Vit C is necessary for capillary stregnth. Helps prevent burising and bleeding from mucous membranes. Scurvy results from lack of Vit C.
Garnet On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 02:13, Jessica Tighe wrote: > Thank y'all for your replies. I wasn't completely clear because this wasn't > a simple hemorrhoid. This was a thromboses hemorrhoid. <sigh> I was in > some MAJOR pain for a few days there. Cried like a baby, I admit it. It > was horrid. I couldn't sit to read all the replies but I got to read a few. > I practically lived in my bathtub. > > Anyway, my mom asked me why I sounded half-dead when she called me as I was > waiting in the doctor's office as I figured I'd need surgery on the accursed > thing. I wasn't about to say why in front of other people but she finally > caught on and yelled at me for not taking vitamin E. I told her to stop > yelling at me and how the heck was I to know that vitamin E helps varicose > veins. Has anyone else heard that? Evidently this type of thing runs in my > paternal genetic line and no one told me. > > To make a long, gory story short, it did it's thing and maybe decided it was > WAY too big, thus it decided to deflate. Maybe it popped, I don't know, I > felt half-dead. Either way, I'm pleased. > > To bring the story to CS, my DH made me quite a bit for my sitz-bath (thank > goodness I carted it home after the birth of my 2nd child last year) and it > was not good. It was cold and thus not comfortable at all. I do not > recommend it. Heated, lovely, cold, no. I am healing rather quickly and > burning has subsided. Love CS. > > I'll read the rest of the replies to see if my next question is answered so > if it's already answered I apologize. Are there other ways besides vitamin > E to prevent this from EVER happening again? Evidently this one is prone > for a repeat performance and I'm not in the least bit amused. > > Thanks for your help! > > Jessica > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
