP if you want.

GRUMPYGHOUL · 18/10/2006 10:23

We have a nosy post man so its difficult to order anything now we often have discussions about what post I am receiving(LOL)

Even worse I see my female doctor in the playground (I too would rather she just spontaniously combusted never to be seen again after an examination)

GRUMPYGHOUL · 18/10/2006 10:25

Love the thread title by the way bet that drew a few in LOL

FreakyFloss · 18/10/2006 10:26

just remember there is every chance the gp themselve has maybe had them too...

gemmiegoatlegs · 18/10/2006 10:26

I say bite the bullet and go to the chemist... a colleague of mine was recently having similoar trouble and was too embarassed to go to docs/chemist. she ended up with the trauma of bursting a blood vessel at work when the piles had got so bad. sorry for the horror story but imho its not worth it. of course she had to go to docs by then anyway but was just glad to get it sorted in the end. you could always order cream online if u really can't face it.

Original poster
DetentionGrrrl · 18/10/2006 11:17

Have ordered some bum cream...i'll give it a few days to work, if not, off to GP for me. I want my sexy bum back!

OP posts:
merlotmama · 18/10/2006 21:57

A friend of mine, who is a teacher, had piles and made an appt at the docs. When she got there she was told her GP was unavailable, but the locum would see her. Great, she thought, anonimity. When her name was called, the young male locum greeted her like a long lost friend.....because he was an ex-pupil.
As they walked along the corridor, she was thinking 'What else can I possibly say is wrong with me?' but in the end plucked up her courage and told the truth. He then said:"There are two ways we can do this. Either you lie on the couch or - and I prefer this way because I get a better view - you can stand and bend over". There is a mirror in the consulting room so she was able to watch as, skirt up round her middle, knickers round her knees, her ex-pupil peered at her rear end.

And the moral of this story? There is always someone worse off than yourself. If she could do this, so can you!

Sophiev73 · 18/10/2006 22:02

Can I just say a lot of us have been there and we know what it's like. Crap. (Ha ha) Hope you get your cream ok and it makes it all a bit better. I also used witch hazel on cotton wool after going to the loo to cool down etc. Anusol was God's gift for me.

willowcatkin · 18/10/2006 22:27

apparantly the cream is good for hiding wrnkles around the eyes - I got my ever so complementary mother to get me some when she was sounding off about how old i was looking!!!

Need some more now tho after ds, so thanks for the link!!

Original poster
DetentionGrrrl · 19/10/2006 07:35

Merlotmamma: !!!

OP posts:
BlackCatBert · 20/10/2006 08:32

Just wanted to say - nosey postman or not. You can always LIE about what's in the package? It's from Boots - and you could say it's some makeup you are treating yourself to because it's difficult to get to the shops, (what with these piles and everything!!!!)

Seriously - I assume he doesn't make you open your parcels!!!?

Ordering something online seems to be the best way around. AND you could order yourself some makeup at the same time!

Original poster
DetentionGrrrl · 20/10/2006 08:33

If the postman asked what was in my packages i'd tell him where to go!! (And it should be arriving today- hoorah!)

OP posts:
BlackCatBert · 20/10/2006 09:35

Hurrah for you, hope you have a comfortable weekend !

GRUMPYGHOUL · 20/10/2006 09:38

Oh Id never tell him where to go hes superb. How many people would like to be able to say "our" postman instead of having an assortment of strangers delivering their post to the wrong houses (which is what happens every time he takes a holiday)

Good luck with the cream and I had hear about putting it around your eyes too.

Swipe left for the next trending thread