anybody else have this problem???

Kerry S

Please enough of the serious stuff. This is a real question and kind of funny. Hey, you folks said we could talk about pooping.

A week or so back I was out cutting firewood for next winter. It is very cold here in Missouri and I am all bundled up in my insulated bib coveralls and heavy work coat. You know the kind with zippers up both legs and down the middle.

Well I am out in the woods working with my chainsaw, bent over and was almost through the tree. Just about then my body lets go with what I thought was just a large amount of gas. The tree is falling at this point. I stand up and immediately know that was not only NOT gas, but there is more to come.

I am ½ mile from the house and know I have to get there damn quick. I drop the chainsaw and jump in my Kubota and head for the house, all the while trying to unzip all those darn zippers. I fly into the back door heading for the john trying to get out of all this and the dog thinks I want to play. I was able to make it the rest of the way with the dog holding on to my pant leg. I did have to change my jeans.

My question is this: After chemo/radiation 9/08 I still have that darn since of urgency and it has stayed with me. I never had a problem with it before this. This time it was diarrhea and the rear door just doesn’t close up good anymore.

Anybody else having this problem???

Kerry

Crow71

Great story Kerry!!
First
Great story Kerry!!
First off, I'm totally jealous. Not of you crapping your pants, but of your Kabota, and your chain saw. I don't have a tractor and I've been too tired to use the chain saw. Any chance you could send me a bottle of your energy along with some mixed fuel? The other day I took my 3 year old son in my truck to buy a load of wood. My dad joined us and we stacked it. It was a great moment, but nothing like cutting and splitting it yourself. Also, I find it inspiring that you are cutting wood for next winter. That's my kind of hopeful plan!!!
I have a colostomy; so crapping my pants is not a problem - except for one time. I poop a snot like substance from time to time, and I did learn the hard way there is no such thing as farting for me anymore. But I was in bed and the dogs were not around. Not quite the adventure you had. Sorry I can't help, but good luck keeping the rear door shut, and saw one up for me.
Roger

NWGirl

Yup
Yup - I'm afraid I do at times. When they removed my tumor, my entire rectum had to go as well. I had an ileo for a year; then reversed. I've found with my new plumbing I can usually hold it in until I make it to the bathroom UNLESS I have diahhrea - for whatever reason. Colon preps are really bad news - I either stay in the bathroom for the required 4 hours or wear a Depends as I simply can't get there fast enough. Once in awhile I'll have something weird happen that causes diahhrea - and if/when it does - I can't hold it at all.

My take down surgery was in November 2008 so I know it's as good as it's going to get and I just have to live with the uncertainty that this can happen sometimes. Fortunately, I'm usually at home when it does happen - knock on wood!

robinvan

OMG!!
Cutting wood in the back 40!

Reminds me of an old joke...

"1/2 mile to the outhouse"
by Willie Makeit
illustrated by Betty Wont

Sorry Kerry.

I know the location of every outhouse and public washroom on any of my regular circuits. I don't have too much diahrea, unless on chemo, by I do have urgency issues. If I'm having problems with diarhea I really can't leave the house.

I have had suprise farts too! Not fun... but funny!

Be well... Rob; in Vancouver

idlehunters

robinvan said:

OMG!!
Cutting wood in the back 40!

Reminds me of an old joke...

"1/2 mile to the outhouse"
by Willie Makeit
illustrated by Betty Wont

Sorry Kerry.

I know the location of every outhouse and public washroom on any of my regular circuits. I don't have too much diahrea, unless on chemo, by I do have urgency issues. If I'm having problems with diarhea I really can't leave the house.

I have had suprise farts too! Not fun... but funny!

Be well... Rob; in Vancouver

KERRY
Hey man..... I bout died laughing with that story.... sorry... I know the situation very well and it ain't always so funny... BUTT...DUDE... you need to start taking butt wipe with you.... I am your neighbor in southern Illinois...just across the mississippi..... We always carry TP on the back 40...... we take full advantage of that outdoor plumbing. Too far a trip to try to make it back to the crib...... no neighbors...only nature....and that's that....

Jen )

Kerry S

Crow71 said:

Great story Kerry!!
First
Great story Kerry!!
First off, I'm totally jealous. Not of you crapping your pants, but of your Kabota, and your chain saw. I don't have a tractor and I've been too tired to use the chain saw. Any chance you could send me a bottle of your energy along with some mixed fuel? The other day I took my 3 year old son in my truck to buy a load of wood. My dad joined us and we stacked it. It was a great moment, but nothing like cutting and splitting it yourself. Also, I find it inspiring that you are cutting wood for next winter. That's my kind of hopeful plan!!!
I have a colostomy; so crapping my pants is not a problem - except for one time. I poop a snot like substance from time to time, and I did learn the hard way there is no such thing as farting for me anymore. But I was in bed and the dogs were not around. Not quite the adventure you had. Sorry I can't help, but good luck keeping the rear door shut, and saw one up for me.
Roger

That's my kind of hopeful plan!!!
Roger, I am glad you also have a hopeful plan. If an old guy like me can reach NED from stage 4 you can. This years cutting is easy compaired to last year. Last year it took a little longer. We burn up 5 cords a year. It saves us around 2K in propane heat cost. Every time I fill up that Kubota we save about $80. That is a strong motivator. It has done wonders for me in getting back in shape after chemo/rad 6/08. I was raised to work off medical problems. It's not for everybody, but works for me.