60 Years Since A Poo

[bainbrig]

On an NHS website it says “you might have discomfort when having sex or going for a poo.”

Surely to be consistent it should say “you might have discomfort when doing something naughty or going for a poo.”

Is it really only me that objects to the baby-talk of ‘poo’ and ‘wee wee’?

I’m an adult, and haven’t had a poo in 60+ years.

[Cloverjo]

You might be surprised by the amount of women who don’t know their vagina from their vulva.
“I’ve got a tattoo on my vagina.”
“I’ll get my vagina out to show anyone.” (For example.)

Painful and dangerous if they really meant vagina.

[Baldric]

Did I mention it was an Estate car?
Room for the dogs and ths shopping.

[Mamyalynne]

I once changed the brake pads on a Labia....


I've gone delirious now.

[retrocop]

If you have suffered life threatening cancer or serious vascular cardiac failure with several life saving operations costing millions in drugs (chemo) and other costs then I don't give a tinkers cuss what the hell they want to call it. Thank you NHS . I couldn't poo for a good few months because I had cancer of the sigmoid colon. My chemo regime for 12 months was a box of Capecitabine at £2500 per month. They are welcome to treat me like a kid in their descriptions as long as they treated my cancer. Now I am still alive to point out how shallow your complaints are.
One Tawt in the Royal Marsden was rejoicing that he was in remission and got the all clear. I met him at the car park pay point for an exit ticket. He griped at the £5 fee whilst I clutched my bag of Capecitabine at £2500 a month. Jeez

[nailit]

//Did I mention it was an Estate car?//

Yep, Im defo in the Twigh Lite Zone now!

[retrocop]

Balders
Those who drove around their estates used to call them 'Shooting Brakes' don't ya know. :-)

[Baldric]

Only if you were a Townie ;o)

[Barmaid]

I agree with Retrocop.

And I really couldn't care less what terminology is used as long as communication is effective.

And there are many people when describing more embarrassing or painful things who feel more comfortable using less clinical language. It's almost a way of lessening the impact.

[lankeela]

Wee and poo are universally used in the dog world - discussions abound on the consistency of poos when dog people get together. I certainly don't object to it being called poo, far better that than anyone not understand - we had a cleaner at work once in a school who was thoroughly confused when asked to remove a stool from the toilet bowl. Perhaps we should resort to using cockney rhyming slang and refer to them as a jimmy riddle and a tom. Or maybe dropping charlie brown off at the pool?

[goodgoalie]

I don't care what they call it; but I think everyone should familiarise themselves with:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_stool_scale

- then they could really have a meaningful chat with their doctor

[Zacs-Master]

I used to have a friend. Female. And we’d text each other every day with a stool analysis. Colour, texture and odour. It’s god to talk.

[Baldric]

Zacs, wot, no piccies?

[1ozzy]

They didn't do "selfies"

[bainbrig]

Retrocop, barmaid: agreed, that the treatment is more important than the terminology.

But the terminology IS important, as the constant use of baby-talk affects the relationship between the provider (doctor, nurse, NHS), and the receiver (you, me). I want to be addressed as an intelligent layman by an expert, i.e. respectfully, and hopefully in a relationship which will teach me something, and help me stay alive.

Poo, willy, bumhole, and all the rest, really don't help that process.

BB

[Sqad]

Bainbrig, you are correct in my opinion, but we are living in a different world than half a century ago.
There is more, much more to the practice of Medicine and Surgery than the treatment (which I would rather term...management.
Another piece of modern innovation is asking the patients in certain circumstances, if they would be rather addressed as their Christian names or their surnames ......" Do I call you Mary or mrs Smith."
To me that is abhorrent as in my opinion all patients should be referred to by their surnames.
But as I said Bainbrig we are living in different times.

[bainbrig]

Sqad. And the reverse of the disrespecting coin is (as you’ve doubtless experienced) reflected in the patients’ attitudes towards you, the medical professionals.

My attitude (VERY old-fashioned) is that this person knows more (often much more) than me, so I am going to listen! But if he or she starts talking to me as if I were a child, I might drift off...

Different times, different ways.

BB

[bhg481]

With the variety of opinions here I have visions of my next visit to the doctor's.
Before we start, do you prefer to be called 481, Bhg, Mr Bhg or some other form of address?
If we mention bodily functions, do you poo, defaecate, number 2, dump or some other term?
and from what oriface is that?
For urinary matters, do you urinate, wee, wee-wee?
and from what oriface is that?
Well, that's your 7 minutes up er Bhg was it? You'll have to make another appointment or I'll be running late.