How to manage rectal enemas with internal hemmies?

Though my UC (somewhat indeterminate at that) activity seems to be most at home deep up in the gut, not in the rectum, nonetheless when I am symptomatic (and as I try to ditch my dependence on low doses if pred, I get symptomatic again) my rectum eventually starts to bother me too. I cannot tolerate any form of 5ASA or mesalamine meds but I'd like to try home made enemas of probiotics, phosphatidycholine, glutamine etc (maybe a mix of all the above) but I find it painful and irritating to insert the tip of an enema bottle into my rectum, perhaps due to my longstanding internal hemmies. apart from anytime I try and insert enema bottles, the hemmies dont bother me normally at all except when I have very high frequency in a flare and rupture. Any special techniques or tips to make enemas work smoothly with hemmies, other than the obvious ones like lubing the tip etc?

Post Edited (Probiotic) : 2/24/2013 6:48:26 AM (GMT-7)

I was having a real problem with hemmies during my flare last summer.  My GI told me to put some KY on my finger and insert a couple of times a day.  He had a reason for using KY and not petroleum jelly but I don't recall what it was.  I also did sitz baths 3-4 times a day with epsom salt and very warm water.  I know people say they don't work for internal hemmies but in my opinion they helped mine.  I started recovering from the hemmies within days.

K, thanks, good tips (pun intended).