Shocked Doctors Remove 30 Pounds Of Poop Built Up For 22 Years

In a shocking revelation that left medical professionals astounded, doctors recently removed a staggering 30 pounds of feces that had been accumulating in a patient’s colon for an astonishing 22 years. The bizarre case came to light when Dr. David Rosenfeld, a colorectal surgery specialist in Thousand Oaks, California, shared the details on the popular medical show, “The Doctors.”

Dr. Rosenfeld, along with his colleagues, expressed their bewilderment at the sheer magnitude of the fecal buildup and marveled at the patient’s miraculous survival. The surgery was a life-saving intervention, preventing a potential catastrophe as the colon was at risk of rupturing at any moment.

The patient, it turns out, had been living with a congenital defect known as Hirschsprung’s disease—a condition where some nerve cells are missing in the large intestine, causing a significant delay in stool progression.

Remarkably, the patient had been experiencing regular bowel movements throughout his life, leading to the gradual buildup of feces over the years. Dr. Rosenfeld emphasized that the condition was not due to an inability to defecate but rather a result of the congenital defect remaining undiagnosed since birth.

Hirschsprung’s disease, also called congenital aganglionic megacolon, typically manifests in newborns with signs such as difficulty in bowel movements, vomiting, a swollen belly, and chronic constipation within the first 48 hours of life.

Explaining the rarity of the case, Dr. Rosenfeld delved into the intricacies of Hirschsprung’s disease. He clarified that it differs from occasional constipation, emphasizing the critical need for early diagnosis and intervention. In this specific instance, the patient’s lack of proper diagnosis during infancy led to the gradual accumulation of stool, posing severe health risks.

The treatment for Hirschsprung’s disease involves surgical procedures, with a pull-through operation being a common approach. This not only eliminates the amassed feces but also removes the diseased portion of the colon. In more severe cases, ostomy surgery may precede the pull-through procedure.

Dr. Rosenfeld highlighted that timely intervention is crucial to avoid life-threatening complications such as anterior colitis, inflammation of the small intestine and colon.

As the medical community grapples with the rarity of such cases, Dr. Rosenfeld took the opportunity to impart general advice to the public. He stressed the importance of an active lifestyle, debunking the notion that a sedentary existence could lead to healthy bowel movements. “People say, ‘Oh, I can just sit at home, eat potato chips, eat popcorn, and watch TV, and I’m going to have a great bowel movement.’ We do need to be active,” he emphasized, recommending a mere 10 minutes of activity three times a week to enhance intestinal function.

This extraordinary case serves as a stark reminder of the complexities within the realm of medical anomalies and underscores the significance of early detection and intervention in congenital conditions.

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The giant golden-crowned flying fox is one of the largest bat species in the world

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The giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus) is a species of fruit bat that is native to the Philippines. It is one of the largest bat species in the world and is known for its impressive wingspan, which can indeed exceed five and a half feet (around 1.7 meters). This large bat species primarily inhabits the forests of the Philippines, particularly in lowland and submontane tropical rainforests.

These bats are primarily found in the following areas within the Philippines:

Luzon: The island of Luzon, especially in the northern regions, is one of the key locations for the giant golden-crowned flying fox. They are known to inhabit the forests and roost in large colonies in this region.

Negros: They are also found on the island of Negros, which is located in the Visayas region of the Philippines.

Panay: Some populations of these bats can be found on the island of Panay, also in the Visayas region.

Other islands: There have been reports of sightings on other islands within the Philippines as well.

It's important to note that the giant golden-crowned flying fox is a vulnerable species and is facing threats due to habitat loss and hunting. Conservation efforts are in place to protect this species and its habit 

17 sentences that will teach you more about women than a 10 year experience

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17 sentences that will teach you more about women than a 10 year experience

• Women are blessed with a basic threat perception regarding her body. So whatever happens is never a mistake or coincidence. It's her choice.

• Past matters even in the eyes of women. So when she says the past doesn't matter she is fooling you because she herself cannot get over her own past.

• Women's sole dream is to secure her dream man. Everything else is a substitute to that.

• Sooner or later you'll no longer remain her best choice so it's the intelligence or high value in women that will make her stay loyal.

• Women as a creature are obsessed and not disciplined. When she is into you, know that she is only into you.

• When she is truly in love. You don't need to prove yourself because all she can smell, see, imagine, think, look, is only you.

