by healthybutt » 16 May 2017, 15:11
i am not talking about outer space movie dramas, but about poop coming out of my butthole.
picture it: work bathroom stall, 2017...
anyway so about an hour ago ( 9 am ) I realized i hadnt had a BM yet, and was mildly concerned since usually I exorcise the demons by 8. But this has happened before without drama, but I tend to not be thirsty in the AM and therefore do not drink a lot...in fact I notice that I generally dont have to relieve myself for 3-4 hours after I go when I wake up -- so this is prime dehydration time I guess. (Although, I am really not thirsty...my body is probably still waking up or something). I forced myself to drink more water and I ate a few coffee beans. About 15 minutes later I find myself in the bathroom stall, already knowing this was going to be a little more...eventful than my usual trips to the bathroom. Of course, there was someone else in a stall 3 doors down, but I was not going to hold this one in and risk the build up. So I sat there, and I could tell it wasnt as soft as usual and a little bulkier. I felt it fill my anal passage and actualyl felt a little sharp pain, like the poop was poking at my old fissure scar, taunting it. That was very brief and I tried to assume a squat position, which really does help because GRAVITY! it worked better than the ass cheek shaking I used to do with such vigor and desperation in pre-squatty potty days. (I did try that, but it wasnt helpful and also might sound like i needed help -- awkward in public). I was pretty sure I was going to tear something, but there was really nothing I could do except like nature/gravity take its course. It did -- without pain and with resounding PLOP! PLOP! and then a la few more as things inevitably softened on the tail end. I wiped -- no blood. I felt a little discomfort after, walking back to my office, wondering what this all meant, not even daring to ponder anything meaningful beyond that.
So what happened -- what had it all meant? 1) The residence time of this poop was roughly 17.5 hrs -- not that long in my opinion -- I've gone nearly a day without it. I had eaten pretty well too -- a lot of fiber, lots of fruits, lots of olive oil with the tapenade I got from costco, guacamole, etc -- so it wasnt diet 2) could it have been the green tea? no, i had only a cup and i've green tea'd it before without incident 3) i took only 650 mg of magnesium last night -- perhaps the threshold is in fact 700 mg?
Yep, I chanced it. I was trying to taper down on magnesium, the way you do with antidepressants and pain meds over time. Well well. But note that it's only the initial part that's relatively firmer and bulkier -- the rest just slides out and goes to a 5 on the bristol scale (plop plop plop plop!). Which means that yes the magnesium at 650 mg is still having an effect, just not softening the whole thing. perhaps this has to do when i take the mag -- i take it around 9 pm every night, maybe that is too late to soften the stuff that's already waiting to come out in the morning. who knows.
i was thinking of how girth-y some of post-fissure poops had been when i was taking fiber sups and how it was fine until a tear, so I know i shouldnt do the increase mag and increase fiber thing i tried before, altho it is tempting because i do feel like my butthole just doesnt expand as much as it used to. this shouldnt concern me really all that much. seriously. bigger things to worry about i guess. but why, why, whenever there is any pain i wonder if i am doing it all wrong. tonight i am definitely going to make and insert a butt lozenge and include more tamanu oil. i really do think it does help lube and soften things too. i am probably going to go back up to 700 mg, avoid fiber supps and playing with fire in general.
hooray, butts!