So, I pulled my pants down........

Can you let me know the name of the lotion please

phoenix, thanks for sharing and putting a smile on my face. My husband, MacSporran bravely took a photo of a red/purple lump protruding from my backside (size of a golf ball) and, in spite of two sessions of surgery, it continues to accompany me wherever I go. It's a rectal prolapse. I think to myself...providing the flatulence holds on until I retire to some place private, I'll be thankful for small mercies.

Thank you

Erm, just answered that one, Nanjust60 !

You mentioned skin tag cream does it work ?

Nanjust it's a sort of lotion that freezes them, Mr P has used it and says it works.

Buttonjugs pretty sure it's not a boil, spot or pimple!

Hahahaha.........hahahaha.... Good luck with it...?

This post made my day! Hope all is ok!

Are you sure it’s not just a boil? There is a condition called a pilonidal cyst that appears in the natal cleft but it’s usually only seen in people under 40.

You mentioned cream for skin tags is it any good

Definitely not a pile, it's in completely the wrong place!

The surgery phoned, the photographs weren't clear enough, apparently.

So Mr P had to try again, using his phone this time, rather than my tablet.

When I was expecting my second child, I was visiting my mum and went into labour early.
I ended up in the hospital at my mum's, where I had my first son. I was quite happy, as it meant I would get plenty visitors.
That was until the curtains opened and the boy I had a crush on for years, opened the screens, he was the doctor on call.
I don't know who was more embarrassed, him or me. . He got such a rollicking from the consultant, because he hadn't examined me. . I explained that he was getting nowhere near me.
I was on bed rest for a week, when I was told I could go home and have my baby at the planned hospital.

I was home for only an hour, went for a bath, then thought I was giving birth in the bath, when something, resembling a melon appeared.
DH was freaking out, as it definitely wasn't a baby.
Rushed to hospital, where I had all these people round my bed, wanting to have a look.
Eventually the docs asked if the could take pictures for a medical journal. I was absolutely mortified, but agreed, as long as my face wasn't visible. I knew too many doctors.
There were a stream of medics, all wanting a look.
So Phoenix, I hope this reassures you, that others share your embarrassment.

It turned out that it was a very large polyp, which appeared and disappeared after the next two births.

@Bettyboop49

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@Nannan2
Yes I agree...I always say
'dirt has no gender, anyone can see it and clean it' ?
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Just wondering if it is an old pile as I have one that’s years old and goes purple too. Just to reassure you that’s all. I got told some just don’t disappear totally. Is it also maybe due to not drying after showering like a cyst blister I also had one not so long ago and I realised I wasn’t drying properly.

I remember the doctor who had stitched me after baby #1 came into the ward a couple of days later. I said I’d met him when he did the stitching, but he said he saw so many, it was hard to remember everybody.

When he inspected the stitches he said, “ Ah yes, I remember you now”.

phoenix it’s not sad to be predictable if the thing your predictable for is bringing some fun, humour and laughter into others lives. I think that’s a lovely trait ?

I think that says anything I would say apart from thank you for putting a smile on my face this morning.

Laughing...nearly choked on my cheese buttie ??

As I said, Phoenix.......not sad at a!

Thank you Sussexborn great that the treatment worked for you. Yes we need to go through some very undignified procedures but if they help to save our lives, so be it!

As others have said, if you have had children, having complete strangers look at various parts of your body becomes the norm. I even had the indignity of having to have my episiostosmy painted with mercurochrome after my son was born.
I did draw the line though when one of the nurses asked if I wanted to swab my elderly father's groin when he was admitted to hospital !

I do love your posts Phoenix they really brighten up the day. Even when it’s a serious subject you manage to put a humorous twist on it. Long may it continue! Hope everything is ok.
When I have to have steroid injections (one in each cheek) my husband always offers to draw targets on my bottom for the nurse ?

My stepmother and her siblings were made to wear a vest type garment even in the bath. Her sister was giving birth and expected the baby to come out of her navel - she had unexpected twins! What a shock!

Had to laugh about the lady with piles who rolled over whenever she saw someone wearing a white coat,oh that made me laugh,and the comment about the decorators thankfully not being there.Thanks for the laugh,love all the comments though ?xx

Blue Sky: Extremely rare form of cancer. I was first to have the treatment. Only his wife, another lady and one man being treated apart from me. It’s a recurring disease. The treatment worked for me (though had four recurrences since then) but sadly not for the others.

Can’t give more info without publicly identifying him and his late wife. She was one of the kindest people I have ever met! I still miss her.