The two most concerning difficulties I have endured thus far are as follows:

Firstly, after one flush I was in so much abdominal pain that I spent most of the day in the foetus position at the end of my bed, crippled in agony and close to tears.

Secondly, I tend to vomit the olive oil potion, and have done so more than I have not. A flush a few months back remains in my mind the most for it was the most troubling. I awoke in the early hours of the morning and before I even had any idea what was happening or how I was feeling I vomited all over my bed; on the pillow, on the sheets, on the mattress, and on the floor! Since that night, I seem to wake up around 5-6am feeling miserable, and after a half hour or so of torment I vomit a little and then feel wonderful. It seems no one else experiences this constant annoyance, so it is clearly best not to trouble yourself with negative possibilities as I am very much in the minority it seems.

Holding your nose will make no difference when drinking the Epsom Salts, for there is little to no scent. It is the taste (and more accurately, that after-taste) that disgusts me; plus, the affect it has on my gut is none too pleasing!

However, when you see stones and parasites in the toilet bowl, the above tribulation means absolutely nothing. The feeling of ethereal awe and splendour experienced the afternoon of the day after the flush is comparable to no feeling I have ever felt before…