Pee & Poop

Is everything I write about pee and poop? Sometimes it feels that way. At least, it must feel that way to some of you. One of my good friends recently wrote to me saying that she's been reading my blog and that she now knows much more about me than she ever thought she'd know. When I asked about what she's learned she said in part "The most I learn about how to pee, how to pass a poop after surgery." Wow, what a laugh! I think it illustrates how we take regular bodily functions for granted until they're no longer regular. When you have bronchitis and it becomes painful to inhale you're reminded of something you do about 10 times a minutes that you give little thought to. It's the same way with pee and poop. Actually, you probably do pay attention to these since they require you to stop what you're doing and go somewhere special to take care of them. When there's an obvious change in the routine you probably do notice. Everything involved with surgery has an impact on pee and poop, everything from the bowel prep to the anesthesia to the post-op meds to the diet. Pee and poop; I'll try not to mention them again, but I won't make any promises. Shit, I could have a brain fart ;-)