Enemas Until Clear

Are there any enema expert users that can tell us about how many enemas are necessary before expelling clear water?

I've always gone with 3 enemas (2 quarts each) on my patients. Usually, after the third cleansing, the expulsion is clear.

Usually after third enema.When you feel the solution in the ciecum, massagge with the hand your colon.

Most nursing textbooks I've seen say that when the order reads "enemas 'til clear" that if the returns are not clear after three enemas to check with the doctor before proceeding with more.

Using those texts as a guide, three seems to be the normal limit.

I have found it very difficult to get a totally clear enema, but once in awhile I succeed. Just never have figured out what I did differently. When I have a colonic I am usually running clear by the time it is over. John

Whats all the fuss about, it's been my experience that you do it untill it doesn't feel good any longer, then you stop,If my significant other wants to give me one more she tells me so, and if i can't do it again I beg off, thats when she insists, and if I really can't then I have to say the magic words. Go with the flow.

I agree with the answer about what and how long ago you ate. Some times I am clear after 2 2qt. and other times it takes 3 or 4 2qts.

I never quite know!

If I do my prep right, with the full 12 hours with no solid food, and I take an Epsom Salt and Soapsuds 3-qt enema, then the second enema is soapsuds only, and the third is the same as the second, and I manage to retain them all 15 minutes, I typically can get to a clear return on the third or fourth enema. Not always,though. I have had to take as many as 7 to get to that point. It sucks when that happens, because after 3 enemas, the last thing I feel like doing is taking another one. At that point, I'm in "grind it out and finish the job" mode!

One thing that DOES help: About an hour before I start the enema, I take some Du1colax. I always do some sort of pre-enema. At least a glycerin suppository and a Dulcolax suppository 10 minutes before getting into position. If I have a Fleet Bisacodyl mini-enema, I take that between the time I get into position and the time I begin the Epsom Salt and Soapsuds. When I have that Bisacodyl mini-enema, I only take 4 Dulcolax, If I don't have that, I take 6 Dulcolax.

The oral Dulcolax usually kicks in during the time the third enema is coming out. Again Dulcolax is a little erratic. I had it kick in once while i was trying to retain the 4th enema. I was able to get the 4th enema to 15 minutes, but there were some nervous moments!!!

For years I have heard the phrase, "enemas until clear." I have used enemas

for more years than I wish to remember and usually try to achieve that "clear"

return. I have found that my return varies from muddy to cloudy but very seldom

any better than cloudy with a slight inclusion of digestive juice or debris.

Can anyone give me a definition of "Clear?"

Unless you have fasted for 24 hours, and even with that due to the ever presence of chyme, "chicken soup" is about as clear as it will ever get unless you are getting s super prep for colon surgery.

When the medical community says clear, they mean no pieces and you can still see through it. "Slightly cloudy" is acceptable as "clear."

Thanks, Susie

This question had its genesis a few years ago when i was prepping for a colonoscopy. The Golitely makes me deathly ill. Therefore I took daily enemas for ten days and fasted for the last two days. On the night before the procedure, I took forty, one gallon colonic irrigation's and vomited water on the last one. Although the effluent had a slight yellowish tinge, the discharge was completely transparent and had no particulate matter. I thought that, even with the slight color, my prep should pass as clear. When I arrived for the colonoscopy, the doctor operating the 'scope refused to complete the procedure saying that I was still dirty.

That left me with the question, "how much farther does a fellow have to go to be "CLEAR?"

When I take a cleanout series. There DOES come a point where I hold the 15 minutes, and get the enema out looking the same as when it went in, maybe with a few small undigested food scraps. That's the clear return I work for.

A few weeks ago when I was doing my crazy enema-an-hour thing I reached the point that there was nothing solid or particulate in my return that was visible in the bowl. Even the color of the water lost the traditional yellowy brown. It crossed my mind at the time that there are children in this world who routinely drink water no cleaner than that cuz it's all they have..

Hugs,

Diane

A few weeks ago when I was doing my crazy enema-an-hour thing I reached the point that there was nothing solid or particulate in my return that was visible in the bowl. Even the color of the water lost the traditional yellowy brown. It crossed my mind at the time that there are children in this world who routinely drink water no cleaner than that cuz it's all they have..

Hugs,

Diane

That's a sad but true thought about the children in third world countries.

We are so lucky to have good water in the United States.

Comparing what kind of water anyone would drink to the end results of an enema is a bit wierd. Those thoughts should be kept to ones self. Some things are better unsaid or untyped.

