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Cured Myself with research (Ft. Myers, Florida) on 01/28/2026:
The first hemorrhoid I ever had in my life was when I contracted Covid in 2020. It was a grade 4 thrombosis prolapsed hemorrhoid that I had to have removed after it turned into a skin tag that would not go back in. Fast forward to 2026. I start experiencing pain and itching and I don’t know why. I touch myself and find a huge hemorrhoid sticking out of my butt. I tried castor oil on cotton pads, coconut oil suppositories, all with a heating pad whenever I was sitting down. The castor oil did remove the itching and shrunk it a little, but it stayed stable at the size of a medium grape which I could push back in, but would come back out every time I use the bathroom. After reading on Reddit and here I tried another approach because I’d had this hemorrhoid for a week now. it wasn’t getting any worse, but it wasn’t getting any better. I ordered diosmin from Amazon and dug out the black strap molasses in my pantry. I took 1000 mg three times a day, and 1 tablespoon of blackstrap molasses twice a day and before I went to sleep, put castor oil on a cotton pad in my underwear. The next day my hemorrhoid was quite a bit smaller. It was now the size of a small grape. Because I did not know which curative helped me. I did it all again the following night. day, three of waking up my hemorrhoid now stays inside on its own and has shrunk so much. I know I only need another day of this routine in order to fix it. It was a lot less invasive than having a doctor go up my backside with tools and a light. Less costly as well. I will continue taking the diosmin for another two days as required, then taper it off to 1000 mg once a day for the next four days. I’m going to take the molasses in the morning at night for the next two days as well and put the castor oil on when I go to sleep each night until it disappears. Which should be tomorrow. I can’t even tell you the relief. I feel that it has gotten smaller without any intervention.