Medical enemas ?

They only used ready-to-use ones from the pharmacy or suppositories - never heard about old-fashioned enemas nor I got one.

I was in the hospital for a cellulitis infection and i dropped hints about constipation which got me coalice which it sure did work lol but of course i lied the next day i asked my nurse fo something stronger which got me a fleets enema i didn't push my luck after for a bag one lol.

I was hospitalized for 7 days for hip replacement surgery.After 5 days with no bm I aked about an enema.Nurse said that the doctor wouldn't order even thought she had asked because he was afraid that the enema would force germs into my bloodstream which would ten lodge between the hip implants and the bone.The daily doses of milk of magnesia finally worked big time on day six!

During my last two surgeries (5 years separation) I was successful in getting a soapsuds enema administered. What I discovered was you have to start lobying for one from the start. Most people do not like enemas, and the staff assumes you don't either. So you have to make the case that, an enema is what you want. One nurse even ask me "is this what you would do at home?" I think she was making sure that I would be cooperative. Then she said "do you think you can hold the whole bucket?" I responded that I could.

So it comes down to all you have to do is ask and make it clear that is what you want.

The only enema I had prescribed was for a sigmoidoscopy prep many years ago. Two Fleet enemas were to be used. I did as directed but added a bit of warm water after the second one. The fleets were not really comfortable but they did the job of emptying the lower bowel.