Enemas more of a need now

I find myself giving my self enemas out of need more than enjoyment , constipation due to meds dr prescribed me when told him they were locking me up he said take softners, the softners hadnt help much

In my case, yes they are, since my bowel resection. I now have a descending colon that is attached right to my 3" rectum. These were both cooked with radiation and the muscles from the other 3 rectal inches are gone. If I let the descending get filled, there is no stopping the discharges. All my surgeons, oncologists said take Lomotil. It works somewhat, but a proctologist I called on said to use enemas to make life tolerable. It works.

I'm at a point in my life where I need to back off a little.

So far, I've been pretty lucky with my digestive routine. The plumbing still operates exactly the way it did when I was young. Probably because I'm not on any heavy meds is also a plus, I'm sure.

But who knows what the future has in store? If it ever slows down, I've been practicing the remedy for this all my life.

With the most effective laxatives like phenolphthalein and Phoso-Soda now off the market We are left with fewer choices than ever. It comes down to an enema.

Enemas are a practical reason for me. My wife uses stool softeners and often hunts for a restroom after she eats. Personally I never liked laxatives because they cause unpredictable urgencies when I'm busy during the day.

The postings here strike a chord with many of us here, I am sure, especially those of us who grew up in the 1940s-50s golden age of enemas, but now find ourselves bound up by the various prescription drugs we are on in our later years . We remember how effective and predictable those mom-given enemas were and rediscover them.

These days, most of my enemas are done because I am constipated and need them. That doesn't mean that I don't still enjoy them, though. Over the years, my childhood issues with constipation worsened. They are now chronic and I rarely have a bm without taking something. That is usually a Dulcolax suppository, Dulcolax tablets or an enema. I would prefer to use only enemas, but my colon becomes "immune" to them if I take them too often.

Having had my gall bladder removed i now am either having the trots if i eat too much fatty foods or get bunged right up, never a happy medium , the doc has prescribed fibogel to bulk stools, but that gets me the trots again, so i juggle food intake and take immodium one or two days a week, and the occasional suppository or enema as required.

All the broken bones and other injuries we sustained while young come back as arthritis in our Retirement years. Thanks to A-Fib, a minor heart rate issue, I can only take Vicodin for pain relief. Constipation is a major side effect one has to manage. Large volume soap suds enemas are about the only thing that does the job.for me.