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devlear t1_iwll0vy wrote

Reply to comment by Thin-Rip-3686 in TIL, there's a condition called, "Encopresis" wherein the sufferer loses control of their bowels after holding in their stool as long as they can first. by SweetPrism

The funnest part is going to a doctor to get a suppository to loosen it up.

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Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iwlwfbu wrote

Doctor does not work that way. Go buy miralax and go use that, she said. In the end it took three or four different classes of laxatives, including the suppository, which I’ve never used on myself before, let alone a child.

The suppository went in, and no more than 3 seconds later the toilet was too full to flush.

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devlear t1_iwlxhwk wrote

I mean it worked that way for me. I think the only reason the doctor was involved is because my mother thought it was appendicitis, but the doctor gave us pills that had to be used for 3 days afterwards. In my case the doctor forced me to wait 30 minutes after delivering the pills.

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Rustymarble t1_iwn5j2x wrote

Or having a hospital stay to clear out the massive impaction. They use a tube through the nose to the stomach to get the laxatives in that way, then a tube up the butt for enemas of various liquids that I can't remember anymore.

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Bromm18 t1_iwnq3wy wrote

Ever hear of the "Swamps of Dagobah"

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ryeaglin t1_iwp7ev3 wrote

Yes I have. That story is far worse then this.

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