Roid rage

Here is a fun topic, how my first experience with hemorrhoids has been.  This wonderful ailment started early last week, sort of out of the blue.  My run/bike training brick at the gym last Tuesday seemed to really get the ball rolling. Later in the week things seemed to be calming down but the run/swim training brick on Sunday seemed to do a nice job of pouring gas on the fire.  Lesson learned, shelve biking/running when dealing with this sort of pain in the ass.

I have begun using some over the counter items to try to deal with and heal the problem areas.  Of course utilizing any of these products is extremely awkward and gross to someone like me who prefers to make believe the anus does not exist.  Applying a “cooling gel” has the not so cool side effect of making your rear end feel like it was hit with a grease gun.  Dabbing the area with wet wipes is equally un-fun for me. I even sat in my bathtub for the first time in years last night, hoping an epsom salt bath might be beneficial.

The weird thing is I don’t have any of the things that a typical hemorrhoid sufferer has like constipation, a low fiber diet, lack of exercise, not drinking much water, etc…. I can only guess this is yet one more lovely side effect of the GI ailment that crushed me for a week.