@alexandriagarcia0611 First of all, thank you for your service. Secondly, you are a military man and you’re being treated this way?! I’m not totally shocked, but the way you’re being treated is a tragedy! It may be just hemorrhoids, but you need a more thorough examination of your colon and stomach. I had 18” of my sigmoid (large) colon removed due to severe diverticulitis in April of 2022. A lengthy surgery, but no bag was required thankfully! I also since having this surgery developed Hashimoto’s and Hypothyroidism, as I never had it before the surgery. I was gaining weight by the day, literally and knew something wasn’t right. My daughter, who had a total Thyroidectomy due to thyroid cancer, asked me to have my Thyroid Labs run. To my and my doctor’s surprise, I had both Hashimoto’s and Hypothyroidism. He put me on medication immediately, Synthroid 125 mcg and Cytomel 5 mcg daily until my thyroid labs began to drop and now I’m only taking 75 mcg of Synthroid. To control Hashimoto’s, I’ve eliminated eating gluten, dairy, soy and seed oils which are highly inflammatory foods. Guess what, body inflammation and weight came off! I guess if I were you, I would talk with my Gastrointestinal doctor about the bleeding and have a full Thyroid Panel which should include: TSH, T3-free, T4-free, Reverse T-3 and TPO Antibodies. Be sure to include all of these markers for the Thyroid Labs. Some doctors don’t test TPO Antibodies, but that’s where Hashimoto’s will show up, if your numbers are above 10. Mine were 600 and I brought mine down by diet. Wishing you all the best!