Nach dem Spitalalltag #24

Ma a che cosa serve sto sgabello?
What is the purpose of this footstool?
Wozu ist ein Schemel gut?

No, it’s not Norwegian wood, but it’s good all the same.

If I’d known this earlier, I might have got around the serious colon surgery I’ve had recently. Of course, I heard about a strange method of putting your feet on a footstool when sitting on the toilet to imitate the posture of native people when shitting, but I did not pay any further attention to it. Now I know, thanks to the young and brilliant German gastroenterologist Giulia Enders and her book «Gut» (in German «Darm mit Charme») which I read in Italian, «L’intestino felice», because I want to tell my doctors about it.

So when I put my feet on this elegant piece of wood that I found yesterday in my favourite local furnishing shop (no, not the Swedish one), I already feel more relaxed already at action. The position makes me pressing less can help to avoid diverticulitis (which I had), haemorrhoids and, who knows, the intestinal obstruction which had put me in hospital. Should you want to avoid it, better get a footstool right away.

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Zuerst publiziert am 22.12.2022 auf Facebook.
Folge 23
Alle Folgen: Suchbegriff «Spitalalltag» eingeben.

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