Enemas for Colonoscopy Prep

I did not; the prep was totally sufficient. However, if you did not report being empty, you were given a bag prep.

I'm having a colonoscopy scheduled on February third.

I'll have to follow a preparation program of 48 hours prior to the examination, consisting of a special diet (no fiber-rich foods, seeds, nuts, and what not) and oral laxatives.

To be honest, I would not mind to get an enema. It was said in the preparation on the website of the clinic that a nurse would give one after I'd arrive in the clinic, prior to the sigmoidoscopy that I'll be getting.

But in the confirmation I got through the mail, I was told to do the oral laxative prep + diet. So that'll be a night spent on the toilet prior to the exam 😜 (well, or diapered up in sufficient layers, depending on my mood). Getting an enema would be less of a hassle for me, but more for them, I guess.

Ah well, one of my medical fetish desires / curiosities will remain unanswered in this case 😃

I won't ask for any sedation. I'm quite used to having things stuck up my bum, and I find such an exam quite interesting to be honest 😃

Plus I still want to drive myself there and back home again. You're strictly told NOT to when you're given sedation, for good reason.

For my last colonoscopy I started the afternoon before the test with 3 enemas to clear out the solids. That along with a basically liquid diet the day before worked pretty good for me. When I drank the liquid prep it just basically ran right through me. I was done on the toilet by midnight and had a good nights sleep. I will do the same next time.

It's been awhile since my last colonoscopy but whenever I am scheduled for one I always supplement the prescribed regimen of oral prep liquid with two or three large enemas. I have always been quite cleaned out by the time I arrive for my colonoscopy!

You have to cleanout the small intestine.

With only enemas you can't. You can reduce a lot the oral laxative if you do enemas, but a laxative to clean out the small intestine needed.

@Mara90

Yes and no. You are quite right that both the small and large intestine both have to be cleaned out. If the small one is not cleaned out, poo will continue to come down, and no matter how much you clean your large intestine, it won't stay clean for long.

Enemas or colonic irrigation don't do much of anything to clean the small intestine. But laxatives are not the only option. A liquid diet, completely w/o fiber, can do the small bowel cleanout, but it takes a couple of days, or more

Also, not all laxatives act on the small intestine. Castor oil and some salines will cause small intestinal cramping, but Dulcolax and Senna only work in the large intestine. That's why they are followed by a large quantity of something to flush you out, likre Golytely or Miralax.

Enemas, even mighty ones, will really only clean out your bottom end.

Enemas for Colonoscopy Prep - You can't clean the colon out with just enemas because of the small intestine will keep leaking stuff into it. So the doctor's prescribed regimen is needed, but for myself, a colonoscopy is an excuse for me to take some enemas. My wife is generally against enemas and thinks they are dangerous and maybe perverted if you take them for fun, so I don't take them nearly as often as I would otherwise. But when I get done with the Go-Lytely cleanout I just tell her I'm going to take an enema to make sure I'm clean so she doesn't start wondering where I am and what I'm doing and walk in on me giving myself an enema. Then I take the next couple of hours and give myself several large volume plain tap water enemas of as much as I can hold. The most I got into me was 3½ quarts and I think I could have held 4 quarts, but it was late and I had to be there by 6:30 AM, so I stopped. Do I really need those enemas after my cleanout, not really I guess but I like everything about taking enemas so it is an excuse to have some fun and enjoy something I don't get to do but maybe every few years or so. I'm pretty sure if I lived alone the enema bag would be out hanging in the master bathroom all the time and wet most of the time. I know too many enemas may not be good for a person, but enemas are a pleasure I do like to indulge in when I can.

Once when my wife was gone for 9 days on vacation with her sister, the enema bag was out all the time and wet most of the time as I indulged myself every day with several enemas. The most enemas I took in one day was nine enemas starting in the late morning about 10 AM with a couple of soapsuds enemas, using Ivory Soap, and then continued all day with plain warm tap water enemas ever couple of hours until that night about 11 PM. The other days I took between 4 to 5 enemas each day, mostly plain tap water enemas. It was a most enjoyable time for me. The only thing that could have made it better is if I had had someone who was skilled in giving enemas to give me all those enemas and had different enema syringes and colon tubes to use on me. I have to say that I suffered no ill effects from all those enemas and had a normal BM 2 or 3 days after my last day of enemas.