Her statement about the water in parts of the word is accurate and no more vile and distasteful than people who take enemas for the fun of it 😄 😄 😄 😄 😄 (which would be us).

On the subject of "enemas until clear," I have done series of several enemas when the return was clear.. Then done another enema just for the heck of it and had more "stuff" break loose, causing the water in the toilet to be as dark brown as the first enema (or even darker).

In fact one time after I had a colonic and it was time to go to the toilet (because my returns were "clear"), I was surprised when I cut loose with quite a bit of "stuff" right there! This was immediately after my colonic; I always asked for a good fill at the end of the session. Usually I sat there expelling clear water, except for that one time...

These experiences cause me to wonder every time if everything has been purged after I've had my enemas. At least I do feel better 😃 .

^^^^ Everything probably has been purged from the large intestine, but remember, chyme keeps coming down from the small intestine, and unless you have fasted for at least 24 hours or more, you will have bile, which is a dark color and other secretions and partially digested food coming down.

Well, without being TOO graphic... The times that I mentioned here, what came out was, uh, poop. Brown, semi-solid, lots of it, and, uh, stinky (blush).

"112" years ago I was in the hospital for a Barium Enema study and was taken into a aroom equipped with a bed/gurney and a commode. My "giver" was a very young nurse assistant, cute butt dumb as a post.

She had been told to give 'til clear.

After 17 (true story) the doctor stuck his head in the door and asked what the problem was. She said that it wasn't 'clear'.

His reply was, "Miss Jones, we mean until no lumps."

I was let into the BE room.

the boxcar

I have found that after 3 enemas, there is still a lot of brown in the expulsion. I have not tried to get "clear".

I usually only do one enema, but on occasion two. I've never done on "until clear" and don't see a need to.

Usually by my third, there is no more brown, just some mucus in the water...

C.

I have heard stories about nurses a few decades ago repeating full enemas long after the patient was sick of the whole exercise, and getting indignant about it. They did not take any guff, though, they insisted they go through it all again until there is not one little speck. If you haven't eaten solid food in a few days, it should be manageable.

I need a lot of enemas to get cleaned out, so I am wondering if I should try a combination of things to achieve a really clean colon, like laxatives, then enemas. It's not that I don't like the enemas, it's a question of time, and also my anus getting all irritated, so then I don't want to have anal sex, when that's the whole purpose!

Interesting topic, I'll check back to see if there are any suggestions.

I almost always give myself just one enema. On occasion maybe 2, but that's my limit. I'm in it for the eroticism and sexual self-stimulation, not the cleaning-out aspect.

I do rapid one gallon enemas in sucession. Now granted I don't take the whole one gallon at a time but it helps that I don't have to keep on filling the bag. After about six gallons I am pretty darn clear. Im into depth play so cleanlyness is a good thing.

Not sure what everyone means by clear. Have done a series of enemas several times and it usually takes between 4 and 6 to acheive partially clear (slight tint). Did the colonoscopy a few years ago and was told the next day that a clear yellowish color (dark urine colored) was what they wanted.

To Happygal-

Yes, unless you go not eat solid food for several days you will need to take a laxative first. The enemas cannot reach the slall intestine and food remnants keep entering the colon unless you clean it first. A good one to try in Miralax. Its pretty harmless and you can mix up a quart or two so you are really flushed out. Then a couple of enemas to finish the job and you will be very clean.

Good luck and enjoy.

I am sure this is very very odd and I have wondered about it plenty and came out with no conclusion,I am often(Almost always actually) "Clear" for some reason it seems,even if it has been a while since my last enema.Ever the 1st one of the series I will often expell nothing,I look and nothing but soapy water nearly as clean as when I filled the bag with it,sometimes of coarse there is more but more often than not the 1st one comes back almost completely clear of anything and the next one maybe a bit more but still nothing major for the most part.I find this very strange.Does anyone else have this happen to them,I usually use hot soapy water in the 1st fill and a cold saltwater rinse (That sometimes never seems to even come out of me at all) and if so have you found a better clean out recipe because I sure would like something that will clean me out for sure.

James3333: sounds as though you need a whole lot more water up there to get what the first two enemas are not reaching. I eat a pretty high fiber diet, and always need several full bags, followed by as much of a gallon as I can take before I start to be sure my colon is empty. Of course, without being completely empty from the top, the small bowel can empty into the colon at any time. If you're not getting anything, that doesn't sound healthy! Good luck!