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Need a good laugh! Crazy good writer nails post-surgery gas
Wow,
I know they're selling post-surgery flatulence underwear, but whoever wrote this blog is so funny. Tons of good info in this post too. Does this mirror your experiences?
Worth the read!
https://www.shreddiesusa.com/blogs/articles/prostate-surgery-underwear
"What they don't tell you in those sterile recovery pamphlets is that your digestive system is about to stage a full-scale rebellion. Between the anesthesia aftermath, the medication cocktail that would make a pharmacist's head spin, surgical trauma near your bowel, and your body's stress response, you're about to experience flatulence levels that would impress a teenage boy—except you're a grown man trying to maintain dignity during recovery."
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I don't recall having any such issues for either lumbar or partial nephrectomy surgeries.
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1 ReactionI know I didn’t have much of a flatulence problem after surgery. One of those things where your results may vary
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1 ReactionI am going to read that essay, I am finding that humor serves me well in this crazy PCa adventure.
I have been reading hans casteels writings, he wrote here for a bit but I think he was asked to leave due to...
well, I dont know why but he said some people complained .....that makes me like him even more! He is wickedly funny and quite the wordsmith. I bookmarked his post here on the mayo, if you search "a crimson story: my journey with prostate cancer" or "hanscasteel" I think you will find it. I have tracked him down on substack and he continues the thread that started here. Def worth the time to read, we all need a good belly laugh! Hey, Im looking forward to reading what you recommended ....thanks!
PS...Ive got gas right now and its not due to PCa treatments...I have bean sprouts on my daily salad.... lol!
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1 Reaction@stage4lovolmetpc I'm on it....definitely need some humor in any delivery vehicle possible. I probably picked the wrong week....
@stage4lovolmetpc Well, hey, probably not as bad as the campfire beans scene in Blazing Saddles (really old movie reference)
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That's why they should put just 239 beans into a can. One more makes them too far*y.
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1 Reactionyep you walk around with trouser filled with gas worse than a day at grandmas eating her develied eggs and sipping warm Budweiser ..."here come groovin up slowly old brown stain stinky!"
I don't get gas from beans. If there is it's not much.
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1 Reaction@bajjerfan Lucky man...I'm generally good. But kidney beans in chili does it to me. But, dang, my wife makes a great chili....price to be paid is worht it.