First time using enema!! I'm a little nervous......

This is all very new to me and I'm going to be giving myself my first enema tonight....any tips would be greatly appreciated as I have no idea what I'm doing. Does it stay in all night? Does it hurt? Sorry if these questions sound a little silly but I have yet to see my doctor about this.. I was just diagnosed 5 days ago and have only received very limited information from the doc that did my scope, she gave me a pamphlet...any help would be great at this point! I also have a 5 month old baby, am I going to be able to get up and move around in the middle of the night without something coming out? How long does it usually take to start feeling better?

Don't worry about it. Just do them, don't get up and jog, have sex, etc. after inserting it as you should be fine. Seriously though, they are a piece of cake and I was nervous like you also. As someone here said years ago, it's just part of the routine: brush, floss, enema. I try to lay in one position, on my left side, for...uhm...five minutes and then I can get up and move around as I please. If there's an emergency with the baby, you can get up as soon as your done with it, not that bad.

The absolute worst part about it is I can't urinate for about 15-30 minutes (depending on how badly I have to go) but I'm a guy and just the physics of it I would assume it's worse for women. Other than that, it's just gravy and routine, nothing to it.

One other thing...some people if they have persistent inflammation at the vey bottom like to squeeze a little out without the whole nozzles stuck in. I've had trouble with this as it always gives me a hav eto go feeling and it's hard to hold in. So at least for your first go-rounds, I would say be sure it's pushed all the way in.

if your flare is hot, they can be a little hard to retain at 1st. don't sweat it and try again next night. you do get better at retaining, and as they work, it gets easier to retain. But you may have to get up during night to void it, and there may be some leaking.

do you have hydrocortisone or rowasa? the rowasa can stain sheets.

when my butt was raw I found some numbing cream helped.

Post Edited (DBwithUC) : 3/18/2014 8:17:15 AM (GMT-6)

I thought they would be hard to hold also before i started them recently, but they are not. They are not like the fleet enemas at all and I lie on my left side and stay there for about 30 minutes and then I can move around as needed. I usually do them about an hour before I actually go to bed, because I always have to pee before retiring for the night. I also not being a very good sleeper get up several times during the night to pee and never expelled the enema or felt like i needed to.

I did start off with half an enema just to see how it felt, and gradually went to full enema as it was not uncomfortable at all.

Good luck and hope you get better soon.

I'm new to the enemas too.  I'm still having some trouble after 29 bottles already. 

It helps to put the bottles in warm water to get them closer to body temp.  I hope you have great success and get on the road to recovery soon.

"and distracted myself with something funny on youtube"

just not TOO funny - don't need a premature expellation due to uncontrollable laughage ;-)

did you survive?

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You will probably need to use enemas or some kind of rectal med indefinitely. Your need for a daily dose should hopefully end in a few months, but there's no way to tell. Most of us find that we can slowly spread the frequency out but need to keep them on hand for a weekly dose or an as-needed dose.

Use them till you have no symptoms, basically.
You will go through a phase of constipation probably.

You'll be in contact with us regardless...right? so suggestions/experiences/feedback will be offered throughout symptoms, etc.

I do hope, however, you'll be seeing your doc before now and the 3 months...or/and that he's given you refills on the prescription.

They will be your best friend, regardless....I've used them for over 25 years.

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