My earliest enema memories were mom occasionally using a bulb syringe on me when I was 5 or 6. Done slowly & lovingly over moms lap, it didn't hurt and involved no trauma.
When I was eight, I spent a week with my aunts & older cousin in Brooklyn, while my parents took a vacation. A couple days in, I woke up feeling ill. I picked at breakfast & my aunt felt my forehead & said I had a temperature. A few minutes later, I had a thermometer firmly implanted in my butt. It was 101.3. Next, was a phone call to the doctor & he showed up about 45 minutes later.
I was pronounced that I had a flu bug & needed a shot of Penicillin. I HATED needles & made quite a fuss. My aunts started a pot of water on the stove so he could sanitize the glass syringe & needle (This was before single use needles & plastic syringes). It took both aunts to hold me down so he could give me the injection. As he was walking out the door, he turned & told my aunts: "Make SURE you keep his bowels open........give him a GOOD enema every day till he goes home."
My cousin was no stranger to enemas. They had a bulb syringe (just like the one mom used on me) in the medicine cabinet & a red fountain syringe hanging in the shower. I just assumed I would get a syringing with the bulb, just like mom did. When I went into the kitchen, my aunt had a glass pitcher in the sink, When the water temperature was just right, she ran the water over a bar of Ivory soap & into the pitcher, till it was full. The bag was retrieved from the shower, filled with the soapy contents of the pitcher & hung on a nail in the wall by my bed. My aunt motioned me to come here with her finger. When I saw what was awaiting me, I got a bit scared. I asked her if they could use the bulb, but she said that was for little babies. She told me the Dr. said it was important to keep my bowels open & this would give me the "GOOD ENEMA" the he ordered. I asked about the nozzle, as it was bigger & longer than what I was used to. I was told it was a big boy nozzle & would stay in better & she would put Vaseline inside me so it wouldn't hurt going in. She had me get up on my knees & put My head & chest on the pillow. She scooped up a big gob of Vaseline on her finger, then rubbed it in a small circle on my butthole. When she saw it relax, in it went. In and out, around and around. I jumped when it went in & she asked if it hurt. I replied, no, just felt a little weird. Next, she coated the nozzle with Vaseline & did the same circular dance on my butthole. When it relaxed, in went the nozzle. The bulbous tip startled me, but the shaft gave me a tingle as it slid in.
The first one was a little tough going in........she had to stop it many times because I complained I was full, had a cramp, couldn't take any more, but she was determined to get the full bag into me. She told me to pant like a puppy & that did relieve the cramping. When she heard the bag gurgle, she said "What a good boy, you took it all!" With one hand, she helped me up, the other held that nozzle firmly implanted in my butt. I EXPLODED into the toilet.
It was that day that I found out what a "GOOD ENEMA" was..............three 2 quart enemas. The other two went in a lot easier, once the first one cleared the way. I received the same treatment every day till my parents came to pick me up on Saturday. That episode sparked a lifelong interest in enemas & all things anal. To this day, I always do at least 3 enemas per session. Old habits die hard!
Best,
vapor