Quote Originally Posted by Pandora's Box
A person who had such a procedure done would literally always be defecating. They would spend their life in dirty diapers, because as soon as they got a new pair on, they would be soiled again. It would be a nonstop continual leakage.
Well, either dirty diapers or have to go in for MAJOR surgery to seal off the rectum and reconnect the colon to a permanent opening in the abdomen (colostomy) like Mobius said.

You would almost certainly be forced to do the latter. Because in the case of the dirty diaper you would be in constant (perhaps fatal) risk for vaginal and urinary tract infections. Can you say pain and bleeding and mondo antibiotics? Cus regular antibiotics don't reach those places intact, they have to put you on the ones that actually make you feel worse. (Been there, done that, don't recommend it!) And they mess up the bacterial balance in the colon even worse than the constant diarrhea you'd be experiencing already.

Which is another point that y'all so delicately tried to dance around. Good thing I'm here, huh? When you cant hold your fecal matter in long enough for the colon to absorb most of the water from it...which is one of the major jobs that the colon does along with absorbing some final nutrients...then you have constant watery diarrhea! This can lead to chronic dehydration and increased risk for malnutrition. And ya know how when babies are really lil and the diapers don't stink so much? And then they get older and more foods are added to the diet and the diapers start to stink more and more and lots more? Well, it only gets worse with adult poo.

How do I know? Because my mom had to have a colostomy. Hers was an emergency one for a ruptured colon and saved her life. But there are days she has said that she wished she wouldn't have pulled through. Her health is not good enough to do elective surgery, which is what it would be to have the colostomy reversed, so she's stuck with a colostomy bag hanging by her hip for the rest of her life, just like you would be. Let me tell you a little about these lovely inventions. First of all, they slip off sometimes. Big stinky mess. And they don't care where you are or what you're doing either. One of their favorite places to come off tho is in bed, because of all the movement and rolling over on them when they might be full, etc. Nothing like waking up covered in diarrhea to a bright sunny day full of laundry!

And even aside from the 24/7 pouch of diarrhea you carry around, there's also gas. It goes into the bag too, and you have to let it out manually. And oh my sweet holy lord! That is the worst smelling substance on the face of the planet! And I'm not talking regular fart stink from a healthy colon like we all know and love; this stuff is a biohazard! And if you don't let it out, it starts to seep and it's just this constant horrific stench til you do. Even when there isn't gas tho, sometimes just having the bag kinda full gives off this moderately poisonous aroma. I'm sure you'd be very popular at all the events your Master would undoubtedly want to show you off at. Not that anyone could see much of you since you wouldn't be in anything too slinky because of the bulk of that bag on your hip.

But don't worry, eventually you'll get old and won't want to wear that stuff anyway. And here's where the real fun begins! Cus assuming you'll be like most elderly people, eventually, if only temporarily, you'll wind up sick or disabled to the point that you wont be able to change your own bag and other people will have to take care of you. Now let's skip right over the whole humiliation factor of paying some stranger to handle your sh*t, cus hey, maybe that might be the ultimate thrill for some people here. The main problem is that these people don't give a rat's behind about you and will put off this unsavory task as often and for as long as they possibly can. They will let your crap burst forth and spill out all over you and your sheets just so that the next shift will have to deal with you. And even when they don't, they'll be more than happy to stand right outside your room and argue over who has to attend to you. Think I'm kidding? Both of those happened to my mom a few times while she was in the hospital last year for several months recovering from a virus. And my parents paid several hundred dollars a day for that kind of care!

Which is another point. Both diapers and colostomy bags are expensive. And even if you have insurance that covers them, a lot of companies set limits on what quantity of these products they will pay for. After that you pay for your own, or in the case of colostomy bags you can reuse them for a day or two. Not easy to clean out when you're old and have arthritis tho. And if you don't get them clean enough at least up by the seal, it can make the wound around around the opening (which never heals over) very sore and weepy and inflamed. Which in turns makes the seal of the colostomy not want to seal. And just pray that you're not allergic (or become allergic from exposure) to the adhesive used to seal the bag to the opening...cus then you're pretty much screwed.

I just wanted to elaborate on what others had been saying already to make sure you got a very realistic view of what exactly it would mean to live the rest of your life without bowel control.

And if you were to go the enema/laxative route...keep in mind that especially over time, those methods could also have consequences including dehydration, malnutrition, and disruption of the healthy bacteria in the colon.

Pretty sexy, huh?


PS- If you're over 50, consider this a wake up call to get your colon checked before it's too late!