# Join the betting pool! When will my bowels function again? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2002, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-betting-pool-when-will-my-bowels-function-again/140318 "2002-12-04T00:36:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-betting-pool-when-will-my-bowels-function-again/140318/1 "2002-12-04T00:36:04Z")
Here are the facts: Tuesday, November 26 - ate real meal Wednesday, November 27 - ate a milkshake only Thursday, November 28 - colon cleansing & nothing but ginger ale all day Friday, November 29 - (surgery) no foods OR liquids of any kind. Used a wet sponge to moisten my tongue. Saturday, November 30 - present - clear liquids, occassional sherbet, tomato soup, yogurt. I had a few spoons of cream of wheat today. In a day or two I will try to eat something pureed or soft and then slowly begin adding a “real” food item one at a time, one a day. So far, I haven’t even passed gas since Thanksgiving. So… get your bets in! when will I … feel that special urge? ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-betting-pool-when-will-my-bowels-function-again/140318/2 "2002-12-04T00:39:43Z")
I’m guessin’ around the 7th or 8th. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-betting-pool-when-will-my-bowels-function-again/140318/3 "2002-12-04T00:42:44Z")
I’m guessin’ there are some things that just _should not_ be made the focus of a pool. I mean … sheesh … :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-betting-pool-when-will-my-bowels-function-again/140318/4 "2002-12-04T00:47:09Z")
Really. The mere existence of this thread is TMI … Hey, you should call it the ‘Bowel Movement Pool’. Just imagine the imagery that would produce! (Great. Now I’m an accomplice to this travesty of poor taste.) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-betting-pool-when-will-my-bowels-function-again/140318/5 "2002-12-04T00:51:31Z")
Ye GADS! :eek: I am lost for words. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-betting-pool-when-will-my-bowels-function-again/140318/6 "2002-12-04T00:56:39Z")
I’m not going to place any bets, but I’m glad you are doing so well. A friend of mine had the same operation on Tuesday the 26th, and he was thinking of going to a movie on the 30th! He’s making the same kind of progress as you are with the food. He’s got you beat in the pass/gas thing. I guess that happened at the hospital. I hope your recovery continues to go well. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-betting-pool-when-will-my-bowels-function-again/140318/7 "2002-12-04T01:11:01Z")
Travesty of poor taste? It was actually meant more as a joke. I’m not at all surprised that those particular two moderators (who are my biggest fans) are not thrilled, but I would have thought that other people would have realized that I was just being silly. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-betting-pool-when-will-my-bowels-function-again/140318/8 "2002-12-04T01:18:07Z")
kevja: the same operation? The DS? Wow… it’s pretty rare. Most people have the gastric bypass… ---
**Author:** ![Haywood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Haywood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haywood)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-betting-pool-when-will-my-bowels-function-again/140318/9 "2002-12-04T01:18:58Z")
I love the humor, I predict you will be farting by Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-betting-pool-when-will-my-bowels-function-again/140318/10 "2002-12-04T02:41:28Z")
Thursday morning. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-the-betting-pool-when-will-my-bowels-function-again/140318/11 "2002-12-04T03:25:22Z")
I’ll bet this thread gets closed before ‘it’ happens. * * * **Cajun Man** - SDMB Moderator