I have hemorrhoids. There, I've said it. Share your experience with me and give me some tips?

Why can we talk about aids and cancer but not hemorroids? I have a fissure which has been itching and burning. I finally went to a proctologist, who prescribed two ointments and baths and paraffin oil for a month, and then to see him again. From what I’ve read, there are many kinds and many treatments, natural and otherwise. What’s your hemorroid story?