Karlin
blueciel - that would be the dandelion ROOT, right? I have a bag of it in front of me now... Stimulating the liver should result in better BMs if bile salts are part of the problem, but so far I have not noticed better BMs after taking it. I have just taken it one night at a time, maybe I need a week-long course of it?
And Pioneer - the descriptive stuff is very important, no need to apologize for that because that is exactly what I need to know now [so I will have a clue if I am making progress or not].
I have got something loosened up - my BMs are now just those little stools, and not a "formed stool". The commercial laxitive did that. I have never used anything but herbal laxitives before, and they allways result in bigger BMs, but still formed stools [turds].
Isn't there a word for "little stools"? Do you know what I mean by that? They are the size of the end joint of your little finger. Same shit, just small.
I have seen 100s of them come out at a time. I bet a 12" turd [formed stool] has 50 to 100 of them in it.
I just wonder how big a pile it would make if all my "right sided stool" came out at once? I guess it is hard to know since the colon can expand, but probably something in the range of a gallon?
But also, new stools are being formed all the time. Even if we quit eating, the gut flora bacteria will make new ones. They say that 50% of the stool is dead bacteria [from a healthy colon].
So it is a matter of getting ahead of that process, which is what the laxitives and enemas are for.
What about colonics? We don't have a colonic therapist near here, but I might drive the 200kms to see one in the city.