It was raining and snowing yesterday and again some more today. Washed my colon with two gallon filtered water rinse cycle yesterday, and thought a coffee treat-ment would make tomorrow more promising. Then the notion of a catheter in the bladder would be handy to handle all the extra water going through my system. The EZ enema hand pump had come in the mail from Washington a few days earlier. With cath and catch bag all hooked up, we decided for another gallon through the system using the new EZ hand pump would familiarize its use for taking in a half gallon of coffee tomorrow without making a mess of it. We put the 20 inch by 9/16 colon tube onto the pump’s discharge spout. Then sitting on the pot, got 10 inches of the semisoft silicone tube to slip in nicely, yet required constant maintenance to keep it up in there, while pumping. Still complications are part of the game and sometimes entertaining. 😉 Made two pots of coffee for in the morning, so all we would have to do is heat it up to 105 Fahrenheit then. I had sinus congestion and bronchial rattling, coughing going on for a few days already, too. Giving me extra reason to start playing around with remedies. I had been inhaling eucalyptus steam for days as well too.

(“the perfect storm”)

This morning, dragging an over filled urine catch bag, i had enjoyed a full night’s rest without having to get up and drain an excited bladder.

Could not remember last time i took an enema in bed. The idea of babying my aches and pains warmed my thoughts.

I found a new puppy’s we-we pad and spread it over the mattress and added a folded bath towel to prevent any leak run-offs. Set a TV tray beside the bed to support the pump bottle, lube, paper towel and cell phone. Using the EZ hand pump, i started filling its 2 quart bottle from the big pot of warmed coffee, till it was safe to pour the rest of it in through a car radiator service funnel. The neck of the EZ hand pump bottle takes in the funnel nicely! Wow, it’s a little bigger than similar bottles. I had marked the bottle neck as not to over fill it, but get in all i could as well. (so watch that) and carefully prime your hoses, as not to make a mess,

a major concern with us.

Blowing my nose, snorting and coughing i crawl back into bed about 11AM to start playing mommy's enema time. I pause and go think thru every step, get a gob of lube and ready the tube for my needy butt. To start, i give it only an inch of the tip and the first pump squirt startles me, as it is cold. I feel it leak a little and slip it up in there a little more. Exercising the anal sphincter, to appreciate and hold its presents, then pump in a little more till i feel the warmth advancing inside. Now i want it to deliver coffee in as close to my hepatic-flexure on my right as possible, so coffee runs in filling more toward my right side, and not cause my left side to fill so much, like typical enemas always do. My silicone colon tube has a natural curve to it. Slip it in toward my left side with a slight angle forward or skin-ward, till it loops in through my sigmoid with a little CCW twist. Relax and try to sense its advancement underneath. With half of it in, stroke along the top of your pelvic bone toward your left side. It has to make a curve upward and this petting, along with little warm squirting infusions will open your colon and help encourage proper tube advancement. Not too much coffee though, you want to be able to maybe feel the tube tip’s presents under your stroking, petting finger tips. If you can do this sort of light massage work, while also giving light advancing nudges with your other hand, playing more in and keeping it slippery back there. Your hiney hole will be happy, your belly will feel it and your searching finger tips will be amazed. Your finger tips may also discover a gas pocket in your colon. This confirms you are on track with your inner anatomy. With this discovery, see if you can cause coffee to slosh in there under your finger tips. A stethoscope is fun too.. Just relax and pet it, allowing things to normalize for a while. The sigmoid flexure down next to your left hip joint, also has a sphincter they say, that responds well to this warmth.

There is another curve, the splenic-flexure up just under the tip of your lower left ribs. This requires special attention. So following your colon tube’s advancement up to this point, will help you to know when to start working this arch. Looking at it in drawings and x-ray examples will give a better idea of its design and what your delivery tube needs to do in navigating the bend. You can not just shove or stuff it. Deeply fill your lungs and pooch out your belly, thus pushing your diaphragm down, to help round out that arch while massaging on the tip of your tube in this area, so it might start to sneak on across over your belly button in your transverse colon. Putting a 4 or six inch diameter foam exercise roller under you hips, leaning with a slight leftward tilt will also help round out the curve and open up the way through for your tube to bob on through. This is where i really almost stop advancing the tube, even if the tip ain’t quite there. Continuing to pet on the length of its presence inside from sigmoid to splenic, is interesting and will encourage the tip to nudge forward. Then as you start sending in more coffee, keep petting on it and relaxing, giving more attention to the tip in that top left curve. You may discover, the tip will advance firmly above your belly button and maybe even fully lay over it. Nothing too fast, keep pausing and petting your belly. This will enhance the experience and allow you to take in all 4 pounds of warm coffee without wasting a drop. Most people i’ve read take in much less coffee. I like the idea of a four pound flood. This is a therapeutic adventure, recommended by Dr. Knox, author of, “When the Jonquils Bloom” and The Good Enema. Reaching this far, the tube will not likely need support from below to keep it in place. The liver dips low here, hiding just under the tip of your lower right ribs.

(A swollen tender liver will extend or peek out from under there.) I have had good results without advancing into the hepatic-flexure. I have heard and felt my gall bladder draining. It is good and encouraging.

But,, Right here is where you really have to be aware of properly emptying the bottle. You do not want to pump in air. Maybe you do, but don’t. The hepatic-flexure is extremely sensitive to air and will cause a sudden revolt. You risk making a real mess, no matter how close you are to a pot. The hepatic-flexure is a more gentle curve and likes to be petted and patted. Just do not insult or over-stimulate it while carrying this infused enema weight inside you.