• Women are not money driven but status driven. They don't actually love your money they love your influence.

• There is no right time concept in their eyes and they are also bad at planning. When she really wants you, there would be no excuse.

• Women's innate nature is to submit. You don't have to force it. If you're enough of a man it will happen automatically.

• Women love straightforward talks. That's what they expect from a man. For Here and there kind of talks, she is already the master.

• The man who is fine with being disrespected will lose their favour and love.

• The love for someone in a woman's heart emerges from admiration and thinking about someone.

• If you don't offer her the time to think about you and wait for you. Love will fall slowly and slowly.

• The intensity of women's love is incredible but it's not lengthy but short.

• Women love drama not arguments. Just act like a man not like a slave who want to prove himself.

• The perception of women about revenge is to spark jealousy. Which is ridiculous in men's eyes.

• There is nothing that can beat the warmth of a masculine man when he hugs her. That is the best thing she desire.

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What are the habits of highly successful people?

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What are the habits of highly successful people?

1. They buy luxuries last.

There’s a saying, “rich people buy luxuries last.” Interestingly, some luxury brands admitted that their target customers aren’t the rich, but those who want to look rich. Of course, the wealthy do buy luxuries, but typically using their disposable income rather than their earnings.

2. They choose to embrace a minimalist fashion sense.

Steve Jobs' black turtleneck, Mark Zuckerberg's grey T-shirt and black hoodie, and even Albert Einstein's grey suit variations are recognizable due to decision fatigue - the concept of conserving brain power for important choices by simplifying mundane decisions such as what to wear.

3. They know where their best thinking happen.

Highly successful people find ways to boost creativity and productivity, like Sara Blakely's "fake commute" or Benjamin Franklin's habit of reading and writing naked with open windows, by identifying where their best thinking happens. These may sounds unusual, but are their own unique ways.

4. They quit a lot.

Actually, high successful people are quitters by keeping a keen eye on what’s not working. Once they identify the thing sucking energy, money and resources from their business, they cut it out, and fast.

5. They cherish their “harsh” friends.

People can choose to be rich by choosing who they associate with. That’s why successful people cherish their "harsh" friends, those who don’t feel the need to sugarcoat their opinions. Likewise, they tend to choose life partners they meet on selective platforms. The more picky they are, the more they are led to a higher standard.

Beyond Forgiveness

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Video “Settle with your opponent quickly while on the way to court. Otherwise your opponent will hand you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison. Amen, I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny.” Matthew 5:26 Was our Lord here giving legal advice regarding a criminal or civil case and how to avoid prosecution? Certainly not. He was presenting us with an image of Himself as the just Judge. And He was exhorting us to show mercy to anyone and everyone who could be seen as our “opponent.” Forgiveness of another is essential. It can never be withheld. But forgiveness is actually not even enough. The ultimate goal must be reconciliation, which goes much further. In this Gospel above, Jesus exhorts us to “settle” with our opponents, therein implying reconciliation. The RSV version of the Bible says it this way, “Make friends quickly with your accuser…” Working to foster a “friendship” with one who has accused you, especially if it is a false accusation, goes far beyond simply forgiving them. To reconcile with another and to reestablish a true friendship means that you not only forgive but also do all you can to ensure that you reestablish a relationship of love with that person. It means that you both put your grievance behind you and start anew. Of course, that takes both people to cooperate in love; but, for your part, it means that you work hard to establish this reconciliation. Think about someone who has hurt you, and, as a result, your relationship with them has been damaged. Have you prayerfully forgiven that person before God? Have you prayed for that person and asked God to forgive them? If so, then you are now ready for the next step of reaching out to them in love to mend your relationship. This takes great humility, especially if the other person was the cause of the hurt and especially if they have not spoken words of sorrow to you, asking for your forgiveness. Don’t wait for them to do so. Look for ways to show that person that you love them and want to heal the hurt. Don’t hold their sin before them or hold on to a grudge. Seek only love and mercy. Jesus concludes this exhortation with strong words. Essentially, if you fail to do all you can to reconcile and reestablish your relationship, you will be held accountable for it. Though this may seem unfair at first, it is clearly not, because this is the depth of mercy that our Lord offers us every day. We will never be adequately sorry for our sin, but God forgives and reconciles with us anyway. What a grace! But if we fail to offer this same mercy to others, we essentially limit God’s ability to offer this mercy to us, and we will be required to pay back “the last penny” of our own debt to God. Reflect, today, upon the person who comes to mind with whom you need to fully reconcile and rekindle a relationship of love. Pray for this grace, commit yourself to it and look for opportunities to do so. Do it without reserve and you will never regret your decision. My most merciful Lord, I thank You for forgiving me and for loving me with such perfection and totality. Thank You for reconciling with me despite my imperfect contrition. Give me a heart, dear Lord, that always seeks to love the sinner in my life. Help me to offer mercy to the fullest extent in imitation of Your divine mercy. Jesus, I trust in You.

