Serious poop question
 

I'm usually a daily pooper, maybe once every other day. Lately I've been going 4 or 5 days at a time without a good poop. When I do finally have a movement, it's been much thinner than usual. I'm also having some pain in my lower right abdomen. Sorta have a full stomach like feeling, and more gas then usual.

My diet is shit. I drink tons of soda and eat a lot of junk food. Not overweight, but not in great shape either. Pretty much exactly at an average weight for my age and height.

Should I see a doctor? Or perhaps just make an attempt to drink more water, and eat healthier?

Your woman needs to stop shaving the paw paw patch

Definitely start with the more water and fixing the diet. Mix in a high fiber meal once a day. That should break the log jam up.

Going to a doctor for a check up is a good idea, but eating healthy would be a good start. Try a salad every other day or so.

Cut back on pop and save your teeth and acid in your stomach that can develop into ulcers.

Frazod....is that you???

Drink more water, and have a cup of (caffeinated) coffee in the morning. It's a mild diuretic. Try yogurt as well.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm quite the worrier when it comes to health issues. I don't feel like going to the doctor is needed at this point, but the full feeling in my stomach, and the dull pain combined with the thin poo's had me a bit concerned. I'll make some changes in my diet this week and see what happens.

Slam a bottle of hot sauce, you'll be right as rain tomorrow.

chipotle or Taco Bell.

Try not to make it drastic changes at once. Cut back on the pop but don't quit cold turkey or you will get some major headaches and feel terrible. Just easy changes at first and you will notice the difference & keep working on steps to eat healthy.

I had serious poop issues years ago and the doc said to drink a shit load of water everyday.
and 'roughage' (salad).

+ some high fiber pills. I was back on track in about a week.

You need to begin eating green food as quickly as possible. Spinach, Celery, Kale. Then you'll be shitting cow patties for a couple days.

Basically, quit eating fast food bullshit every day, and fix your diet.

**** that. Go get it checked out. Don't **** around with abdominal pain that persists more than a few days.

I'm not saying **** that to the suggestion that you should eat better, in saying it to the notion in your head to not go get it checked

Yeah I understand. It's a very mild, dull pain. It comes and goes, and is really more of a full feeling than anything. If it gets worse I'll head straight to the doctor.

Have a friend punch you really hard in the upper left abdomen. This will untwist your insides and you'll be pooping ok again soon. Also:

http://c1.soap.com/images/products/p...cs-3095_1z.jpg

You're gonna get a colonoscopy.

College lends itself to eating bullshit more often than not. I'm kind of making excuses... no doubt I can make an effort to eat better.

No. No, no, no. This is what I want to avoid.

Hope you've signed up for Obamacare. Gastro-intestinal problems are expensive.

Stop treating your body like you're Frazod!!!


Unless you are Frazod???!!!

Parents have very good medicial insurance, and I'm covered for another 6 years or something like that.

It's possible you are dealing with an impaction, or a large hardened stool. It could explain some of the thinness, as oftentimes, scant amounts of stool can move around the impacted stool, so you'd still have bowel movements. I would get it checked out though, definitely not something you want to mess with.

I've played GTA 5 with Ceej and a few others on Xbox Live. They can confirm I'm not Frazod, if you don't believe me. lambs:spank::)

There's always the "better safe than sorry" mindset to consider, but in this case, I think the source of your issues are slapping you right in the face and you've already pinpointed them. You said you are in college so I am assuming you are fairly young. Your age alone would make an intestinal cancer (or something crazy like that) highly unlikely.

Save your money and skip the doctor for now. Make a few simple changes to your diet.

*Also, you'll be saving your money by improving your diet. Replace soda with (free) water and try to cut down your fast food consumption to something like 4-5 times a week.

Even with insurance, colonoscopies cost, on average, $1,000. Without insurance, well, lets just say the anal probing doesn't stop when they pull the camera out.

Heck, my insurance pays for them in full because they know if they detect things early enough, it saves them a lot of money.

Eat better for a while.

Sounds like he's 20 years old (said 6 years left on parents insurance).

They won't be doing any colonoscopies. They'll tell him to adjust his diet and see how that works.

If things didn't progress or got worse, then they might start shoving stuff up his ass.

Just turned 20. I assumed my risk for cancer or something terrible like that would be low, but it's good to hear it from someone else.

Yeah, tissue necrosis due to impacted bowel is something you want to avoid.

Do you take any type of pain medication?

Music to my ears. :)

Eat some vegetables you sloppy ****.

Since I went vegan, every shit I take is a glorious experience.

Big as the great outdoors and smells like a freshly made biscuit.

And just whips right through even though it's the size of a large ferret.

I use to name all my really monumental shits, and remember most as they were few and far between, names like Hank and Mortimer and Clarence stand out, but since going vegan, I've had to carry around this:

http://www.strangehistory.net/blog/w.../07/names1.jpg

Get a bottle of this immediately.

You'll clear out your entire colon within an hour, probably sooner.

http://c1.soap.com/images/products/p/by/by-096_1z.jpg

Sage advice from someone named Saccopoo.

