another enema question

Hi, I thought when I was first diagnosed with UC on 12/11/10 I was pretty lucky because the only real symptom I had was some bleeding, I was put on Asacol HD 1 TID, the bleeding seemed to get better but then for some lucky reason my symptoms got worse starting feeling pretty sick bleeding quite a bit more, lost 15lbs, diarrhea and stomach cramps. I had a f/u with my GI yesterday and he prescribed cortenemas 1 at bedtime for 2wks and he gave me 1 refill, said if I wasn't feeling better to refill it. He told me to put in the enema and lay on my back for 5min. then on my left side for 30min. Can I put in the enema in in the bathroom and then get up and go to my bed or should I stay lying down and not get up until after the 35min. or do you guys that use enemas, do you administer them in bed..

Thanks for any help, I have learned a lot about this disease by reading through these boards and I am very grateful for this site, as it seems a lot of people just don't really understand. While I am very lucky and blessed with my husband and friends and they try to be understanding I just don't thinkd they fully "get it"

Shawna, 33/f

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DX 12/22/10 UC (not sure of the exact wording but GI said it is limited to rectum and goes up 15cm and there are 2 smaller areas further up in my colon but he did not seem to think those would be causing me any problems.

Asacol HD 800mg 1 PO TID

Celexa 40mg 1 PO QD (depression and anxiety disorder)

Lorazepam .5mg 1 PO at bedtime for sleep.

 

I think different people do different things. I personally would use them standing up in the bathroom and go directly to bed afterwards and try to lay on my left side. The corifoam are really easy to retain, I am not sure about the cortenemas. I have seen other people say they lay on a towel on the floor or bed to do their enema.

Thank you all for your replies. I think I am going to just try doing it in bed lying on a towel and see how that goes.

I am not sure why he did not increase the asacol or try the rowasa ( I probably should have known better after reading through these boards) but I already paid for these $65 for 2wk supply, so I am going to try and see what happens, If they don't seem to help I will ask him about your suggestion. Thanks again.