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Subject: Re: 40's and 50's enema


Author:
Marlene
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Date Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 01:20: am
In reply to: Alan 's message, "Re: 40's and 50's enema" on Monday, April 23, 2012, 12:20: pm

Alan,

You have provided one of the most complete accounts of being raised in a home where your mother used enema therapy on a regular basis that I have ever read.

Your initial enemas were from bulbs, neither I nor my husband received enemas from bulbs, for us it was either from a bag or can. The only bulb enemas either of us received was for oil with a colon tube attached to get the oil high, I find it interesting that your mother gave you oil enemas from a bag. My enemas were given by either my mother, who used a bag or my Aunt Kathy who was an RN who used a can. My husbands enemas were given from a bag.

You mentioned that your first bag enema happened when you were at age 10 and that you received a half bag, which would have been a quart. After my Aunt Kathy passed away I acquired her nursing books and for a person age 10 a quart of enema is recommended.

You recounted that as you got older your mother would give you a bag full and them have a standby pitcher of prepared enema and add it to the bag when it emptied or had two bags ready. Both my mother and aunt also had a second pitcher of prepared enema ready when the bag or can emptied.

You closed your account by saying: “If anyone had told me that I would be attracted to enemas after my childhood and after my hospital experience, I would have told them they were crazy. There was absolutely nothing enjoyable about my initial enema experiences.”

It would seem that it was only later in life that you became aroused by enemas, would you mind sharing when that happened?. For me it was after going into puberty at age 12, almost 13. For my husband it was at age 9 when he was in the hospital for an emergency appendectomy and he received nine enemas in fourteen days.

Marlene

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Author:
Harold
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Date Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 12:07: pm

Both my wife and I were born in the late 40's when enemas were common and routine, openly discussed and bags were hanging behind bathroom doors or in the bathtub shower rod. Mothers seemed to feel enemas were the first line of defense for symptoms ranging from tummy aches to headaches, flus and colds. Both adults and children had them. Doctors prescribed them. When my sister, who is 5 years younger than I was born, a nurse was employed to care for both the baby and my mother for several weeks. I vivdly remember this nurse giving my mother daily enemas every morning using a white can. Unlike today, where this subject is taboo, enemas were simply part of life. As a result, neither my wife nor I are embarrassed about needing/taking enemas. As we have aged, the necessity for enemas has increased and neither of us hesitates to ask the other to administer. Regardless of all the ads for laxatives, colon cleansers and the like, nothing works better than a good, warm, soapsuds enema.

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roberth
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Date Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 03:04: pm

Marlene your reply was right on target, that was one of the most informative posting I have seen on 40's/50's enemas. Born in 1940 I received enemas on a sporadic basis from my mother. when I was ill, I would receive a "starter enema" from a 2 oz rubber bulb refilled multiple times then allowed to discharge on our commode. We didn't have any "running water" nor Electricity at the time so enemas were usually done in the a.m. if possible. About 4 years old I received my first "bag" enema and was much surprised that the feeling of the adult enema tube was gently inserted and it felt strange then the flow of the water was much more forceful than before with the bulb syringe. I was over Mother's lap and she wore an apron and a substantial girdle reinforced with metal staves, heavy duty support stockings held in place by large garters attached to the girdle. I know because as I was over her lap I had a regular view of her clothing. In the beginning I could only take about 1/2 of the bag and Had to expel on the commode only to be placed in the "over the lap" position again for completion of the filling. At about age 9 I had a serious case of pneumonia and after attending the hospital for examination and injection of a large dose of antibotic when we returned home mom had me lay on my stomach on a pillow covered by a rubber sheet and the 2 qt enema bag was utilized to fill me completely then mom helped me to the commode for emptying. After I was completely "drained" I was placed back in bed and on my stomach again over the rubber sheet covered pillow. This time I noted that there was just rubber tube coming from the enema bag and this turned out to be a colon tube. Mom inserted the tube slowly at first, asked me to lay very still then started the flow. While the water was coming into my colon mom began inserting the tube higher and higher until ?? she stopped. Taking this enema was considerably different in that there was not the cramps and pressure to discharge as with previous enemas. To summarize, I received enemas from my mother on a fairly sporadic basis until I was 15 years old when I again had another bout with serious pneumonia. I think, considering everything, I began to enjoy the feeling of the enemas after I was 9 years old, particularly after the first colon experience, I really enjoyed the feeling of the gentle slow removal of the colon tube, that I think was when I got hooked on enemas. It also was a very intimate time with my mother that is irreplaceable and still brings pleasant memories. Thanks for listening. roberth

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Marlene to roberth
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Date Posted: Saturday, April 28, 2012, 11:00: pm

Roberth,

Thank you for the compliment.

