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Subject: Barium Enema

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Lisa
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Date Posted: 15:17:20 06/20/09 Sat

Who has had a barium enema and what was your experience like?

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[> Subject: Re: Barium Enema

Author:
Amanda
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Date Posted: 18:01:03 06/20/09 Sat

I had a barium enema several years ago, and boy was it an experience. The evening before the barium enema, two older nurses came into my hospital room and told me that they were going to prep me for my exam. One nurse put a chux pad under me, while he other went to the bathroom. She came out with a 3 1/2 quart clear enema bag filled with soapy water. She explained that they would be giving me enemas until I was clear. I thought no big deal. I was wrong. She hung the bag up on the IV stand and started the flow, and increasing the height of the IV stand. The cramps were unbearable, and I pleaded with her to stop. She told me not yet. After a few minutes, the whole 3 1/2 quarts were in me and they put me on a bedpan, which I totally filled. They cleaned me up and enemaed me again again and again until I was clear, and my stomache ached.
At 5:00 a.m. they were back and told me that I have to have one more very large enema to make sure I was clean. I was enemaed again, and was clean.

I was taken to radiology, and placed on a table. I nozzle was inserted and the baloon pumped up to keep everything in. They started the flow of barium. It was cool, and caused very little distress. They took xrays, and dropped th bag on the floor to drain the barium from me. I then went to the bathroom and expelled. After returning to my room, I was given a very large enema to flush the barium out of me.

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[> Subject: Re: Barium Enema
Author: lydia (after barium enema) [Edit]	Date Posted: 12:47:46 06/26/09 Fri Amanda, I had more enemas afterwards to wash out the chemicals than before. I was told to take two enemas at home for prep and go for a colonic if possible (before the procedure). I was given one large enema in the hospital before the barium enema and had no privacy from interns and staff all around. It was awful! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Barium Enema

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Janet
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Date Posted: 15:08:25 06/26/09 Fri

The most difficult part of the barium enema I had years ago was trying to keep it in during the procedure. I succeeded, but it wasn't easy. I wonder if they have modified the procedure or changed it in some way that removes the fear of losing the fluid. The patient has enough discomfort from the enema itself, without the additional worry about losing it and embarrassing herself in front of everyone there.

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[> [> Subject: Re: Barium Enema

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Lynette
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Date Posted: 07:45:05 06/28/09 Sun

Barium enemas are not always given with a retention (balloon) nozzle; I worked in radiology and most got the standard nozzle unless they stated that they had a problem holding an enema. The reason was that the hospital was worried about damaging the rectal mucosa with an improperly inflated balloon. I think that this is nearly impossible, my girlfriend and I played around with these inflatable nozzles dozens of times using soapy water and never had a problem, but we did have some leakeage...soapy water is less viscous that barium, or maybe it was the orgasm that caused the leak.

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[> Subject: Re: Barium Enema

Author:
bill3
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Date Posted: 17:45:59 06/26/09 Fri

Pardon the intrusion, but I think I can help clarify what to expect, at least from my experience. The prep is with oral solutions and not too bad, you just need to stay close of course. Re the procedure, they used an inflatable retention nozzle, well-lubed and the balloon was not overly inflated. Even tho the techs were told to add more barium solution to the bag when they saw me (I don't know why), and most of the nearly 3 qts was inserted, I was not uncomfortable during the procedure. Pictures will be taken at variuos stages of the enema flow, including at the very beginning, so you don't always have the full load in you. At one point, after the solution is inserted, and you change positions as needed, there is a short wait for the films to develop, during which you must retain the barium. Once developed, unless there is a need for other pictures, the barium bag is lowered and most of the solution is drained back into the bag. You then can go the the toilet and expel any remaining fluid.
I was told to drink lots of water to purge the barium, which can cause blocking, I'm told, so I also took 2 enemas at home to insure I wouldn't plug up. You could also take a laxative for this.
All in all, not a bad procedure, and not one to fear. Good luck and hope this helps.

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[> [> Subject: Why Don't They Use Them If They Work So Well?

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Janet
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Date Posted: 08:27:26 06/27/09 Sat

Your mentioned a special nozzle that provides confidence that an accident won't happen on the table. That would put an end to at least that worry, which is what caused me the most discomfort. The cramps would be a lot more tolerable without the added anxiety of that extra embarrassment.

Yet, many others who have commented on their barium enema experiences have expressed the same thing. They agreed that even worse than the sensations involved while retaining the barium was fear of not being able to hold it long enough.
With that special nozzle, at least that fear would be gone.

