My Surgeon Is Officially Baffled, Time for Something Else

Hey, folks. So I've been battling pain, swelling, and a couple thromboses for months. I thought I had prolapsing hemmorhoids, got them banded but my condition more or less remained, and in fact got worse. So here's where I'm at as of today:

I start my day pretty normally, but swell up as it wears on. Yesterday I went for a walk and pretty quickly felt a lump develop back there. I went home and sure enough saw a purple bulge or bubble that could easily pass for a thrombosed hemorrhoid. Great. But here's where it gets interesting: I laid down and literally over the course of 15 minutes it shrank into invisibility. I have had these happen a few times now. I'll swell up, get a bubble, sometimes two, sometimes on the right, sometimes on the left, sometimes on both sides. And when I lay down, they shrink away. Very odd behavior.

My doctor is baffled. He says hemmorhoids don't do that and when he examines me he says I don't have external hemorrhiods. It's just swelling. Okay, great. WHY AM I SWELLING?

I'm now at the point where I've begun to investigate a different approach: pelvic floor physical therapy. I've been a few times and I find it promising. I clearly have very tight muscles down there and symptoms of nerve pain (burning mostly). I wonder if the swelling is related? Bad circulation from pelvic floor dysfunction? Neurogenic inflammation from a compressed pudendal nerve? Who knows? But my regular doctor is confused, and has nothing to cut, so that means I have to embrace this pelvic pt approach whole hog. I have no other choice unless I want a master of Chinese medicine to wave ginseng at me or something.

Anyone heard of anything like this? Daily swelling and ass bubbles that shrink when you lie down?

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