Democracy Dies in Darkness Subscribe Username Sign In My Post My Reading List Account Settings Newsletters & alerts Gift subscriptions Contact us Help desk My Post My Reading List Account Settings Newsletters & alerts Gift subscriptions Contact us Help desk Accessibility for screenreader (function(){TWP=window.TWP||{};TWP.Features=TWP.Features||{};TWP.Features.Ad=TWP.Features.Ad||{};TWP.Features.Ad.Leaderboard={};TWP.Features.Ad.Leaderboard.viewability=false;TWP.Features.Ad.Leaderboard.sticky=true;TWP.Features.Ad.Leaderboard.belowSharebar=false})(); Carter, Suffering From Hemorrhoidal Pain, Takes Day Off Add to list On my list By Edward Walsh and Victor Cohn December 22, 1978 President Carter described by aides as suffering from "an aggravated hemorrhoid problem" and facing possible surgery, canceled all of his appointments yesterday and spent most of the day in bed in the White House.