I can relate to the smell portion of the story. I eat Cheerio's for breakfast and can smell them when I take a good shit!

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Would you like me to throw you a rope?

It's all about diet. What goes in comes out if your body doesn't like it.

And although you THINK you are not eating a grease heavy diet, you might be without even knowing it. It's not just fried chicken and french fries..it's chips, cookies, sauces, gravy, glaze, gloss, and all kinds of chemical additives designed to keep your food held together, preserved, suspended, and textured. And we eat more of it than we think we do.

If you have a bacterial imbalance in your guts (and it happens to all of us sometimes) much of these substances will just pass right through and out your ass..especially "Olestra", an additive that provides all the taste of grease without allowing itself to be absorbed. Most Frito Lay products have this..but it's also in other foods and drinks.

Gassy bloating, pain and mucus (mistakenly thought to be for "grease" because it shares similar fluid properties) can also be the result of an inability to digest something due to an intolerance for it..the most common culprits are dairy products..cheese, milk, icecream, cream cheese, sour cream, yogurt etc.

Take acidophilus for a few days..it's "good" bacteria...it might restore your bacterial balance..otherwise it's time to pay attention to everything that goes in your mouth.

Yeah, I know that smell. Have you eaten any Koala shaped meatloaf lately?

You're not taking Alli are you?
It will make you poo grease.

Frank, I had some extra time so I read up on this for you.

Greasy stools are consistent with conditions that affect the function of the gall bladder. Your gall bladder contains digestive enzymes that aid in the breakdown of fatty acids in the gut. Even a partial blockage of the ducts that deliver these enzymes to the gut can result in incomplete break-down of fatty acids, and their subsequent absorbtion by the large intestine. These fats pass through the large intestine to your colon, and are evacuated as greasy poo.

You don't have to eat an especially high fat diet for this to happen.

What you should be most concerned about are symptoms that may indicate severely compromised gall bladder function, or the presence of food-borne hepatitis A: these symptoms include a yellow to orange cast to the skin, chronic itching, extremely dark urine and discolored stools. If you notice any of these symptoms you may want to request that your physician give you a referral to see a gastroenterologist-a doctor who specializes in digestive tract issues.

Hope this helps...
(I'm not a doctor or a nurse, I'm a medical librarian in training)

Yeah, I can relate to the food intolerance issue. The mucousy runs that I get when I ingest anything containig dairy are the nastiest poops anyone can doo. Quite stinky too. I haven't noticed a "greasy" smell to them, but definitely foul.

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Rock-n-roll! Poopy-poo!

As a gallbladder disease survivor, I can say that your symptoms virtually mirror mine. I was bloated and had pressure in my lower right chest area whenever I ate. I also had what I thought was acid reflux on a semi-regular basis, as well as extremely sticky, greasy poop.

The doctor gave me an ultrasound for gallstones, but there were none. He ran a blood test for liver function (because I had slight yellowing in my eyes) and nothing abnormal appeared.

It turns out there are millions of resources and studies on gallstones, but very few for gallbladder infection. I ended up having a similar situation in my gallbladder to appendicitis, and if it is left too long the result is the same. Rupture.

You may also have other symptoms that you are not thinking about, and I don't know if you do or not but I will mention them anyway. Exhaustion, chronic aches and pains, and a slight yellowing under your eyelids. Breathlessness, low exercise endurance, and tightness in the chest.

I saw doctors for nearly twenty years for my chronic symptoms and they diagnosed me by jumping to conclusions rather than running any worthwhile tests. The routine was always the same: test for anemia, test for hypothyroidism, then diagnose depression. Many gallbladder disease sufferers are diagnosed with depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, or some other form of chronic pain. Those with digestive symptoms are diagnosed with the old stand-by scapegoat, IBS.

By the time I was diagnosed with gallbladder disease, it had developed into a life-threatening infection. Almost the day after the surgeon removed my gallbladder, my other weird symptoms vanished, never to return. That included the low endurance (according to the doctors, "asthma"), chronic exhaustion ("depression"), aches and pains ("chronic fatigue syndrome"), and heartburn ("GERD"). They have not returned and I have a life for the first time in twenty years.

Oh, and older age is not a factor in gallbladder disease. Indeed, many of the survivors I have met are between sixteen and thirty, not considered "old" at all.

The good thing is, if you catch it early, gallbladder disease can be managed and possibly reversed before ever needing surgery like mine. Reduce the saturated fat in your diet, eat more peppers (yes, peppers), and do some research on dietary suggestions for gallbladder issues. I know there are plenty of websites with information.

Good luck. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. And don't listen to those doctors who try to throw medicine at you without a real diagnosis. Find one who knows what he/she is talking about.

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