So for background I recently went to the doctor, and I found out my difficulties with weight loss are partially caused by an undiagnosed (now diagnosed) thyroid issue.
I have since started the thyroid medication and have noticed some great changes! However, I have been immensely gassy. Like non-stop toots.
I mentioned the new meds and side effects to my partner, this was the conversation;
Me: Ugh I’m so gassy now it’s crazy, it’s like multiple times a day now.
Him: What do you mean multiple times a day? Like you are going to the bathroom more?
Me: No I’m just farting multiple times a day. I’m used to once every few days or my record of once a month.
Him: ….. you are supposed to fart multiple times a day. What do you mean you don’t?
Me: I mean I don’t? Really you’re supposed to?
Him: Honey… YES. You really do have a problem if you aren’t farting consistently.
Me: So I probably should’ve mentioned this to a doctor a long time ago huh?
Him: face palm yes love.
TL;DR apparently my digestive system has been on the fritz a lot longer than I thought and only farting once every few days or once a month is not normal.
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Everybody poops. Among other things.
I probably fart about 3-4 times a day. I’m glad you went to the doctor and got your diagnosis.
there were points in time where you only farted ONCE in a month??
yeah, your insides are definitely radioactive LMAOOO
If you can’t fart in front of your partner its not a relationship
Shit ‐–— I fart about 1000 times a day. Maybe I’m on the other end of the fart spectrum
Everybody’s different. There’s no standard fart per day number.
A MONTH!? Where does the gas even go! Out your mouth!?
You are probably farting in your sleep
Idk. I mean it all depends on you and your diet, there’s no set amount.
Sometimes it’s a few times a day, sometimes it doesn’t happen for days.
If I have broccoli and potatoes for dinner, it’s happening, if I have rice and chicken, its not.
Eat popcorn once a week at least.
You need fiber
Sounds like your partner is okay with you ripping ass, so that’s a great thing!
be careful, you can hurt yourself. My ass gets raw when I have a bad gassy day, especially with anal fissures. so take appropriate measures to protect your bunghole.
Average person passes gas 14 times a day, if I remember correctly. That would make me way above a average person.
Wait you’re supposed to fart this much? I get like one gassy day a week but don’t fart 6/7 days a week…
I used to be really gassy until I did a low fodmap diet and identified my IBS triggers… Now I don’t fart at all unless I have consumed one of these triggers. I’m convinced MOST of the population has IBS to some degree and they’re just rawdogging galactans and lactose because they don’t know what their baseline normal is supposed to be. Passing gas all day every day, pooping once a week, having soft stools everyday — all not normal lol
Remind me of that South Park episode where those who held their farts combusted.
Girl, that convo is hilarious… tbh, better late than never, right?
I went to the doctor about my, er, movements a while ago. I realise they weren’t normal when they asked how many times I go to the toilet per day, and I said “oh, you know, X times a day”. Their eyebrows almost flew off the top of their face. Apparently X was not a normal amount.
But its not true!!
There are many people with healthy guts that just rarely fart, doesnt mean they have gasses trapped, they just produce less gas.
But yeah it can be normal to fart a few times! Doesnt mean someone is unhealthy either.
It would be unnormal: