YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

Hi Guys,

My doctor found a 1.5 cm Hemorrhoid, it doesn't hurt and not really uncomfortable.

Still, my doctor gave me a week of to take care of my but (baths, cream, etc.).

i'm so clueless, what do I say at work? they may think I was very sick... what do I do if they ask what was wrong with me?

Honestly, if it was me? I would be truthful! I mean, it is kind of a human normal thing that nearly everyone has dealt with at one time or another. I had a friend in collage that had bad ones and it was a well known fact by all his friends, we always made light of the fact that he had to take a bath after every time he took a shit. He always just joined in and owned the situation as his own. Normal and inconvenient. I think that doing things like that, humanizing ourselves to others, is part of self-acceptance. And that is the key to this whole journey anyway Best of luck!