So, why don't they use the nozzles routinely? How do they decide who will be lucky enough to get one and who won't?

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: Why Don't They Use Them If They Work So Well?

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no name
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Date Posted: 09:02:21 06/27/09 Sat

Years ago (Mid-70's)I got a summer job working in the shipping dept of EZ-EM, the main manufacturer of enema equipment for barium enemas. I can assure you that almost all enema bags were shipped with a nozzle that had the inflatable ballon (Naturally, being an enema nut, I liberated quite a few of those nozzles) The nozzles came in various colors, with green being the largest. They also came in light pink and blue. There was also a smallish white one with no balloon. The balloons were inflated by a 3x5 inch sponge like thing that when squeezed, sent air into the balloon. All of these nozzles had fluted, or tulip shaped, heads, with the main hole on the end and 4 smaller holes on the side of the head Anyone wanting more info on this , please feel free to e-mail me

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: Why Don't They Use Them If They Work So Well?
Author: Julie [Edit]	Date Posted: 22:57:00 06/27/09 Sat Janet - To my knowledge ALL bariun enemas are given with a double ballon inflatable nozzle to keep the barium in. They may not have inflted the nozzle very hard in you case so that you didn't feel it but you probably had an EZ-EM nozzle in you. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Why Don't They Use Them If They Work So Well?

Author:
Joanie
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Date Posted: 12:19:04 07/03/09 Fri

The first barium enema I received was in the "office" of a radiologist. The office was located in a large, multi-story medical building. In those days hospital gowns were a rarity.

I was shown into the procedure room and told to remove anything metal. I took off my skirt and my panties. The container holding the barium was a large enclosed clear plastic bottle about the size of an 8 quart pressure cooker. To the top was connected a rubber squeeze bulb. From the bottom was the rubber tube with what looked to me like a massive nozzle at the end. The nurse inserted it into me painlessly and away we went. As she pumped air into the top of the bottle it increased the pressure on the surface of the barium thus forcing it through the rubber tube and into me. After she had pumped me full and the radiologist had made the X-rays, the nurse told me to go to the restroom. It wasn't 'til then that I realised that the restroom was outside, down the hallway, in the public part of the building.

I was having no trouble retaining the enema so I started to get completely dressed. The nurse told me I had better get going and not worry about getting fully clothed. Here I was, scrambling down the public hallway, in full view of the radiologist's waiting room struggling with my panties and tucking my blouse into my skirt and heading for the restroom.

When I returned I was ushered into the adjoining x-ray room which was apparently the mens' side to wait while they developed the films. While waiting I saw the equipment lying in a sink and noted that the size of the nozzle was about a third of the size of the one they used on me. I wondered how it was that women got nozzles so much larger than the men.

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[> Subject: Re: Barium Enema

Author:
KM
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Date Posted: 01:17:51 06/28/09 Sun

I also worked in a x-ray supply house my first part time job at age 14 No problem with the age as my uncle owned the company and i seen all that enema stuff too as i packed a lot of it for the hosptials, Some hosptials would put in special orders for just nozzles which were sold as a box of 40 and i seen many types of those nozzles most of them were on the large size and different colors and most were the inflatable type, A big sale item was a thing called a MILLER CUFF, I think it slipped over a standard type nozzle and was inflated with a small plastic puffer, But none the less it was a very fun job for a 14 yr old enema freak, This was in circa mid 70,s.........

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[> Subject: Available But Not Used All The Time, Evidently

Author:
Diana
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Date Posted: 14:59:36 06/29/09 Mon

Some of you said the facilities always buy the proper type of nozzles. Some of you said that facilities always use them. The word "always" is seldom accurate. Based on the posts I've seen here and on other boards, many people were not given the benefit of those nozzles. Why not?

I suspect that they cost more so they try to do without them if they can. If they used them would so many people have written about their probems trying to avoid an accdent during the barium enema? If they were given that nozzle, they would have been assured by the staff that there was no way an accident could happen.

The have them, but they don't always use them. Why not?

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[> [> Subject: Sometimes Only The Feeble Get Special Nozzles

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Faith
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Date Posted: 07:40:36 06/30/09 Tue

I was once told that people they decide are too feeble and weak get the special nozzles to help them hold it. This can be very old people, or even younger people they believe to be weakened and might have problems.

Younger, healthier people are assumed to be strong enough to handle the situation. Sometimes they guess wrong, however, and accidents do occur when a younger person is also weak in that way but looks strong enough.

