Like I said…I just concentrated more. As I became more aware, I’d think to my self, ‘Self, you’ve eaten twice today and only made poo once. Wonder if you could make some more?’ and then I’d go see if I could. I suppose, as my bowels got used to having more opportunities, so to speak, they came to expect to make poo three times a day. And it’s darned inconvenient, let me tell you, to be traveling and have to go, but have ‘unfamiliar toilet anxiety’. You gotta go, but you gotta go home first.
I should think not, baking soda and vinegar would turn you into an anal rocket (I hereby copyright the name ‘Anal Rocket’, in case I ever want to start a heavy metal band).
BTW If you want to make yourself a bit more ‘regular’, try eating a handful of raisins or other dried fruit at breakfast every day.
According to the rehab doctor I work with (pooping is impaired, and therefore a big issue, with pts who have spinal cord injuries), the normal limits are pooping 3X a day to pooping every 3 days.
It all depends on what I eat. Sometimes, I’ll poop twice a day for days on end. Sometimes, I’ll poop once every couple of days. I usually have to go in the morning just after I get to work. Then I’ll probably go an hour or so before I go to bed. If it gets to be every couple of days, I know I need to eat more fruit and veggies. If I go longer than three days, I start to get a little concerned and I start eating really well. I’m also lactose intolerant, so if I’m eating a lot of dairy and forget to take my “dairy relief” pills, things get really uncomfortable.
Stella, that’s a hell of a post/signature combination you’ve got going for you.
I usually go about once or twice a day. If I’m at work I usually hold off until I’m at home, unless I’m working all day. This is due mostly to the fact that my work has terrible toilet paper, not embarassment. (Get it? Bare-ass? Oh nevermind.)
Drinking does upset the schedule and consistency (hey, you asked), but it’s never a problem.
I mostly read my EGM during this time, so no problems.
I consider my digestive system and it’s habits as fairly healthy.
And if anybody wants to know, the ultimate comeback to anything is “At least I don’t eat poop.” Try that next time you’re in an argument.
I get up in the morning and have a very small shit. I shower. Directly after my shower I have to shit again, this time its the real thing. If I DONT shit the second time I WILL either at work or AFTER work about 6pm.
De-wormed! Are you sure this wasn’t a booklet aimed at your pets colonic health?
Seriously though, are most people wormy without knowing it? Wouldn’t there be symptoms?
IBS is a bitch, I seem to have developed it in the last few years, finally saw a doctor about it earlier in the month. I’d developed a fissure from hard dry poo from when I would go more than a couple of days without a bowel movement, which can lead to painful poo. I used to go every couple or three days, but I changed my diet because I found that when I went on a daily basis I didn’t have any problems most of the time, and for over a year now I go almost every day. If I miss a day or two, when I do go I’ll make up for lost time that day, 4 BMs in 24 hours isn’t unusual if something got my intestines to clench up and not pass anything for a few days, which really sucks if the first one gets you sore - you really dread those ‘aftershocks’.
Nope, it was aimed at me, you, and all our fellow humans. Pets get de-wormed at the vet, as a matter of course at the annual visit. People doctors, unless it’s pediatrics or the third world, usually don’t check for worms, but lots of people do have them. Perhaps most people in the developed world aren’t wormy, and the best way to avoid worms is to wash your hands after making poo, but kids tend to be (they’re less hygienic in general), and people without access to clean water tend to be as well. Worldwide, intestinal worms are a big problem. If you’re really concerned, I’ll bring my parasitology book/notes in to work tomorrow and open a thread called “Ask the Parasitologist”. Heck, I may do that anyway - sounds like fun, huh?
Just what every moderator wants to see when he gets home from a nasty Monday at work-yet another crappy thread.
You, k2dave, are currently #1 on my shit list!
