I only really got a suppository once as a child.
I was raised by my father. I don't remember my mother.
When I was about 7, I woke up and had a hard time pooping. Dad knew what was going on. I thought he was going to give me a simple bulb enema, and i had mentally prepped myself.
I already knew that it was a day when we had arranged to meet his parents for lunch. His mom is a real enema hater and it's asking for an argument to even use the word around her.
He told me that, because of our lunch outing, he could not have me running to the bathroom 2 or 3 times during our lunch outing, so he didn't think an enema was a good option. He showed me a jar of children's strength glycerin suppositories. He said it was what his mom had used on him. Because our situation was so unique, he just handed me the suppository on a washcloth, and explained to me how to use it. I went back in the bathroom and inserted it just the way he explained it. He asked if I got it in far enough that I could not feel it. He said that, if it is too high up to feel it won't slip out. He also told me I should try to "go" in about an hour, no matter whether I felt like I had to or not.
About an hour later I had only a feeling like I could go, not like I just had to. He told me to try to go. I got what was about a normal poop, or slightly larger. Just a little loose. Dad said that was a good result and the suppository had done what it was going to do. He said I should forget about it, it was over. I did.
Several hours later, while we were on our way to the restaurant his parents were meeting us at, I had to "Go" really badly. We had to get off the road and find a public restroom There was no holding it!
What came out was what I now get from the strongest oral laxatives I've ever taken. Basically just liquid. I was also getting thirsty.
When we got there, he got some extra water to me ASAP. I had to run to the restroom every 20 minutes. Every time, liquid!!
After lunch, we hung around the shopping center for an hour or so, just to be sure things had stabilized enough that I could make it home. On the way home, he asked me," Did you take any other medicine other than that suppository to help you go?" I hadn't and I told him so.
When we got home, we both agreed that I would have been better off with an enema. We agreed that an enema was going to be the way to go in future similar situations.