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“The constipation upset him quite a bit because Elvis thought that he could handle almost anything, he thought he was really a man’s man and he wasn’t going to let something like this … he thought that this was a sign of weakness and he wasn’t going to be weak,” Nichopoulos said. “And it’s not the kind of thing you table talk. Back in the ‘60s and ‘70s you didn’t’ talk about constipation much, you didn’t’ hear people complaining about it, or saying what they did or how much trouble they had with it.”
SOURCE: Constipation Killed Elvis, Not a Drug Overdose
this is very sad news — especially how treatable a problem it was. This brings up important issues about making the conversation and decision to treat easier for patients with embarrassing issues.