 

Are there tension between people from Manila and people from old country, or what we in the Philippines call "the province"?

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Are there tension between people from Manila and people from old country, or what we in the Philippines call "the province"? What is the source of that tension?

In ethnical and humanitarian rights as well as in political aspect, there’s none. Filipinos around the country whether in urban or rural are treated fairly by the law.

However, there are some aspects that sometimes lead to stereotypical tensions but so far, nothing extremely serious but some of them must be taken into consideration.

Common negative stereotypes of Manilenos (native born or long-term middle classed migrants) against Provincianos that are “often not true” or not true at all are:

1. They are less trendy
2. They are less interesting both in environment and culture (can be the opposite for Manila born Filipinos or long term immigrants who grew up or later on hate the urbanity of Manila or those who prefer nature and exploration)
3. They have less or older technologies, and less modern surroundings
4. Less commerce and retails
5. Provincianos are less classy and less fashionable
6. Less interesting (or less pleasing to hear) languages or dialects (does not matter if it is Non-Manileno Tagalog or Non-Tagalog languages)
7. Weirder culture and traditions
8. Provincianos are innocent to modern things and less aware of global trends and events.
9. Provincianos are less knowledgeable in science due to their tendency to believe in factless conspiracies and superstitions more than scientific knowledge.
10. Most of them do hard labour or blue collar jobs
11. Less sophisticated lifestyle
12. Cheap people
13. Provincianos are easier to trick to believe or do something or easier to manipulate
14. Many provincianos dream of living in Metro Manila and later be an inconvenience to Manilenos.
15. They know less things about everything
16. The Manila slums and street beggars are all poor provinciano migrants (or children of these provinciano migrants) who tried their luck in the capital but failed and either cannot go back or do not want to go back to their provinces.

Please don’t get offended as I already stated that these are commonly the negative “often not true” or “not true at all” stereotypes which are also often baseless.

Common positive stereotypes of Manilenos (native born or long-term middle classed migrants) for Provincianos that can be true or false:

1. More spacious and cleaner environment
2. Nature, nature, nature!
3. Cleaner
4. Less chaotic
5. Quieter and more peaceful
6. People are friendlier and more hospitable
7. Everything is fresh
8. Cheaper costs for the same expenditures
9. More activities to do with the nature
10. Reality escape
11. Slow paced and laid back lifestyle
12. Less stress and pressure

Common negative stereotypes of Provincianos against Manilenos (Native born and middle classed long-term migrants) that are “often not true” or not true at all are:

1. Arrogant, boastful, and bragful
2. Bossy and demanding
3. Snobbish, less friendly, and less accommodating
4. Superiority complex
5. Cannot survive without technology and convenient services
6. Abusive and not grateful
7. Often feeling right and knowledgeable about many things
8. Look down on rural dwellers
9. Impractical spenders and consumers
10. Lurer, manipulative, materialistic, and selfish
11. Less family oriented and often individualistic
12. Complains a lot even on petty things
13. Dirty and polluted environment
14. Unbearably fast paced, chaotic, and full of bureaucracies
15. Inconsiderate and difficult to please and impress
16. They get everything first
17. Metro Manila, the place, is expensive (being the third most expensive city/metro in the ASEAN region).
18. Everything has a cost. Everything must be paid. Nothing is absolutely free.

