Help remembering/finding a product

When I was quite young, perhaps 4-8 years old, I despised pooping. No real idea why now, but I did. I’d do anything to avoid it and fight the urges to no end. Obviously this caused fairly severe constipation that my parents first kinda dealt with at home via changes to my diet and more closely monitoring me to make sure I “tried” when I woke up usually, then it progressed to oral over the counter laxatives, then when I continued to fight, resulted in talking to my doctor who recommended suppositories. At one point they actually had me X-rayed because they thought I might have some internal issue. I fought the suppositories tooth and nail but was held down, and they did their work.

Somewhere in all of this, I distinctly remember a time where my parents put me to bed, and I got out of bed to go pee, and saw a mini store-bought enema sitting on my bathroom counter. It was triangular in shape, clear, and had what looked like a large baby bottle nipple for a nozzle. It was clearly laid out with a towel for me in the morning should I not poop - I knew the drill. I hid it under my bed (because that’s about the only “hiding” place I could think of). Long story short, they spent several minutes the next morning and I remember being nervous they’d find it. They didn’t, and I got a suppository instead. A few days later they had bought another one of those enemas again, and it wasn’t left out for me this time, I saw it seconds before it was up my ass. I seem to remember it being oily.

I’ve been looking for what that was for a while but can’t find it. For whatever reason, I’d like to find out what it was. Anybody have any idea? this took place in the mid to late 90s in the US.

Thanks in advance!

(I know I can buy Fleets now which this was probably some version of, and I have. But I want to figure out what this vivid visual in my mind is.)

Maybe one of those liquid glycerin rectal applicators like babylax or pedialax?

I would think maybe liquid glycerine. Roughly what year was this? And we can try to find products out at that time.

Maybe Enemeeze or DocuSol:

https://enemeez.com

Both are mini enemas, available in the US, and have been around for 20+ years. In reality, they are liquid suppositories rather than enemas and do almost nothing to soften or make it easier to poo. They just make the recipient push..

perhaps 4-8 years old, I despised pooping. No real idea why….

Sound like early development of being “anal retentive”

@Chase it was in the mid to late 90s, so maybe 1995-1999?

@Sean it wasn’t those, I’m familiar with them. It was clear, and kind of a stubby triangle with a wide base, getting narrower as it got towards the nozzle which was exactly like a baby bottle nipple.

@BB01

Was the package and solution clear? Might it have been an Asian “fig” like this:

https://ibb.co/RPfkrdb

I attended EFEST in Vegas for 3 years, likely from 1999-2001. Phred5, a prior member here, gave a couple of enemas from a tubular style applicator to a school teacher in attendance. I recall it being somewhat similar to a tube of lotion and seemed to be no more than 3-4 oz. I can't recall the name, but recall that they were no longer in production?

I also recall seeing some “Travad” enemas and there are likely some pictures around here.

Travad enemas have been around since the 1960s at least. They ae about te same volume and chemical composition as a Fleet, but the container/applicator is different. The Fleets ae in a squeeze bottle… effectively a bulb syringe. The Travads are in a plastic bag with a clear plastic hose attached. The hose is about ¼" o 5/16" OD and 18" long. The end of the hose is now smooth and rounded. It used to have a molded plastic rectal nozzle attached to the end. I don't remember if it has a side eye as well. The hose is inserted a few inches into the recipient and the bag squeezed to administer the solution. IMO, the Travad is a lot easier to self administer than the Fleet.

In the 1960s when in school, I would occasionally get badly constipated. It was partly due to the toilets in the dorm which had 3 toilet stalls in a row. I find it very difficult to poo without a lot of privacy so would hold the poo until very late at night or early in the morning when nobody else would be in the bathroom and I could have privacy to go. Sometimes it just didn't work out, so I'd put a Travad in my pocket and go to a emote toilet in an academic building on campus. There were several small bathrooms I'd found in out of the way places that had just one toilet stall and one or two urinals, so privacy was enhanced. I would go into the stall, get seated on the toilet, put in the Travad nozzle, squeeze the Travad bag, and hold the solution as long as I possibly could. Once or twice, after I'd squeezed in the Travad, someone would come into the bathroom and use the urinal. I held the solution, desperately, until the other guy had left then relaxed and pood. Frankly, I miss the Travad applicator.