The wise thing would be to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and use that equipment. They don't, though, probably because of the added expense. But it might also be because it does require a little extra work. Can anyone come up with another reason? That's all I can think of.

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[> [> Subject: Re: Available But Not Used All The Time, Evidently
Author: Lisa [Edit]	Date Posted: 10:27:37 06/30/09 Tue Apparently, they are fairly rare today. The trend now is to confine the use of X-rays to only those uses where they are the best way to show what you are looking for. Colonoscopy does give a better picture of the large bowel! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Requesting a Barium Enema
Author: Marie [Edit]	Date Posted: 08:05:24 06/30/09 Tue I have always been curious as to what a barium enema feels like. I had a colonoscopy last year at 50 and everything checked out ok. What could I say or ask for to request a barium enema. I am just curious as to what it feels like being the enema enthusiast that I am. Any ideas are welcome. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Requesting a Barium Enema

Author:
carol ann (barium enemas)
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Date Posted: 11:01:58 06/30/09 Tue

I had a barium enema back in the 80's. I recall being nervous but not sure if they used the inflatable nozzle on me. I had to lie on my back while the enema was going in and the doctor looked througha floroscope and massaged my tummy. He could see the barium in me and he was trying to make sure it was spread throughout the entire colon. When he was satisfied he took numerous X-rays in varied positions. It took about 10 minutes and then they undid the clamp on the hose and put the enema bag on the floor so the enema would run out of me and back into the enema bag. I did not have to have the air contrast, which I understand is painful. All in all, it was an enema, like every other enema...some discomfort but not too bad

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Author: Marie [Edit]	Date Posted: 10:17:20 07/01/09 Wed Thank you for sharing your experince with us. LOL [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Barium Enema

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To Faith
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Date Posted: 11:43:29 07/03/09 Fri

I would imagine that in your community a barium enema is cheaper than a colonoscopy. Further, a barium enema will display the shape of the colon much better than a colonoscopy. A colonscopy is a great procedure for examining the mucosa of the colon but not the configuration thereof. Hence, if for example, you were having problems evacuating your colon they might inject barium and then ex-ray you as you were releiving yourself to see how your colon "works".

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[> [> Subject: Re: Barium Enema

Author:
Joanie
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Date Posted: 14:48:54 07/04/09 Sat

I have received a total of four barium enemas. The second one was administered at a radiology center.

A female nurse ushered me into a room in which they had a strangely shaped mobile exam table located close to the x-ray machine. She instructed me to remove my bra and garter belt, if I had one. When I had removed all the necessaries she told me to kneel on the lip of the table and bend over. I complied, with my bare bottom sticking up in the air, thinking the radiologist was about to walk in and get things started. This nurse proceeded to stand a few feet away from me and stare at me coldly, unsympathetically, in my partial nudity. But when it was apparent that I was going to have to wait, I straighted up so as to at least protect my modesty. The nurse told me sharply to get back in position. You can't imagine how humiliated I felt.

After a while the radiologist walked in and asked me a few questions and told the nurse to get started with the injection. Later I determined that what they had used on me was a rubber catheter type nozzle with an inflatable tip. Well! This thing I will call a nurse tried to cram it into my bottom. It really hurt. I was now fed up and protested very loudly. She angrily snapped that I wasn't being cooperative and she would have to call the Dr. I was hoping she would.

The radiologist walked in, quickly sized up the situtation, asked for some more lubricant, and with a little twisting and turning of the nozzle inserted it into me very comfortably.

The syringe bag was suspended from the ceiling with a hook and pulley. He flipped up a pair of shoulder braces and then rotated the table so that my bottom was far above my head. It was surprisingly comfortable. I was hoping he wouldn't leave me alone again with THAT woman. Unfortunately, after he had introduced the nozzle into me and adjusted my position, he did. The nurse yanked on the pulley so that the syringe container must almost have been up to the ceiling.

I felt this sudden surge of liquid rushing up my behind. A few minutes later he rentered the room. They moved the exam table alongside the x-ray table and they transferred me. From this point on it was all routine and the findings were negative.

I have never seen an exam table like that one since. But I have to say it was a incredibly comfortable way to take an enema - and she had given it to me fast.

That nurse must have been a sadist who didn't like white people. When I talked to the radiologist after the procedure was completed, I was very vocal and explained in detail what had transpired. He said she wasn't his regular assistant and appologized profusely.

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[> [> Subject: Re: Barium Enema
Author: Mindy [Edit]	Date Posted: 20:59:05 07/05/09 Sun That enema nurse/assistant deserves an enema ramming with ice water. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

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