Rose, I just wanted to make sure that you have definately checked with a 'general surgeon' that you have heomorroids (Sp?). I am only asking this because with my first pregnancy I was in agony with what I thought was hemorroids but after repeatedly seeing my GP because I was in so much pain and he finally referred me to a general surgeon and he looked at them and low and behold they weren't hemorroids. They were what you call hemotomas (sp?) a part of the hemorroid family but the hemorroid treatments do not work for them. I ended up having to have a local injection in both of them and they were cut and blood clots were removed from them. I have just returned from another trip to the surgeon today with my second pregnancy as they have come back and I feel great now. I just wanted to make sure you definately had hemorroids because I originally thought that was what mine were.