@Sean i loooked up the trevad are those still being produced?

@Chase

It seems so, but are not sold in the US as far as I can tell. From the pics, the details have changed, but the basic design is about the same. It seems quite possible to use one while sitting on the toilet in a stall in a public restroom without embarrassment. If you can hold the solution until you are alone, releasing the enema only takes a few seconds.

It may be possible to buy them from an overseas pharmacy and import them. Since my circumstances have changed, I no longer need to poo in a stall next to other people, I haven't needed one to help me poo in years.

I found a picture of a current Travad enema:

https://ibb.co/jzn5dS9

They seem to be mainly sold in Columbia.

@Sean it looked similar to that Asian fig enema except it had a baby bottle nozzle on it. Very close!

Hadn’t heard of the Travad. Interesting concept for sure. I also have constipated myself when I can’t get adequate privacy, so totally get it.

Thanks all for the help trying to find this.

@BB01

The hose on the Travad is much longer than on any fig I've seen. I've only seen figs with nozzles about 8" long, and those were the 150ml size for “clinical use”… intended to completely clean someone out. I imagine getting one of those is a profoundly moving experience.

The solution in a Travad is just like a Fleet enema. Only the package is, IMO, better.

@Sean yeah the Travis looks intense, though maybe not as intense as a regular SSE from a big bag at home? Not sure.

@BB01

There is no difference in the solution between a Travad and the common Fleet. The only difference is the applicator. The Travad doesn't go higher in the recipient. If the enema is being administered by another person, there is really no difference.

Where the Travad is significantly better IMO is if the enema is being self-administered. If you are taking it lying down the nozzle can be inserted, your hands moved to comfortably in front of you and the Travad bag squeezed to administer the solution.

If you prefer to take the enema in a sitting position, you can stand in front of the toilet, lower your underwear, insert the nozzle and sit down on the toilet seat. Then, at the appropriate time, you squeeze the bag administering the solution. A poo should soon follow.

@Sean ohhhh I get it, that makes sense. I also just looked it up and read more about them.

This would have been about 1974 or maybe 75.

In one of the enema-related notes that my Mom wrote to my Dad about their enema play, Mom wrote about where Dad could get something called “Enem-EZE” that apparently looked somewhat like a tube of toothpaste. Most likely she was going to have him give it to her in their next session.

I don't think it was functionally different than a Fleet Enema.

Could THAT be what you saw?

@LisaK unlikely, sadly. I’ve actually seen those in stores and at one point bought one. They’re called Enemeez. The one time I tried them it burned like hell - and I like some burn. Haven’t used one since.

@BB01

Enemeez came in a box about the same size and shape as a Fleet. The solution was also pretty much the same. The applicator was made of soft, white plastic. The body of the applicator was like a tube of toothpaste and was a lot easier to squeeze than a Fleet. Pretty much all the solution went into the recipient. The Fleets have a rubber-like disk between te bottle and the screw-on cap which acts as a one-way valve. The Enemeez had a rounded, closed end nozzle with two cuts, like a + sign that served as a one-way valve.

It seems that the name has been reused for a line of mico-enemas.

I used te Enemeez a few times and generally liked them. The rectal nozzle was a lot softer than on a Fleet… a plus IMO. My guess is Fleet won the sales wa by loads of advertising.

In use, they wee indistinguishable from a Fleet. Either would usually cause a strong urge to poo within about 5 minutes accompanied by a ‘burning’ sensation. But, if you want some fast help to poo, any of the disposables will often do just that within a few minutes. They are not the most comfortable, but usually do get a poo started.

