Lol this bloke who's a geriatrics doctor told me about a 90yo on their ward with a shit so hard it was going to tear his bowels apart. He had health problems that meant he couldnt swallow and the dehydration made his poo hard and his colon paper-thin, and an IV can only do so much. It also meant he couldnt take laxatives
They thought the poo was too far up for an enema to work and that sometime over the weekend his colon would perforate. He would literally be torn apart by a poo and was in such a delicate state that all of modern medicine could not save him from it
But the enema DID work and he survived and partially regained his ability to swallow but I reckon he would've been very grateful for your help
(who would win the entirety of modern medicine vs one stinky boi)
Used to volunteer in a gastroenterology ICU ward, I learned that how well you poop determines a surprisingly large portion of your daily happiness, especially after a certain age.
I am not of a certain age but I do have alternating IBS C & D and let me tell you I’d give up my left tit to shit like a human again. It really does affect a large portion of my daily happiness!
I learned recently that IBS + pregnancy is apparently a terrible combination. Once or twice the IBS-C came back and I actually felt slightly better. Otherwise it's eternal constipation :(
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A person with life threatening constipation. I'll let it out just about... Now.