Well, that was weird……

Has this ever happened to you? This morning I gave myself a 2½ qt. baking soda/salt enema lying on my back with my knees up. The flow was good, very little cramping, I gave a few pumps on the in-line Higginson, and left maybe a pint in the bag. I retained the enema for about 5 minutes, sat on the toilet, and hardly anything came out. A few trickles and a few solids. That’s it. Kinda scared me. I couldn’t force anything else. I went to the living room to read and see if anything developed. After 45 minutes of nothing I was becoming worried. At the one hour mark I felt a huge painful cramp, ran to the toilet and EXPLODED for about 2 minutes and then nothing again. Back to reading, another cramp, back to the toilet and nothing but farts. Loud ones. My wife even knocked on the door and asked me if I was OK. I’ve been passing air all afternoon. This has never happened to me before in all the many years I’ve taken enemas . I’m kinda freaked out. Can anyone relate?

Has this ever happened to you? This morning I gave myself a 2½ qt. baking soda/salt enema lying on my back with my knees up. The flow was good, very little cramping, I gave a few pumps on the in-line Higginson, and left maybe a pint in the bag. I retained the enema for about 5 minutes, sat on the toilet, and hardly anything came out. A few trickles and a few solids. That’s it. Kinda scared me. I couldn’t force anything else. I went to the living room to read and see if anything developed. After 45 minutes of nothing I was becoming worried. At the one hour mark I felt a huge painful cramp, ran to the toilet and EXPLODED for about 2 minutes and then nothing again. Back to reading, another cramp, back to the toilet and nothing but farts. Loud ones. My wife even knocked on the door and asked me if I was OK. I’ve been passing air all afternoon. This has never happened to me before in all the many years I’ve taken enemas . I’m kinda freaked out. Can anyone relate?

Just an off day. LOL 😁

Remember all that air you passed? It was blocking the water from passing. Once the air pocket shifted, the water above was able to finally exit unimpeded. Then when air pockets shifted later again, the water above THAT was able to exit.

When you sat to read the paper, the air pockets were not stimulated to shift, holding the water passage blocked until you moved about. Standing, moving, and massaging the belly up the right, across the top, and down the left side will hasten the water and air movement in the intended direction when air or solids are holding up the process.

I've been in the same situation a few times. The reason i was doing a clean out, which in some cases was as much air as solids, was because I felt bloated and blocked. It all worked out in the end. no damage, no issues.

I have taken many, many enemas over the years and I pretty much know how my body will react to them, 95% of the time. But, once in a while I can't take the full bag without major cramping, or, once it is all in only part of it wants to come out until later. Moving around helps get the remaining water out and almost always, there is more than the usual amount of gas. I think gas is the major obstacle to a good enema, both going in and coming out.