If you wee going to use a small volume saline enema, my preference is still for the Travad because the hose makes the enema a lot easier to use solo as described previously

In my 20s, I was cared for at home by a visiting nurse following surgeries. She recommended that when I was well enough, I should go to a medical supply store and purchase a fountain syringe and also ask for a French 22 or 24 rectal tube. I had no idea about such things, and when I asked the clerk, a retired RN, she led me to a pull out drawer containing long rubber tubes.

I must’ve looked totally embarrassed, because she literally took my hand and helped me relax why she explained the purpose for the tubes instead of the nozzles that came with the syringe. She was a grandmother type and kept calling me Dear and Darling and telling me how beautiful I was, even though my face was still scarred from the accident.

Each tube was made in Germany of soft rubber and package individually. Some of them were so long that I couldn’t imagine something that size going up my behind. We agreed on a rectal tube that was about 15 inches long — good for an enema newbie , she said. When I learned to use it, I thought it was more comfortable and effective than the plastic nozzles that came with Faultless syringe. I could certainly get the water higher into me when I was constipated. looking back at that experience, the nurse knew what she was talking about.

Medical supply stores are not as common as they used to be. I doubt that a young woman like I was at the time in the 1980s could walk into a medical supply today and get that kind of attention from an experienced nurse.

Too bad she didn’t offer to teach you in the proper use. I’m betting she was a frequent enema giver and taker.

@Real_Screamer Too bad she didn’t offer to teach you in the proper use. I’m betting she was a frequent enema giver and taker.

Actually, she taught me quite a lot about enema tubes, but at first I was so nervous and embarrassed that I didn’t remember everything.

She told me that she had given hospital patients “thousands of enemas“ during 35 years as a medical surgical nurse. She asked me why I was needing to take them. I told her about the accident and the pain I was in and that the medication I was taking was causing me to have constipation.

I do remember her telling me that I should take enemas sparingly. too many could lead to dependency I should talk with my doctors about other ways to address the problem as a preventive measure.

When using a rectal tube, she said, insert it gently just a couple of inches, and then use the flow of the solution as a lubricant to advance the tube very slowly from the rectum into the sigmoid. I’ve always remembered that. The more we talked, the more she called me Dear and Darling, the more I felt at ease about talking about enemas and tubes. She gave me a hug and wished me good health, and I never saw her again after that.

That was very nice of her but the dependency issue was a little overblown.

She was absolutely right about how to advance a colon tube. A slow flow is like magic and I’ve never had a problem doing it that way.

I think the occasional enema or series is much better than taking drugs and a heck of a lot more fun for the giver and receiver.

I always get a big hug and thank you.

Medical supply stores are not as common as they used to be. I doubt that a young woman like I was at the time in the 1980s could walk into a medical supply today and get that kind of attention from an experienced nurse.

@Vicki_V

Yes, I find that very unfortunate too.

In every larger city you could find medical supplies or drugstores that displayed all kinds of enema equipment in their shop windows. There I acquired my first "equipment" in the 70s. The staff was businesslike, helpful and knowledgeable.

I miss these shops very much.

Check out the “Rectalad” enemas on EBAY. They are vintage from the early 60's.

Rectalad was a mini-enema. But, in fact, they were much more a liquid suppository. Several similar products are still sold. For example Enemeeze. Many contain glycerin, docusate, and a liquid soap.

The purport to soften and lubricate poo for an easy passage, but they've never done that when I tied them. Basically, they irritate you bowel… a lot… and you soon push out everything. If you're full of hard poo, it can be very uncomfortable. In fact, the Enemeeze Plus have a local anesthetic to deaden you anus so the pain of passing a load of hard poo is reduced. This is NOT a good idea, IMO. In severe cases, it might cause an anal tea.

Note the product can be used ‘discretely’. I suppose this means in a public toilet stall in preparaton for anal sex. The Asian ‘figs’… mni-glycerin enemas… are also widely used for this purpose. I've been told by a young Asian woman, she carried a couple in her purse (they are small) and if she met someone she liked, she'd go into a toilet stall and use one… to be ‘ready’ for the night. They'll empty someone of poo within about 5 minutes.