YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for March, 2002: Re: Fleshy lumps around Anus

Re: Fleshy lumps around Anus

From: Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 17 Mar 2002 15:51:33 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Tori wrote: >
>I have two large, soft lumps in my anal area, that have grown so large
>they obscure the opening. I am wondering what these could be. They
>have been there a long, long time (3 to 5 years) but I have been too
>embarassed and scared to see a doctor yet.
>
>I have actually scheduled a doctor's appointment for this, but it is a
>week away and I am seriously considering cancelling it. I am just no
>sure I can go through with it..
>
>Part of my fear is not knowing what will happen at the doctors office. I
>have never been touched, or examined there before. How is a rectal exam
>performed on a female? I am scared that the doctor might see my vagina
>too. What exactly happens? (I have had pelvic exams, although these are
>traumatic for me, and the nurse never mentioned the lumps).
>
>What might be wrong? I have let it go for a long time now, and it
>doesn't seem to be hurting me-but every now and then I get scared that
>something is really wrong( like cancer) and I also wish that I looked
>normal there, and know I don't.
>
>Thanks,
>
>--
>Tori
>

actually, sounds like hemorrhoids.

-- Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG Chudacoff Obstetrics & Gynecology, PLLC Sugar Land, TX

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