Ellesee said:
MTMTexas, I can identify with your idea, too, about only using enough lube for starting the insertion. But how much of the 48" can you insert? (I have a serious fascination with colon tubes, but no experience w/them... 48" sounds like a lot of insertable fun)
Right to the connector.
But if you're NEW to them start you can get a long one, but DO NOT try to get it all in the first time.
First it requires 1 ir two enemas to "clear trhe way." next I'd suggest something in the 34fr to 40fr in a closed end to start. NEVER FORCE IT!!!!!
As you progress, open the valve and let the water expand a way for the tube. When you feel resistance, STOP. Open the valve to see if it will flow then proceed slowly.
I've used 2 2qt bags, one with a plain saline solution, just to thread it in. The othe with a harsher saline + soap and maybe even Epsom Salts to really "shake things up." It is diluted by the water already there. But most important is NOT TO PERFORATE YOUR COLON.
Back to me:
I had another, open end colon tube which i used tro attach to my inflatible BP nozzle, up it went, then the BP was there to help with retention.
I use the BP Nozzle with my anal tube (48fr 16" home-made from vacuum tube) all the time. I've yet to try it with my silicone tube.
I'd say it takes a good 1/4 to 1/3 of a 3 quart bag to work the silicone snake up and in, to avoid damage and kinks. (and I must have developed some new kinks, because it takes a while to thread it all in.
I too have a fascination for long- and deep insertions, When I was young I folded the end of the vinly enema tubing over on itself to make it smoother (going in) and used to patently thread that up as far as I could, then hooked it to another length of tubing before filling myself. It would sometime not flow which meant a slow withdrawl until it did then a re-threading as deep as I could get it.
I'd LOVE to gen my hands on a colonscope... 😄 Talk about DEEP PENETRATION.. YEOWZA.. Then a gain, they always knock me out when I go for that... Hmmmm ???
Oh, if you try a long tube with someone, make sure they know what they're doing and you trust them. really!! I've been using the for some years now and I am still ultra cautious if I use it on someone else...
Ciao,
Tom