Trying to figure out what is what...slightly embarrassing, but I need some help

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Hi All

I need some help with an issue I have had for years and I would love

to know if anyone else has had this similar pain. If you are grossed

out by talk about lower body issues, don't read this, LOL.

Let me preface by saying I have CM1, Classical vs Hypermobility EDS,

and possible occult tethered cord syndrome.

When I was pregnant with my first child, I developed an external

hemorrhoid. It was just bothersome because it was there, but didn't

really cause any great issues with anything. I child number two and

it got slightly bigger. It has a tendency to expand and contract on

occasion, depending on how " regular " I am. I have IBS issues, too.

Here's what I need help with. For many years (and I honestly can't

remember if it predates the hemorrhoid, but I have always connected

it to it, not knowing what else it could be and I always forget to

ask the docs about it), I have gotten a sharp pain near my rectum.

The pain is not always there, but when it happens it hurts so badly

that I imagine it would be similar to what it must feel like to have

a broomstick or something shoved up your rear. The thing is, it is

not entirely a rectal pain...it is more just in that area and is also

like a big pressure downward with the pain....almost like

contractions when you are in labor, only not from the uterus.

I also have a herniated disc at L5-S1, so I have wondered if it is

the disc causes this pain from time to time.

Has anyone else experienced anything like this????

I am kicking myself because I forgot to tell Dr.Francomano about it

when I saw her a little over a week ago. She is certain I have

tethered cord, and I just wonder if this particular pain is another

piece of the puzzle that could be important.

When I was at TCI in March, I don't think I mentioned it then,

either, because I actually forgot to mention it.

My ob/gyn was not concerned about the hemorrhoid. He said that it

wasn't big enough to warrant surgery to remove it and that it is an

awful surgery at that, so if it isn't bleeding and causing problems

like that, I shouldn't worry about it.

Any thoughts about this bizarre pain? Could it be the disc? The

hemorrhoid? OTC?

I am seeing lots of docs this week, including an orthopedist

(tomorrow), a neurosurgeon (for my herniated disc in my neck), and

others that Dr.F wanted me to see. Should I mention this to the

orthopedist or neurosurgeon, or would they think I am off my rocker

completely?