lofwyr
03-03-17, 01:41
I am trying to be good. I am staying clear of google now, but I fear I have done a good deal of damage to my calm already. I am pretty much in full panic mode, and could use some reassurance to see me through the weekend.
To that end, here is the situation, for those who missed my previous panicky posts. My wife, in the beginning of February got constipated, and in the process of clearing things up, discovered she had a good sized lump inside her rectum. I won't go into graphic details, and with her knowing about my HA, she wouldn't give me details about the lump itself, but it is definitely there.
I am hoping it is piles, but I have little experience with what piles actually feel like. I have internal hemorrhoids and deal with them the usual way--in fact I have never freaked about my own bleeding or itching etc, but have no lumps or bumps as a result of them, so I have no experience with more significant piles.
What I am hoping to hear, is it reasonable to have a lump like this that won't go away almost a month later, and have it be anything benign? Can a hemorrhoid enlarge and remain irritated and swollen inside like that? I was always under the impression piles would go away, which this one does not seem to be. I just don't have that information, and cannot go near google, one more colon cancer survivor story and I am done for.
She is going in on Tuesday to see the GP and get it looked at, so that's good, but Tuesday feels like a year away to me now, and I only have the information my negative brain latched on to when I googled and symptom surfed for the first time in over ten years.
Thanks for hearing me out, I try to give help to my fellow HA sufferers on this site to make up for the times I feel like I am taking, but right now I would love to hear from anyone who has gone through this sort of thing with a rectal lump and come out with a good or normal outcome.
To that end, here is the situation, for those who missed my previous panicky posts. My wife, in the beginning of February got constipated, and in the process of clearing things up, discovered she had a good sized lump inside her rectum. I won't go into graphic details, and with her knowing about my HA, she wouldn't give me details about the lump itself, but it is definitely there.
I am hoping it is piles, but I have little experience with what piles actually feel like. I have internal hemorrhoids and deal with them the usual way--in fact I have never freaked about my own bleeding or itching etc, but have no lumps or bumps as a result of them, so I have no experience with more significant piles.
What I am hoping to hear, is it reasonable to have a lump like this that won't go away almost a month later, and have it be anything benign? Can a hemorrhoid enlarge and remain irritated and swollen inside like that? I was always under the impression piles would go away, which this one does not seem to be. I just don't have that information, and cannot go near google, one more colon cancer survivor story and I am done for.
She is going in on Tuesday to see the GP and get it looked at, so that's good, but Tuesday feels like a year away to me now, and I only have the information my negative brain latched on to when I googled and symptom surfed for the first time in over ten years.
Thanks for hearing me out, I try to give help to my fellow HA sufferers on this site to make up for the times I feel like I am taking, but right now I would love to hear from anyone who has gone through this sort of thing with a rectal lump and come out with a good or normal outcome.