Physical exam and enema for males

Has any male ever had to go for a medial exam or procedure that required an enema before? Who gave it to you? Was it given at home or at the doctors? List the details of how you received the enema and how older were you when it happened.

For an IVP I was asked to give myself an enema the morning of the procedure. Abou a quart on my side in the bathroom.

Yes. The first time was before a barium enema when I was 15. The prep called for 60 ml of castor oil taken at 2 PM followed by two tap water enemas before bed. Two more tap water enemas were required the next morning. I was already experienced at self-administered enemas at that age and was permitted to give them to myself. The nurse who provided the prep instructions told me to give myself as much of the bag as I could stand each time. I did four full-bag enemas. The radiologist complimented me on how clean my colon was. He commented that most guys my age didn't get themselves properly cleaned out.

I was scheduled for an in-office general physical when I was about 40yo. Instructions were to take two Fleet enemas before the exam,one the night before and another the morning of the exam. I did not have a partner or knew of any available nurses so I just did my thing along. Never a fan of Fleet, too little liquid volume and too much chemical but I fumbled through. After eliminating the best I could I was off to the doctors. Nothing unusual until it was time for the good doctor to perform my rectal exam. His used finger first and then the lubricated short protoscope. Woops, and apparently that morning enema came leaking out. At that point everything stopped and he call in his nurse with the instructions to use a full bag enema to empty me out. She gave me a full two quarter with me in the knee-chest position and after a visit to the toilet had me lay on my back inserted a colon tube and pushed hard on my belly to make certain I was “dry”. As you might expect by this time I was also very physically excited and erect and when she used her finger to check her work I simply climaxed. After some time the doctor reappeared and used an old fashioned metal tube protoscope to inspect my very clean bottom.

Over twenty years ago (maybe longer) I had a sigmoidoscopy that required two Fleet enemas the morning of the procedure. I would much rather had a bag enema but the need was only to empty the lower part of the bowel.

Back in my 40s, I had a sigmoidoscopy by my GP in his office. Instructions were to do a Fleets before coming to the office. I demurred, and administered several 2 quart enemas until clear prior to the procedure. This was my intro to medical rectal/sigmoid inspections. This was due to blood noticed during a routine DRE on my physical. Since he didn't find anything on that exam, he scheduled a barium X-ray procedure the next week at a local hospital's radiology facility. I was there with about six other people that day. My prep was also enemas until clear for that event as well. Had a grand time taking the barium rectally (enjoyed actually….) and holding wasn't an issue with the speculum holding everything in-place while the basket I was positioned in rotated and changed into various positions to distribute the barium solution thoroughly inside my bowel. Once the Ok was given, I proceeded to the toilet and evacuated as much a possible. Once I got back home, I did another cleansing enema to be sure the barium solution was flushed from my system as much as possible.

Outcome of both procedures was the blood was attributed to a small internal 'roid.

Yes, but not before arriving. In my 20’s about 1974 I went to my gastroenterologist with a CC of both GI reflux and also some abdominal cramps (I’d had probable IBS since age 12 but not yet diagnosed). After my H&P my GI doc told me I needed a sigmoidoscopy and that the nurse would give me a Fleet enema first. This was a very good GI doc who I trusted, and I’d been giving myself large recreational enemas since age 15, so I didn’t mind. I leaned over the exam room table and we went ahead with the small enema and endoscopy. I did wind up with the IBS diagnosis and started taking oral meds for the GERD which I still have at almost 70. I haven’t had serious IBS symptoms since about age 30.

Eric

Wow! I’ve had numerous “up-the-backside” inspections requiring enemas over my 73+ years. In the mid-70’s, I had a sigmoidoscopy AND barium enema the same morning. That required drinking castor oil from noon, the day before, followed by a Fleet enema an hour before bedtime. From about 3 pm on that day before, I had my seatbelt firmly attached while seated on the toilet for what SEEMED like hours for much of the afternoon and into the night. The enema at 10 pm had me strapped down again for a half hour, before retiring. Then, at 6 AM the day of the exams, I had to do another Fleet. That one brought out nothing but clear fluid so at 7, I headed to the hospital for the anal invasions. Quite an experience back in those days.

Since then, I’ve had two colonoscopies, two sigmoidoscopies, three prostate biopsies, two or three major surgeries ALL of which required a “cleaning out” down below before having those procedures done. Really more of an inconvenience than discomfort for all of it.