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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/ThrowRA70236800 on 2026-07-10 04:50:08+00:00.

To preface, this story is going to be about bathroom issues and being sick. If you dont want to read about that, maybe click away.

Ive always had a lot of issues with regular bowel movements. I drift toward having harder stool without any real reason behind it. It doesnt matter how I eat. Basically ive gotta keep up on my water intake, drink coffee regularly, and monitor if I need a fiber supplement or a softener. I recently had my third kid, so I havent been keeping up with taking care of myself. I work, take care of kids, clean house do laundry, and repeat. I squeeze in what I can, where I can.

Today, I went to get my kids ready for bed. I decided to use the bathroom in the midst of this while my two older kids were doing bathtime. Out of nowhere, I started getting violently ill on the toilet. Puking everywhere. I have my husband come get the kids because they dont need to be subjected to this. Im moaning and groaning, sweating, feeling horrible. And all of a sudden I passed out.

Im talking legs wont move, arms nothing. Blacked out vision. I come to slightly and call out to my husband. He asks me what happened and I tell him I passed out and that I need help. He asks if he should call an ambulance, I say yeah absolutely. I ask him if he can put some bottoms on me so Im not coming out of my house bush first. He said yeah, put underwear on me, and carried me to the bed for the time being.

The ambulance arrives. They help me walk out. They test my blood sugar and vitals while im on the way there. I puke twice in the ambulance. I can barely keep my eyes open because I feel so horrible. This all started at 9pm and im realizing its approaching 11, and it feels like its been maybe 20 minutes. The ER staff take me and do a ton of testing, CT scan everything. They give me pain and anti nausea meds, and hydrate me via IV.

At the end of it, do you know what it was??? My butthole nerves. My butthole nerves decided they had enough of me pushing hard stool through and dropped my heartrate and blood pressure way down, and I passed out! Constipation is also what probably caused my tummy pain and for me to throw up :) I was very mortified and my husband did a little point and laugh after telling me to drink more water and take better care of myself. FML.

TL;DR: I didnt drink enough water or eat enough fiber, and I pushed too hard when pooping and it made my arms and legs not work. How silly.