I enjoyed reading your account of the enemas your mother gave you, especially her use of a colon tube. You mentioned that at age 9 after a hospital visit when your mother gave you an enema; “This time I noted that there was just rubber tube coming from the enema bag and this turned out to be a colon tube. Mom inserted the tube slowly at first, asked me to lay very still then started the flow.” and that; “ While the water was coming into my colon mom began inserting the tube higher and higher until ?? she stopped.” And “Taking this enema was considerably different in that there was not the cramps and pressure to discharge as with previous enemas. To summarize, I received enemas from my mother on a fairly sporadic basis until I was 15 years old when I again had another bout with serious pneumonia. I think, considering everything, I began to enjoy the feeling of the enemas after I was 9 years old, particularly after the first colon experience, I really enjoyed the feeling of the gentle slow removal of the colon tube, that I think was when I got hooked on enemas. It also was a very intimate time with my mother that is irreplaceable and still brings pleasant memories.”

Did your enemas stop at age 15?

If so do you know why?

As I mention in my posting both my mother and Aunt used colon tubes when giving enemas in our family. For sanitary reasons each recipient, me my three sisters, mother and father aunt and grandmother, had their own bag or can and tube. They were kept in our bedroom closets when not drying on the back of the bathroom door. The tubes depending on the age of the enema recipient were of varying lengths and increased in “F” dimension (diameter)as we got older, starting with 8-inch long, F-14, (1/8 inch) in diameter to 20-inch long, F-38, (½ inch) in diameter from age 12 up. The tubes were hung from our closet clothes rods with a piece of stainless steel wire through then to keep them straight for easy insertion.

I didn’t mention it before but a colon tube was used for my husband’s nine enemas in the hospital and when he was 11 years old after the death of his father, to support them, his mother became a LPN and started using colon tubes for their enemas also.

In my case prior to puberty I liked the feel of the colon tube going in and coming out, but after puberty it became truly pleasurable experience with the resultant “evidence” of how it was affecting me. Both my mother and aunt assure me that what I was experiencing was a normal response in a healthy young woman.

In the preset my husband and I enjoy the sensations of colon tubes being used, both by the recipient and visually by the giver. Our tubes are; 30-inch long, F-40’s which are marked every 4-inches with permanent ink,

When taking an enema either on the back or in the knee chest position, a game we like to play is to have our tubes slowly inserted the first 4-inches and stopped, Then the enema is slowly flowed at a trickle. The recipient pulses their anal sphincter on the tube, which is a visual turn on for the giver, indicating they want more and another 4-inches is inserted. The game continues until the entire tube is in.

Marlene

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Author:
Mike
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Date Posted: Sunday, April 29, 2012, 11:14: am

I also grew up in the 50s and enemas were routinely given by our mom on ether Friday evenings or Saturdays. Up to about age 8 or so until about 17, she would sit on the toilet seat in the bathroom, place a towel on her lap and had me laying there while she used a large bulb; past that age she switched to the big red bag, which was kept hanging on the back for the bathroom door, and used a big black nozzle.

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Author:
roberth (to Marlene)
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Date Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2012, 12:18: am

Marlene: Thank you for your reply to my message. At age 15 I was away from home working on various farms, growing up and really was moving away from home. It is sad to remember this time as the last enema I received was about the last time mom and I were alone together - - I really loved my mother and she treated me with respect and responsibility. Mom never said anything about enema time only that it really was connected to illness. I know the mom and dad had attended the Clinic in Battlecreek, Michigan and that mom gave dad a lot of enemas, usually when children would not be at home. The colon tube was found in my father's dresser drawer so I assummed it was something meant primarily for him. Thanks for your interest. roberth

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Marlene to roberth
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Date Posted: Wednesday, May 02, 2012, 11:41: am

roberth,

Thank you for your reply, it's sad leaving the nest so to speak, especialy when you depart from someone who loves and cares for you.

Here's wishing you the best from life.

Hugs,

Marlene

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