Hello everyone, I am a 32 year-old male, who today just now discovered what it is that I had been dealing with since I was 13 or 14 years-old. I honestly do not know when I first started dealing with this, because honestly it has been so long, more than half my life, that I can not remember. Like most, I was embarrassed, and as of now, have yet to seek help. I started noticing blood on my underwear, and occasionally would notice a swollen lump near the top of my butt. Sometimes it would not bleed, but would be very slimy and the slime would smell awful. One occasion, the amount of blood was so bad, that it literally scared me. The sheets needed to be cleaned, and my boxers were soaked. Of course, I was a kid, and embarrassed, and thought,”I will just hide this.” I recall wearing dark colored pants through school for fear of blood soaking through my pants and exposing my problem. On one occasion, someone did notice a small spot of blood on my pants, but I told them that I had sat in ketchup at lunch. As you can see, I have tried to live with this, but most of the time, it has made me feel very uncomfortable with my body. I have not experienced pain, like most of the people here have, but I do experience some discomfort. Even when I bleed, which hasn’t been much or in huge amounts since I have gotten older, it is without pain. I have not noticed any problems recently, and until I came across this site, thought it was gone for good. Now I know it will come back at some point. Maybe, now that I am older, I will be more apt to take care of it. I really feel bad for that dumb kid that was me. I wish I could tell my younger self something, because this was my “painful secret” growing up. I wish I could help my younger self, and help him avoid tons of embarrassment and just plain awkwardness. But I can not. I do feel better, though, knowing that other people have been dealing with this. For the longest time, I thought I had cancer or some sort of unknown disease. Thanks for listening/reading.