Enema help

Its so frustrating i just cant seem to get any water into the decending colon. it just gets too uncomfortable and im afraid i will cause some damage. Can anyone shed some light on where i could be going wrong? i have tried laying on my side and relaxing but doesnt make it any easier.

How much water you can you get in? That would be a help to know.

Im not entirely sure to be honest as i dont use an enema bag. But i can feel my sigmoid fill up so it must be the bend between the decending and the sigmoid that tge problem is.

A 2-qt Epsom Salt and Soapsuds enema, retained 15 minutes, followed about 30-45 minutes later by a2-qt soapsuds enema, that second enema, if you can retain it more than 10 minutes, should get there!!

Relax, choose a position and stay in that position.

Use your retention techniques to get to 15 minutes.

it should work out for you!

Let us know

Love, LisaK

A 2-qt Epsom Salt and Soapsuds enema, retained 15 minutes, followed about 30-45 minutes later by a2-qt soapsuds enema, that second enema, if you can retain it more than 10 minutes, should get there!!

Relax, choose a position and stay in that position.

Use your retention techniques to get to 15 minutes.

it should work out for you!

Let us know

Love, LisaK

He said he can't get it into his DESCENDING colon. What you describe will get an enema to the ascending colon. He said the blockage seems to be between the sigmoid and descending colon. That would indicate a very small amount of water was taken in. Getting it in is his problem, not retention.

How high are you hanging the bag? I would raise it up to a height of four feet to start, massage your abdomen as the water starts to flow in. Also, make sure your nozzle isn't getting clogged.

Sth, It is possible that you have a kind of constriction of the bowel at the junction of the sigmoid and descending colons (a narrowing, if you will). This could be verified by colonoscopy, maybe by a flex. sig. or by BaE. I would think that a BaE would be very uncomfortable. Perhaps a CT with contrast media (given by mouth) would show any narrowing. Susie is correct in that raising the bag to give a stronger flow in order to push past the narrowing, would be the way to go, but you might experience bad cramps from that.

Another idea would require some equipment: an in-line Higginson pump bulb and an inflatable nozzle could allow you to push the water past the narrowing. Good luck.