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[@mikejeff6012]

It was stuck I had places to go one grunt Now back in pain

[@RLMike-k1p]

I’ve listened to your advice for a year since my hemoroids surgery. Stopped using fiber and just drink a vegetable, fruit juice blend we make at home every day. Use mir a lax every afternoon before dinner ( my big meal ) and have a soft bowel movement every morning because of following your advice. Thank you so very much Doctor. 👍🏻❤️

[@kemfriddle7259]

What kind of juice

[@RLMike-k1p]

@@kemfriddle7259 we bought a Ninja blender and every day we mix up some broccoli and spinach and carrots, red peppers, apples and blueberries. Big glass full.

[@ninkasa8692]

3 liters of water + 1 apple + salad at dinner, every single day. This helped me alot, when I had problems. Drink water in addition to whatever you are already drinking ( throughout the day.) Apples have fiber, nutrients, and a chemical compound that draws water into the intestines. Add a side salad to your dinner plans, make it the way you like so that you will actually eat it. Try to be more conscious about fiber if there's an opportunity to add veggies to a sandwich- add the veggies, if there's a way to add beans to your diet do it theyre great. Also you can add 1 - 2 tlbs. of chia seeds to a glass of water to cheat and get a bunch of fiber. The last thing is to set a timer when using restroom. Set timer for 5mins if your doing it right it should be like 3mins and done. The whole process should take 7-8 mins with washing of hands. Dont sit on the toilet with your phone or a book you wil lose track of time. Hope this helps... the most important of the list are the first three things.

[@Joses213]

You’re my favorite doctor ever! You’re such a blessing!

[@RLMike-k1p]

I love your honesty!!!!! So glad I found you 👍🏻❤️

[@xHawgRyderx]

When you’re a senior citizen snake poop warrants a celebration 😂. Normal is I think I’m done but I’m mistaken lol.

[@spvillano]

Yeah, typically I'll go once or twice in a day, snakish and done, fairly quickly and smoothly. Last couple of months, no, instead it's been liquid. Discussed it with doctor, she dismissed it with "try not drinking milk or dairy, no spices", not considering asking if I suspected a one-off with recently introduced ezetimibe - which is known to do that. It's a lipid absorption inhibitor, one of the few "cholesterol medications" I can tolerate (I'm completely intolerant of statins at all and quickly go into rhabdo). That would explain the floaters, that whole lipids tend to float thing. Normally, I'm steady though. Things were resolving, but I was out today in a heatwave and that loosens things up with me as well. When things were really off, not long after my wife died, it was floater city and even had oil floating in the toilet, so lipid metabolism was way off and since resolved. Odor control, having no real sense of smell, what is that? I'll get a trace of trigeminal based odor, nothing from the olfactory bulb which hasn't worked in decades. The rest of that survey, well, all I could think was, "tree murderer!", pure waste of paper. But, as the old Showman once said, "there's a sucker born every minute". Well, off to make dinner. Just diced down an onion and garlic, gonna saute it in olive oil and a bit of chili pepper, then dump in a bit of chicken bouillon and a can of spinach. Not for iron (not really absorbable anyway) or fiber, because I like it and it'll make a great sandwich for lunch tomorrow too (with sharp cheese). Some mashed potatoes and a thin sliced smoked pork chop. If I'm still hungry, might toss a bit of corn on. Might pick up a small bottle of prune juice, not for the pooples, but for the flavor. I'm also infamous for pork chops backed in a stewed prune, garlic and onion compote that people absolutely inhale. And I'm thinking of telling my urologist to shove that Flomax crap where his proctologist can only find it. Didn't address an issue I sought his consult for anyway and didn't have any effect that I could detect at all.

[@chrislongford3398]

Hi doctor chung! Please can you do a video with your personal opinion of iritable bowel syndrome? Would be really interesting! Thanks

[@BethMurphyLife]

no you are not cynical you are wonderful and we love you. 😂❤🎉😊

[@kellydean3497]

You are a delightful person, Doctor! I wish I could come to see you. I have been suffering for eight years now on and off mostly on of late with horrible, anal, fissures, fistula, bleeding pain… Huge exterior and interior hemorrhoids. And my doctors hate me because I won’t take any of their Medicine that is supposed to stop my diarrhea or alter my stomach acid content. Well, those medicines that they want to give me actually destroy my Microbiome and I argued with them about it! So when I get into a spell of watery diarrhea, it rips open my anus and I get such excruciating pain. The only thing that gets made to be able to function halfway is hydrocodone. Well I’m 58 years old and my doctor just cut me off of that. She said that she didn’t find any opioids on my system the last time she checked me. I was given 14 pills at a time, once a month. I barely take the pills if I don’t have to! I didn’t take them for fun. I am so outraged I’m 58 years old and I’m treated like this! I’m now losing continents sometimes when I have these diarrhea spells. It’s happened four times in the past week. I also frequently have to get up in the middle of the night to poop! I sure wish there was an easy way I could get a decent doctor like you! I’m severely suffering and have been for years. Thank you, and please continue your wonderful work!

