Cortenema....HELP!

Hi..mever used the cortenema, but the Salofalk is the same amount of fluid.

Were you laying on your left side while inserting and then remaining such afterward for at least a half hour?

Grunting, groaning, squeezing cheeks and your sphincter will help get you through the first minute of urges....afterward it'll get easier as you heal.

Were you able to hold it at all?

Hang tough, I've been doing enemas for 20 years (no, not nightly..lol) and I've had to let 2 or 3 only go because I just couldn't hold for too long.


quincy

If you are very inflammed then it can be tough to retain but don't give up! Even if you can keep it in for at least 30 minutes, it is still doing some good. Be sure to warm the liquid up by running it under warm water or rolling it around in your hand. This can help take some of the cramping and urge away. Also, make sure to squeeze all the air out before inserting.

Don't use the whole thing. I never have, and still get relief. Use a third at a time and its much easier to keep in. You are also not throwing your money down the toilet.

Great, thanks for all this advice. I feel better about this. Even with the very small amount i was able to retain, it did help, because i did not wake up with that massive urge to run to the bathroom. And, when i did, i didn't have the straining and discomfort that i often have with a bad flare. To give a little more back ground, i was actually doing pretty well. Last summer, i was so bad that I ended up in the hospital. Over the past year, i have been on remicade, entocort, and 125 mgs of Imuran. Oh, and i was on tapering Prednisone, but eventually came off that and was off that for quite awhile. After my last colonoscopy the end of July, my dr. put me on Canasa because the colon looked a lot better except for inflamation and the end near the rectum. I should have known better on taking canasa, because with my previous dr., I had used the mesalmine type meds and they never worked. And..unfortunately the Canasa made me feel so much worse, that my dr. tried me on the Cortenema things. So, i think i'm having trouble retaining the fluid because i apparently have a bad reaction to mesalmine products, and it made things worse than they already were. Hoping the cortenemas get me back on the right track soon. Thanks for all of your advice, and i will definitely use that advice tonight :)

Hey, things have gotten much better..you all were right. One thing though that someone mentioned earlier..is i squeeze the hell out of that bottle, and still always have around a third of it left. Since i'm now able to retain it....i just toss the last third. I'm still getting a pretty good benefit. I may double check with my doctor on this, but...in 3 days that i've used this...the difference is night and day. As unpleasant as it sitll is...i'll gladly take the benifit it provides. Thanks again