THE MENU AND AFTERMATH

This is a topic that almost no one else will touch...

A very famous cellist, Feuermann, who owned the De Munch Stradivari, died, of infection, following routine hemorrhoid surgery, in New York...

 

I am going to touch it. It is not about the menu, but rather about what comes after...

 

I am going to discuss, eventually, ways my father had been told, by his doctor, to use, that might relieve or prevent the development of hemorrhoidal problems, at least external ones.

These pesky little pups afflict half at least of all people.

 

Doctors generally do not address the basics, even though a few, as in the post below, suggest ways to avoid their development...

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/2014/05/4-simple-ways-to-prevent-hemorrhoids/

I am going to talk about what you may want to do, apart from Dr Gurland's points, good points I might add.

You might think it odd, to get advice on something like this, from anyone, ever. Well.

Then, you might reflect further, and think it even odder to get advice from a retired, old, broken down, trial lawyer, when this would normally be considered the province of, say, a doctor. Well.

How many of you, who may have even complained to your doctor, and been diagnosed, have, even then, had them discuss toilet hygiene, any toilet hygiene, with you, at all, as a way to help the situation, or at least not to cause it to worsen?

My guess is ZERO! Why?

One reason is that they received no training whatsoever in such a thing in medical school!

Why? That is a complicated question.

I suspect that nurses, even RNs, received similar zero training, but plenty of other training to aid doctors' work, in post op, or nursing home care, or whatever.

Another reason may be that they don't get paid for procedures (yours) that prevent or guard against hemorrhoids. (Dr Gurland's remarks can help with preventing the internal ones at least, and maybe also help to prevent in part external ones as well. She makes no distinctions between the two, however.)

They get paid for precedures (theirs) that treat them! Like surgery!

Many of you have heard the admonition, 'keep your nose clean'?

This principle applies, with even more urgent force, ' down there '.

How do you do this? One smart solution, for travelers, is what are called tush wipes. These work fine.

Next time, I will discuss alternative home solutions, and hardware!