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Posted 9/4/2009 12:28 PM (GMT 0)
Hi,

i started a few days with salofalk enema 4g, and i think um getting some good results from it, but i have a question.

I ve managed 2h:40 minutes, the medicine just says to hold it as long as you can.

After applying the enema, how long can you hold it before having to go to he bathroom?
Posted 9/4/2009 4:22 PM (GMT 0)
12 hours sometimes...but that depends on if I'm flaring or not.

Are you laying quietly after inserting it?

So far you're doing well...that's a good thing!

q
Posted 9/4/2009 5:20 PM (GMT 0)
     Sometimes I can hold it and sometimes I have to let it out after only about ten minutes.  I guess it depends on whether you have some stool up there anxious to come out.
Posted 9/4/2009 5:24 PM (GMT 0)
When I first flared I could only do aroun 2-3 hours. On this flare I can hold them in all night. (This also depends on the severity of the flare.)

This may gross some out, but I found the best way to do it is go on all fours, stick your but in the air. Then my awesome husband helps me out with the actual enema. Then I keep my but in the air for at least 5 mins. Then I lie on my left side for at least  5 and then fall asleep on my right.

Hope this helps,

Mel

Posted 9/4/2009 8:13 PM (GMT 0)
hey, thanks for the replies.
Tonight i hope i fall a sleep with it.

When we go trough a flare up, my first since i was diagnosed 3 years a go we just want to get better.
This last 3 years were a normal life, i eat almost everything (no lactose food), i traveled, i got promoted several times in work and then when i least expected a flare.

But i'm keeping a positive thought, i just hope that tomorrow will a better day, and so on...

PS: sorry if my english sucks, but i´m Portuguese and english isn't my primary language.
Posted 9/5/2009 9:08 AM (GMT 0)
Your English is fine and easy to understand.

I hope you can retain it longer...let us know how you did.

q
Posted 9/5/2009 10:39 AM (GMT 0)
hey, i fell a sleep and managed to retain it for 3h20 then i wakeup and just had to go.

Yesterday i only had 4 bm witch is good but i dint had any before the enema, so i guess 3h20 was not that bad.
Posted 9/5/2009 6:37 PM (GMT 0)
It's excellent, and that should improve a lot over a week or so.

Make sure you stay on them until you're back to "normal"..then you'll have to taper to a maintenance level (which many find twice a week is best).

Are you in Canada or UK?

q
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