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Heidi Watson's avatar

Girl-been there with a scorching case of roids thrown in just for fun-for months last year! And I’m not on cancer meds. Mine was all stress cuz: bodies. The thing that helped me the most: the pelvic floor PT!!!! And the colon self-massage. Absolute game changers. That GI doc you saw should be fired. I’m glad things are moving along better for you. If you ever need it-there’s an app for tracking your poops and foods. Because of course there is!!!

Godspeed.

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Tatyana Sussex's avatar

pelvic floor pt and colon self-massage is new -- fascinating!

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Tatyana Sussex's avatar

Over the years lots of shit-talk with my girlfriends. Guy friends, ex boyfriends, husband--doesn't seem to be a problem (i'm MASSIVELY generalizing here). Years ago on a trip at a high elevation resort, three women, one brought the poo-moving medication, and pointed to the box, which was pink, and said: Here's proof this is a woman's problem. Cracked me up. I still think about it. (this was 25 years ago).

If I don't exercise, and if I don't eat some proper veggies (greens, meh), traffic jam.

Thanks for the hacks. I take a few packets of smooth move tea with me on trips.

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Gail Hunnicutt's avatar

Marnie! Your humble, hilarious, informative dissertation is the best!!! I learned more from you than even my (long) life-experience, has provided. Thank you for being the Pioneer Woman that you are and hitting this subject head-on! We all find ourselves in this shituation sometimes and it's so helpful to have some proven, poop practices, in our back pockets (so-to-speak). I appreciate your wisdom!

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Christine Morrison's avatar

This is hilarious and humbling! Post knee-surgery, I experienced a lengthy delay and found out how much my husband loves me when he had to put in a suppository. We didn’t look eye to eye for days following, but I was able to breath easy (and ingest food again). Happy Friday. xx

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