[@ATHENS15]

Thanks Doc appreciate your advice. Greetings from Melbourne Australia

[@nora-_-]

everyone is different and depends on eating habits

[@corteltube]

You are awesome Doc….informative and hilarious.

[@laraejensen2157]

Always interesting for us sufferer’s, your content is so valuable. I am wondering though, have you ever done a video on a “long and torturous colon? I am 75 years old and have always suffered with my digestive system and although I have had colonoscopy’s since age 50 (family history), not one doctor has ever said this, until the one I had this year in January! Can you provide some guidance on this issue? I am sure I am not the only person with this condition. Thanks from Yakima, WA.

[@Julia-xf5ps]

Courtesy Flush for the win!!! Now if I could just get my hubby to do this!! 🤣

[@rickeyjones8459]

I had a anal cancer in 2022, actually February of 2022. I try to go everyday. What I find is choosing a time to go to the bathroom works . Now it's every morning. The issue with me is stools are often firm or hard. I don't like pushing or straining because it increases pressure in the head. I hate public restrooms because they are mostly filthy.

[@deepanshu1456]

Are u cancer free now ?

[@rickeyjones8459]

@@deepanshu1456 Thank you for asking. Yes, it appears that I am. 6 weeks of radiation and 2 rounds of chemotherapy. All appears to be normal.

[@daryalizzy7879]

Thank you so much !

[@naturegirl4074]

My husband gets up in middle of the night sometimes and he is healthy

[@JoanRickenbach]

So now I guess I have to stop trying to suffer because I think there is something wrong with me because I don't poop once a day because Dr's says you have to

[@naturegirl4074]

You don’t have to. I wish I didn’t. I didn’t when I was younger

[@JoanRickenbach]

I keep struggling to get that perfect 💩

[@missw890]

In regard to consistency, what would cause a stool to be solid log but have kinda a fluffy exterior vs. A smooth appearance? Only dx after many tests has been IBS. Not sure if the fluffy look is concerning?

[@pulsar527]

Dr. Chung following your advice I massage my bottom. It's early but let's see how it works. I noticed there is a walnut like sitting on my bottom. It does put pressure on my bottom. Is that normal I think that is probably my prostate. Are the suppose to put pressure. I have a of gas and difficulty passing it. Makes me really uncomfortable.

[@theresawhite9806]

Doc please talk about citrate magnesium liquid solution I take it about once a week about 2 ounces, is it safe??if not what can I take on a daily basis??thanks so much 😊😊

[@HisPresence2024]

I’d like him to cover both magnesium citrate and magnesium oxide in relation to miralax and stool softeners….

[@spvillano]

@@HisPresence2024 heh, was just started on magnesium oxide for magnesium deficiency, which was throwing all of my other electrolytes into a cocked hat. If anything, two months of diarrhea cleared up in a week after starting the magnesium, likely as electrolytes started getting to sane and safe levels again. No clue why my magnesium has been low (for several years now), as the prior test was when I was long off of proton pump inhibitors (notorious for lowering magnesium levels) and am not complaining. Got a bout back today, but that could be after being outside for a protracted period in a heat wave, something I've had for quite a while. I had actually considered the citrate for supplementation, as it's more bioavailable than the oxide is, but I'll let my resident practice medicine for a bit and see, they gotta learn somehow and I am a rather complex patient.

[@naturegirl4074]

Calm magnesium powder or gummies in citrate I take daily.

[@naturegirl4074]

Why does everyone forget Gen X??? Lol

[@naturegirl4074]

14:31 this is why we love you. So many Drs don’t expand their education… I know… I’ve seen it so many times it’s sad.

[@Sristhii-i3k]

Doctor plz tell me...i have grade two pile mass.. internal.... No bleeding at all..only have a mild pain after toilet...what treatment can i take?

[@ericbeckersr4431]

I know this isn't on topic but my daughter is pregnant and is about 6 months she has humorous external we have cream and I told her to eat Papaya and put a cold wash cloth for the burning is there anything else you could help me with

[@1wholovestrees]

What is your take on disposable toilet seat covers? The courtesy flush; I never knew that. I close the seat down before I flush.

[@spvillano]

Frankly, they're like the door close button on an elevator, comfort items that are exclusively for psychological comfort. As a hint, that door close button only works in attendant mode or fire mode, when it's a really bad idea to have those doors pop open on a fire floor. The courtesy flush, heard of it, but it's kinda NA for me, as I have no sense of smell.

[@RebeccaAlarcon-s6v]

Why do i fart before i poop?

[@ronm6585]

👍🏻😊

[@deadmo1]

[@tinamercuri9319]

Whats your secret you dont age at all

[@spvillano]

That's easy. No sword duels with other immortals.

[@yinxuehui]

Asians don't raisin! 😂 I'm Asian too so I know