The Pains of Writing

Now, if you’re squeamish you better not read on, because I’m going to talk about a sore subject.  Something so painful to writers (and truck drivers) that you may not want to read further.

There’s no easy way to say this.  Writing is great, but there is one side effect that isn’t pleasant at all.  I’m sure that all writers at some point in their lives succumb to this painful problem.  There are a few things you can do to delay it.  But in the end (no pun intended) it still bites you in the ass.

The point is to remember to get up and move around a few minutes every hour. It may even help to take ten-minute walks once or twice a day to keep the blood flowing. Writing’s a tough job, don’t let those muscular guys pouring concrete tell you different, and like many tough jobs you have to suck it up, (if that’s possible) and tough it out.

If you haven’t figured out that I’m talking about hemorrhoids it means you’ve been lucky so far. I’ll tell you though, forget Prep-H, and all the other non-miracle wonders of the 21st century and try the simple and free remedy below the next time you’re hit with the Writer’s Curse.

Use a small jar. A 35mm film canister works great, too. Stick a rounded teaspoon of Ponds cold cream in the canister (jar). Cut the ends off 3 gel caps of Vitamin E (400iu) so you can squeeze each gel cap’s liquid into the canister. Do the same with 2 gel caps of Lecithin. Mix the canister’s contents thoroughly with a small handle or toothpick.

Use it like any other cream and apply to the affected area. You won’t believe how well this stuff works. You’ll have relief within an hour. The old adage “Keep It Simple Stupid” really applies here, because you can’t get any simpler than thi