Probably TMI

Last night Cindy pulled another diverse harvest from the garden including green beans, two types of peppers, and some broccoli.  She also had her daily pull of roughly 20 blackberries.

I have had a rough stretch of bad luck lately with my health.  The officially undiagnosed GI problem and the ab strain/pain have put a definite crimp in my style.  The GI thing seems to have somehow altered my body’s plumbing as things still are not as they were before the ailment started.

I don’t react favorably to any illness or ailment I have but I am especially freaked out when that ailment involves anything south of the belly button and north of the thighs.  I want my reproductive and digestive plumbing to just work and not be heard from otherwise.  For the most part that has been the case my entire life, thankfully I haven’t had many problems in that regard.

Well two days ago I started feeling some odd discomfort in one of these regions.  Well the discomfort has continued and last night I confirmed I had developed my first ever case of hemorrhoids.  Of course I found this a combination of disgusting, disconcerting, and anxiety inducing.  I don’t have habits that are usually associated with this condition.  I don’t know if it is yet another side effect of the excessive use this area has seen since the GI problem started or perhaps just another one of the glorious side effects of aging.

I know there are various topical treatments available but to be honest I don’t want to even picture the process to apply them, let alone actually perform them.  Right now the treatment plan is to hope it just heals itself up.

You know you are getting old when a disproportionate part of your day is focused on bodily functions.