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A Man Constipated From Birth Was Carrying Over 28 Pounds of Feces
inverse ^ | June 12, 2017 | Peter Hess

Posted on 06/17/2017 7:22:13 AM PDT by Morgana

magine two decades of never being able to fully relieve yourself in the bathroom.

That was the experience a 22-year-old Chinese man lived with before doctors in Shanghai removed 30 inches of his extremely swollen colon. Weighing nearly 29 pounds, his colon was filled with feces that had accumulated there over his lifetime. He told doctors that he’d suffered constipation for his entire life, and that laxatives only offered minor relief. Doctor Yin Lu of Tenth People’s Hospital of Shanghai, where the surgery was performed, told Chinese news site The Paper that the man’s abdomen looked as if he was more than nine months pregnant.

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Growing up knew mothers who made their kids take Castor Oil once a month said it "cleaned out their system". Stuff is icky! You know what? Maybe those mothers did know best?
1 posted on 06/17/2017 7:22:13 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

I find this hard to believe. This story is full of sh!t.


2 posted on 06/17/2017 7:26:11 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Morgana

Those pictures are incredible. Poor guy.


3 posted on 06/17/2017 7:26:32 AM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Morgana

What a pantload! Poor guy.


4 posted on 06/17/2017 7:26:34 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Joe 6-pack

A diet of mainly white rice (Wall paper paste) will do that to you.


5 posted on 06/17/2017 7:27:30 AM PDT by Fai Mao (I still want to see The PIAPS in prison)
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To: GnuThere

Poor guy is the same thing I thought. 22 years of suffering is awful.


6 posted on 06/17/2017 7:28:18 AM PDT by mplsconservative
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"swollen colon"?

Wasn't that the name of the bathhouse that Barry the Kenyan used to frequent in Chicago?

7 posted on 06/17/2017 7:31:49 AM PDT by Flag_This (Liberals are locusts.)
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Sounds like this fellow is qualified for a role in the press corps in DC.

He meets the paramount criteria— full of crap.


8 posted on 06/17/2017 7:33:02 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: Morgana

Sounds normal for a Democrat politician


9 posted on 06/17/2017 7:34:26 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Morgana

The doctors preempted a promising carer in politics...


10 posted on 06/17/2017 7:36:45 AM PDT by null and void ( The Flat Earth Society claims they have members all around the globe!)
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Big Media are so constipated that the crap comes out of their mouths.

ABC == Always Been Crap
NBC == Nothing But Crap
CBS == See? Bull S#!+
CNN == Crap Not News


11 posted on 06/17/2017 7:37:48 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: null and void

No shiite


12 posted on 06/17/2017 7:40:12 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: Morgana

Was he afraid of his enemas?


13 posted on 06/17/2017 7:42:25 AM PDT by King Moonracer (I wish I had the Tantulus field, but I'd probably wear it out.)
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“Swollen colon”

Wasn’t that the name of the bathhouse that Barry the Kenyan used to frequent in Chicago? “

Coffee everywhere. Thanks....


14 posted on 06/17/2017 7:42:38 AM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: Morgana

15 posted on 06/17/2017 7:48:53 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson
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To: Fai Mao

“A diet of mainly white rice (Wall paper paste) will do that to you.”

Did not know this. Maybe Castor Oil would help?


16 posted on 06/17/2017 7:49:20 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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“A Man Constipated From Birth Was Carrying Over 28 Pounds of Feces”

Barack Obama?


17 posted on 06/17/2017 7:50:12 AM PDT by Castigar
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To: from occupied ga

Was waiting for the Democrat jokes....


18 posted on 06/17/2017 7:50:31 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Bet his wife said to him often “you’re full of $hit!”.


19 posted on 06/17/2017 7:53:31 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Le Pen: "Islamism is a totalitarian ideology that has declared war on our nation, on civilization.")
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To: Morgana

Please-—No photos!


20 posted on 06/17/2017 7:56:42 AM PDT by Imnidiot (This space for Rent)
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