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Sean
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Date Posted: Saturday, May 26, 2012, 06:10: pm
The last time I was in hospital, I was admitted on Monday. By Saturday, things were getting pretty full back there and I asked for an enema. About noon, an asian nurse came in and casually dropped a Fleet on the bed beside me. She then took my vitals, changed the IVs and brought out the bedside commode from the bathroom. She then came around to the right side of the bed and told me to lie on my left side. Within seconds I felt the nozzle slip in and the chilly solution being squeezed into me. She withdrew the nozzle and left the room. I lay there for almost an hour then had to get onto the commode where I pooped a few rocks and some brown solution. Although the enema was only slightly effective, the nurse seem satisfied.
Five or six days later I felt constipated again. This time I asked the doctor for a large volume enema and that it be given in the evening, after visiting hours. That night the nurse came in, along with a nursing aide. She covered the bed with several pads and then filled a clear, disposable bag very full of tap water and hung it on the IV pole. She told me to turn onto my left side and I felt her slip the tubing nozzle deep inside and start the flow. I said it felt chilly, but she replied that cool water works better. After a few seconds, she noticed that there was only a small fracture bedpan in the room, so she sent the aide to the storeroom for "a big bedpan".
When the aide returned with the bedpan, the nurse restarted the flow and fully drained the bag into me. She then withdrew the nozzle and placed the bedpan behind me on the bed so I could easily roll onto it. As she left, she told me to hold the enema as long as possible, saying 15 minutes would be awesome.
That enema really worked!
About another week later and I was constipated again. My meds included Colace daily, but it just doesn't work on me. I simply cannot poo on a bedpan without help. This enema was pretty much like the one previous, except I saw the nurse add a soap packett to the 1000 ml of water in the bag and mix it up. The aide got the commode and put it at my bedside. The nurse gave me the enema and then the two of them helped me onto the commode right away and left. The enema was quite effective and I soon went to sleep. About 3 am, I awoke with a very strong urge. Luckily, a fracture bedpan was on the bedside table and I was able to get it under my butt very quickly. In seconds, I had a very large, soft BM. I guess some of the soapy enema solution had remained inside.
Except for the Fleet, the enemas were not very uncomfortable and they sure did work!
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