That sounds scary. I've been taking hydrocodone for a couple weeks. Had surgery on my wrist about a month ago. Please don't freak me out.

That is why you aren't shitting.

He's totally serious.

Intestinal tissue rot from blockage can really **** somebody up bad. Like gut surgery and a subsequent colostomy bag for life type of ****ed up.

How'd you like to take a chick home and tell her to wait while you unhook your shit bag before you get sexytime with her?

Ain't pretty.

Stop eating fast food and drinking soda. Eat whole grains, veggies. Try to cut out most dairy products. Don't drink any "energy" drinks. And you should be drinking at least six to eight glasses of water a day.

I mean, ****.

Why are people so ****ing stupid that they can't even take care of themselves?

Give me my oxygen back.

A few years ago I injured my lower back, and took hydrocodone for 2 weeks. When the doctor took an x-ray a few days after the injury, you could see the poop backed up in my system. He said it was because of the hydrocodone, and told me to get some Milk of Magnesia to clear out my bowels. It worked like a charm.

Walmart is open. Go get that Milk of Magnesia now.

Constipation killed Elvis. You don't want to die like Elvis, do you?

drink cheap beer, really cheap beer
will clean you right out

If you're not on any medicine, just drink water and try a mild laxative.

Eat a salad of spinach, tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, kidney beans, purple cabbage, and some sunflower seeds, and shredded carrots. Use a balsamic vinegarette. Eat it once a day. You will shit like a goose twice a day

I have some docusate here?

Looks like some SennaGen tablets as well. Will those work?

drink a case of natty light, make a mud island, then eat some dam fiber.

Should I really go get something now? My stomach feels like it's cramping worse, but I think it's because I'm nervous more than anything.

How about don't drink a case of Natty Light as alcohol is incredibly dehydrating, even in shitty beer form.

trolling a poop thread, something stinks.

see below

Yes. Get some Phillips Milk of Magnesia, and take it immediately when you get home.

Also, try to reduce the amount of hydrocodone you're taking. Its the reason your digestive system is ****ed up.

Appendicitis

Google the symptoms

My diagnosis is 100% accurate 50% of the time

Yeah, a big ****ing glass of tepid water.

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There was a mathematician who once solved the problem of constipation


He worked it out with a #2 pencil :facepalm:

A gallon of milk should do the trick.

Oh, and if it's appendicitis, for the love of god, don't let the doctor (or your girlfiend/boyfriend) give you an enema of any kind.

Doctor might want to shove a couple quarts of barium up your ass, but you should let him know that you think that your appendix is about to rupture and you could die from that shit.

Jesus Stop Dancing Christ!

He wants to get better, not more ****ed up.

Stop with the dairy and beer recommendations you dumb ****s!

see above

I took a couple docusate, ate some yogurt, now I'm going to bed. If I feel worse tomorrow I'll go the milk of mag route. If that doesn't help I'll go to the doctor.

This interferes with your nervous system in such a way that natural elimination becomes problematic. You need to grab a combo stool softener/laxative. Grab a large container of this from Wal Mart:

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Take as directed. You will see results within days, if not the day after your first dose.

Have had my apendix removed. So it's not that. How I feel now is nowhere even remotely close to how I felt when I had to have it removed.

I think I'm consitpated. Nothing more, nothing less.

I'll give this a try tomorrow if I'm still feeling shitty. (Pun intended)

Serious poop question
 

Miralax for the short term, fix your diet for the long term.

Edit: looks like someone beat me to it. This stuff works great. It softens the poop up and makes it come out with ease and no pain.

When I got done from heart surgery and they had me all doped up I couldn't shit for a week. Finally, I took an up the butt laxative. Afterwords they prescribed me senna which I took until I was no longer on pain meds. Senna is an FDA approved non prescription laxative supplement and worked for me.

Who knew becoming a vegan turned you into a sanctimonious asshole?

You are probably taking a combination of hydrocodone and acetaminophen. It is known to cause this:

Hydrocodone/APAP and Constipation

For people taking hydrocodone/APAP, constipation is a likely -- and expected -- side effect. Your healthcare provider may recommend that you take a laxative or stool softener while taking the drug to prevent this problem from occurring. Unfortunately, the body does not get used to the effects of the drug that cause constipation, so as long as you are taking hydrocodone/APAP, constipation is likely to occur.

http://pain.emedtv.com/hydrocodone-a...stipation.html

You do realize someone is asking people on Chiefsplanet for shitting advice, right?

Let us know what your gynecologist says?

I've known several people who were on Norco long term. It's really helpful. When he gets off of it this will go away.

LMAO

I couldn't think of a better place to pose the question. This board is filled with pooping pros.

How'd getting your girlfriend a tiarra for valentines day to make her feel like a princess go? :)

This saccofpoo guy thinks you can't tell the different between real help and trolling. I guess he thinks you're dumb.

Wife, gotta BJ, what did you get?

Protien protien protein. EAT IT

Condolences on being married. You got more than I did on valentines day, but college has treated me well overall.

Quit getting trolled. It's the ****ing hydros. Period.

We'll have to confirm this with Kyle until then you're spreading unproven medical advice.

Lawsuit and profit.