Hello,
So a few days ago, I noticed a painful lump at my 9 o clock position. I have suffered with hemorrhoids and fissures for years. I finally have my bowel habits down to where i have no hard stools, so I haven't suffered from a fissure in quite some time. However, hemorrhoids do still happen every few months because I'm told they are permanent. Usually when they get external and painful, I do daily sitz baths and apply hydrocortisone cream or suppositories (depending on location). Well this time, the hemeroid doesn't seem to be shrinking like it normally does. I went to my GI doctor and he said it was thrombosed because of the size and color. I was confused because I was told thrombosed hemorrhoids are unbearable pain that cause you to run to the emergency room. Well the pain is steady, but not unbearable (certainly not comparable to a fissure). When inspecting myself in the mirror today, I noticed a black spot to what appears to be a cut, but after some reading is most likely a pool of clotted blood. I don't believe this was there a few days ago. I'm worried that I have 'impending doom' and it will get worse and worse until I have to go to the ER. Is there any hope of this resolving on its own with sitz baths and ointment? I'm terrified of getting the excision done by a CRS (though if I end up going to the ER, I have a feeling I will let them do whatever they need to to reduce the pain).
Thank you everyone for the help - here is a picture ***WARNING***
http://imgur.com/a/ORh4W