Common positive stereotypes of Provincianos against Manilenos (Native born and long-term middle classed migrants) that can be true or false are:

1. Always on trend and first to be updated
2. Interesting fashion and city leisure (malls, hotels, museums, arenas, concerts, themed activities, casinos, etc.)
3. Presence of skylines, modernity, higher technology, most developed in the country, and first-world looking CBDs
4. Commerce and retails on every doorstep
5. Classier and more sophisticated
6. Cosmopolitan people, culture, and traditions
7. More scientifically inclined
8. Many people are white collar workers that earn more money with less physical labour.
9. More opportunities for professional studies, jobs and businesses
10. Convenience in terms of accessibility in government agencies, commerce, and services
11. More individualistic freedom for singles and young adults
12. Various choices for expenditures and lifestyle
13. Most governmental and business transactions are well documented and recorded.

The tensions, most of the time, are against the place not the people. It is often against Manila City (the de jure capital) and Metro Manila (de facto capital) where the seat of financial and national power resides rather than the common Manileno or Manila inhabitants where almost 60% are non-natives.

Top complaints of provincianos against the National Government that is situated in Manila, which are publicly requested by provincianos and sometimes, formally petitioned are:

1. Very Manila centric government
2. Lower wages in the provinces
3. Less modernization in the provinces
4. Less job opportunities and less business potentials in the provinces both in provincial cities and rural towns.
5. The central power has always encouraged migration to Metro Manila or overseas rather than developing provincial cities and rural areas
6. When Manila is affected, the whole Philippines is affected too.
7. The Philippines cannot exist without Manila
8. Nothing moves without Manila
9. Metro Manila is often seen as the representation of the whole Philippines abroad.
10. The decision/implementation for the benefit of Manila is often also the decision/implementation for the entire Philippines.

I, myself, was not Manila born. But living in this City for almost 10 years with a sustainable, comfortable lifestyle and opportunity, I already consider myself as a Manileno as I do not see myself in the near future going back to my home province or migrating to any province at all, urban, rural, or otherwise. My regional loyalty is already here in Manila.

Not because I didn’t like my home province, but I just find this metro as my place of personal growth. This is where I faced life challenges and successfully defeated them. This is where I got my self independence, freedom, and development.

Thankfully, I’m capable to live like this in this city because I was prepared and had the means and support before I settled here. Not that my life here started perfectly, but I was aware of the reality and educated enough to find sustainable solutions to keep a decent living regardless of the difficult challenges I had after settling here.

I’m aware of the imperfections of the capital metro and I hated them most of the time and still cannot accept why officials can’t produce systematic solutions for such. But I have personal reasons why I preferred to stay here long term (while in the Philippines as I have plans to settle abroad), and some of those reasons are due to some positive stereotypes I had for this city when I was still living in my home provincial city of Olongapo/Subic where I was born.

I, myself, even dreamt living in the capital metro when I was a kid.

However, the most serious factors that non-Manileno people must consider before moving to the capital is:

1. Self market
2. Competencies
3. Personal sustainability
4. Financial literacy
5. and other preparatory considerations in order to successfully get opportunities in Metro Manila.

While Manila is often marketed as the land of opportunities and promising lifestyle (due to higher wages), this often turns out to be the opposite due to:

1. False expectations of migrants
2. Poor financial management and literacy
3. Less or inapplicable competencies
4. Extremely high supply of potential workers not only from Manila but also throughout the Philippines and lesser demand for them.
5. Too many dependents to support either living with them in the capital or left in the province

This makes Metro Manila not suitable for all Filipinos or rather not enough to suffice employment for these potential workers. If there was something I realized upon moving here almost a decade ago, it is “Manila is not for everyone.”

Many people from the province move to the capital believing it is rainbows and colours. But many of them fail to realize that without preparations, living in the capital will be worse than in the province.

Trying your luck in the capital must not be taken superficially. A potential migrant must assess carefully if he has a sustainable market in the capital as living here is very different than living in the province (both provincial cities and rural towns).

Due to these misconceptions, tensions between Manila and provincial inhabitants arise. They are often caused by:

1. Migrants from provinces are often lured to believing that they would have a better life in the capital and when they fail, a tension arises.
2. Manila people often complain that migrants from the provinces are destroying their city’s reputation.
3. Some provincianos who do not intend to move to Manila are often forced to consider doing it due to the lack of investments, opportunities, and developments in their provinces.
4. Provincianos who chose to stay in their provinces are often left unheard by the central government, in which they will blame Manila since it is where the seat of power resides and they think it is controlled by Manila people - which is not true btw. Many national politicians originated from the different provinces in Luzviminda.

These are often the sources of tensions between Manila people and provincianos.