I have had Crohn’s for 22 years. I am now on medication that has it controlled, it’s wild. But I feel like I don’t have the bowel strength for formed poops anymore! It’s pretty exhausting going once a day. It’s a whole event. Like a sloth.
actually, digestion is a surprisingly difficult task for the body. iirc the colon itself consumes like 20% of our calories(?) somebody correct me if i’m wrong here.
so it’s quite surprising that it normally works so well.
3x per day for the past 17 years. (I have chronic IBS)
I have had Crohn’s for 22 years. I am now on medication that has it controlled, it’s wild. But I feel like I don’t have the bowel strength for formed poops anymore! It’s pretty exhausting going once a day. It’s a whole event. Like a sloth.
actually, digestion is a surprisingly difficult task for the body. iirc the colon itself consumes like 20% of our calories(?) somebody correct me if i’m wrong here.
so it’s quite surprising that it normally works so well.
I’ve gotten a stomach bug for the first time in a decade. I’ve been eating bananas like Donkey Kong just to get my stool to resemble Humpty Dumpty.