Replies to '07/11 What’s Up, Doc?'

Quote From: akswami

Obviously those listeners who emailed in were not listening to the show or are not intelligent enough to understand what was being said. This disorder is not about being potty-trained, it is about having to live with a very distressing condition at an age when being laughed at is the worst thing that can happen to one. I have a grandson who suffers from this disorder & no one is more distressed by it than he is. His mother understands but his father takes the neandertal view that he is lazy or being disobedient. He is sometimes afraid to go to school because he is afraid of having an accident. He has to endure treatments with laxatives, suppositories, & sometimes enemas in order to try to clear his bowels. If his retention of stool were to go unnoticed long enough he could end up dying of a ruptured bowel or peritonitis. This is not a case of abuse or a psychological problem, this is a physical disability just as muscular dystrophy or asthma is. Fortunately it is not generally as physically disabling as many disabilities but a little understanding & sympathy for those suffering from this problem would be valuable. Too many people apparently have little minds that make sick jokes about very serious distressing situations & I wish everyone of those cretins would have to suffer this problem for at least one month. They wouldn't be laughing or jeering then.