Shitting - how much is too much?

So, I work in a Cancer Center, and one of the side effects of certain cancer treatments is sometimes "Grade III Diarrhea" (or Grade II Diarrhea, etc.). I finally asked about it, and it's all related to the normal number of poops you take. So, like, Grad II is "4-6 more dumps" than you usually take, Grade III is 7 or greater. . . You don't even want to know what Grade V is.

  On 6/13/2011 at 8:32 PM, kakapo said:

Frequency doesn't mean much without also measuring mass. To help with my shit diary I painted lines inside the toilet bowl so I could measure the displacement. This proved inaccurate so I now simply shit into a plastic mixing bowl I keep by the toilet and use electronic scales, before emptying into the toilet and flushing. A little extra effort, but well worth it. Also now keep a visual and audio record using the memo feature on my iphone, but I wish there was a dedicated app, would probably sell well in France and Germany.

actual lol there.

I've shat four times.

I say lather your orifice with Preparation H and wait a few days and see if your shitfest continues on the same course.

If by "Preparation H" you mean a preparation of black tar heroin, then yes.

I befriended a stray dog in Moscow once. fed it a sausage and gave it a pat. Mustve not washed my hands properly enough. Got some evil stomach bug the next day. Shat more times than I can remember, got incredibly ill and eventually collapsed on the metro system. This was going on while I was living in Moscow airport after having had my passport and wallet stolen and having no where else to sleep until the UK embassy could provide me with a new passport and process my visa out of Russia and into China.

Happy times!

Shitting a lot is just your body cleaning out the nastiness from your system. If it goes on for a few days then you should be concerned. Just one day is not so bad, I don't think.

If it's solid and not too desperate then don't worry at all. If it's a bit more runny and urgent then I'd still say you're still grand for a couple of days if you keep drinking a lot. If you see blood as long as it's fresh looking then it means you aren't bleeding in your stomach or anything worth worrying about and it's probably just a casual 'roid or wiping injury. Only take imodium if you need to seal her up for a spell, you'll get better quicker if you keep dropping anchor.

  On 6/13/2011 at 9:11 PM, kaen said:

i dont have a gall bladder

this.

plus i once shat an organ.

  On 6/15/2011 at 1:16 AM, loganfive said:

  On 6/13/2011 at 9:11 PM, kaen said:

i dont have a gall bladder

 

 

this.

 

plus i once shat an organ.

 

 

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wurlitzer

 

that must have hurt...

9 times? you're full of shit

  On 6/13/2011 at 8:32 PM, kakapo said:

Frequency doesn't mean much without also measuring mass. To help with my shit diary I painted lines inside the toilet bowl so I could measure the displacement. This proved inaccurate so I now simply shit into a plastic mixing bowl I keep by the toilet and use electronic scales, before emptying into the toilet and flushing. A little extra effort, but well worth it. Also now keep a visual and audio record using the memo feature on my iphone, but I wish there was a dedicated app, would probably sell well in France and Germany.

That was one of the very few actual lols i got off watmm, ever. Welcome back man!

I've possibly got to have a colonoscopy on July 4th. might have some sort of ulcer in my colon apparently. or it might be nothing more than the classic: "stress".

Good luck. Ulcerative colitis can really kick your arse. So to speak.

I thought my guts were getting better, but before bed last night I let out a pint of black sludge. At least it's happening less often.

yeah ulcerative colitis would be the worst case scenario, it could just be a very mild form of that... had no problems for a couple of months and nothing ever happened that frequently anyway, but a saw some blood a few times and went to the docs to be on the safe side...they did blood tests and things to rule out anything too serious (cancer I guess) and that was all 100% fine so now got to go to a gastroenterologist and see what he thinks....he may wish to insert a camera in my bottom :)

Post pictures of your anus plz

  On 6/15/2011 at 2:27 PM, chassis said:

Post pictures of your anus plz

Come now, this isn't a Weed thread.

yeah, i might if i get any to take home... to be honest i think (secretly hope) that he'll say a colonoscopy isn't necessary and just tell me to chill out a bit and eat more fibre or something.

You should get a big HD picture of your colon, frame it and put it over your fireplace.

  On 6/15/2011 at 2:31 PM, Iain C said:

  On 6/15/2011 at 2:27 PM, chassis said:

Post pictures of your anus plz

 

Come now, this isn't a Weed thread.

Course not. Who would want to see weeds anus. Or any other part.

i had a nasty bout of gastroenteritis a few weeks back, pretty much floored me, unimaginable cramp pain, piss-diarrhoea, vomiting, hot/cold sweats, muscle cramps oh and the faecal stench was NOT OF THIS EARTH. ugh.

  On 6/15/2011 at 3:34 PM, kaen said:

Unimaginable Cramp Pain, Piss-Diarrhoea, Vomiting, Hot/Cold Sweats, Muscle Cramps and The Faecal Stench Was Not Of This Earth

tracklist for the new Snares EP?

Dominoes are bad, m'kay. was it a pizza from Dominoes?

they always fuck my guts up. they have a very distinct smell, too!

  On 6/15/2011 at 10:50 AM, BCM said:

I've possibly got to have a colonoscopy on July 4th. might have some sort of ulcer in my colon apparently. or it might be nothing more than the classic: "stress".

That exact thing happened to me last summer, actually. A day of liquid diet and horrible pissing out my ass (weirdest feeling ever), only to be told 'nothing wrong with you' the next day.

The anesthesia was pretty awesome though.

sounds brilliant

I cant stop farting today, its been all fucking day. Possibly the mix between a shitty diet the last few days and all that beer last night.

Unless you're cracking the porcelain bowl with the weight, you're not shitting too much.

If it inspired you to start a thread about it then yes, maybe you ought to be expelling less stool.

I had one big satisfying shit today. One of those ones that makes you feel like you're walking on clouds as you stroll out of the latrine.