Purchasing Enemas

I am now able to get six packs of the generic version of Fleet Enema at either Wal-Mart or Rite Aid

Rite aid sometimes has 12 packs.

I have seen 12 pack fleet enemas at the local Costco. I thought to myself wow you'd really have to be into them or own an old folks home to need that many. My wife bought 2 when she had a hysterectomy in 1998 and I think one is still under the sink. Too much longer and I'll be able to sell it as antique.

@Moppys_jalopy That's why there is the bag and bulbs so those don't need to be used unless there is nothing else. Also, a nice travel enema bag helps too even if it is plastic.

Costco over here had packs of 6. Bought two, used 4 or 5 of them. They just don't do the job like a bagful does when I can use an enema.

My Costco always seems to have some indususrial size display of disposeable enemas. I had to wait for something at the Costco pharmacy once, and the pharmacist told me to wait and pointed over to a bench that was sitting on the end of an isle that happened to be on the other side of the giant enema display box. It litlerally said FLEET ENEMA in giant writing that was directly over this bench. I was like, that's okay I'm going to just stand (anywhere else but near that). Sometimes I feel like the universe hates me.

~ Allie 80

@Allie80

That is so funny... maybe a ta ironic too :-)

That is so funny... maybe a ta ironic too :-)

I thought is was very ironic ??

If you really want to get a look from some teenager or young 20 something behind the register in a pharmacy or health supplies store, purchase a combination of 3 items that might get them thinking ... HUH? WTF?

Let's say for example ... Monostat Cream, Preparation H Ointment, and Mouthwash! Or, feminine razors, Nair and dental floss is another good one!

Then when they see the enema it will be secondary to the rest of your combo purchase!

How about super pack of Metamucil, Mirilax and a box of Fleet Enemas? Did that once. Strangely enough there was no reaction from other shoppers or the checker. There were some other items, but not a huge amount (I did try to put it so the bowel things weren't too obvious).

Our Costco stopped carrying the 6 pack of Fleet enemas. I always made a point of going down that aisle to check them out and now they are gone!!! What a bummer! I also always looked in our peoples carts looking for boxes of Fleet enemas, but never saw any.

I do see people buying Miralax and the Costco version, Kirkland LaxaClear, which appears in my shopping cart as I take it every day!!

Well if you want excitement at the checkout stand you can do what i did at age 13. Mom dragged me along on one of her shopping expeditions. I wandered away and decided to help customers buy products they really needed. On the feminine hygiene aisle I picked up a 12 count box of tampons and dropped them discreetly in an older gentleman's grocery cart. A few minutes later I dropped a pack of Dulcolax suppositories in the cart of a 30 something woman. At the time the grocery store sold douche bags, one in particular was bright yellow with an open top. I dropped one of those in a cart of a guy who might have been in his mid 20's. I dropped a box of condoms along with a large KY jelly box into the cart of am 80ish woman. Mom came looking for me and caught me picking up another box of condoms.

She took them from me and place them back on the shelf with a stern warning that she and I would have a long talk on the way home about pilfering. While we were in the checkout line there was a bit of a scene when the guy discovered the yellow douche bag in his cart. Another discovery led to Mom looking at me in abject horror as she realized I was not pilfering.

Another discovery led to Mom looking at me in abject horror as she realized I was not pilfering.

That was cute .......

Well if enemas are back in then it shouldn't be a problem checking it out though. I would do a bulb over a fleet anyday plus it is reusable. There's also self checkout too.

I do see people buying Miralax and the Costco version, Kirkland LaxaClear, which appears in my shopping cart as I take it every day!!

"Here's looking at you, kid"?

Moppys: Large boxes of glycerin suppositories are also sold and I reckon they are mostly bought by elderly people who have trouble going potty.

I read somewhere a few years ago that Fleet enemas were always in the top ten best sellers in every drug store! No wonder they don't sell our beloved classic bags anymore. If you watch the evening news {aimed at our demographic,as the professional marketers say} we oldsters are damned bowel conscious. As I said, Fleets are top sellers and they don't advertise.

I will have to check that out. Hard to believe it is top ten. With all the boomers retiring I don't doubt it

I was in kuwait a few years back and was headed back to the US the next day. I was in pain and needed immediate relief. I did not have my equipment so I went to several pharmacy 's asking for a fountain syringe. I finally found one place and the guy said you want an enema, then he went in the back and came with a blue reusable plastic bag type made in Italy, which I've seen in several videos since then. I got back to my hotel, got the desperate relief needed and came home. I now travel with my kit, which is small, got that one at big lots of all places, and check my bags always! I seldom travel without it. Traveling bites enough as it is without feeling miserable inside to boot.

I travel with mine. Used to not bring anything, then fiber, Mirilax and a few Dulcolax, now I bring the bag.

The original post about wondering if the teenage clerk knew (or cared) about the purchase of enema products reminded me of an embarrassing situation I had some years ago.

I was in the local drugstore for something I do not remember when I saw they had Fleet enema twin-packs on sale. Although they are not my primary enema, I usually have one on hand just because. I could not pass up a good deal so I grabbed a pack and headed to the checkout only to be greeted by, "Hello Mr. Smith, how are you tonight?" It was a high school friend of my daughter that I had just given a ride home from after-school practice a week ago. Too late to turn around. She said nothing about the enemas but I bet I was red as a firetruck. I asked her how long she had been working there and she said she started yesterday. From then on I made sure to go to an out of town store for such purchases.

The good thing is now many stores have self-checkout lanes so you can buy enemas, suppositories, or lubes without the embarrassment of standing in line with a clerk who might know you.

I was in a CVS recently and saw someone from the pharmacy showing a lady where something was. She came walking by me with a fleet enema and a sheepish grin. I thought it was cute.

I have told this story elsewhere, but a couple months ago when I bought my Mabis red bag enema syringe, I had the following experience:

I called ahead to this medical supply store near the local hospital to see if they had a bag enema. I was told no, wrongly, as I would come to find out, but the manager on the phone they had a disposable can and hose enema for four dollars. I thought sure, for that price I'll buy two and maybe they can be reused once or twice.

I went in and immediately saw a very annoying younger woman that I work with (actually, she just got fired and I'm moving on from that job next week, so worked with, I guess) getting an oxygen cylinder recharged (presumably for a parent or relative). I think she's gay and anyways, I was a little attracted to her at the time, but she turned out to be lazy, unhelpful and rude. She later caused a lot of trouble for me and the other cooks during a catering event that was already a bad night, so I came to dislike her immensely after this point. At any rate, I realized I would be buying the enema in front of her. This was kind of thrilling and just a little nerve-wracking. I had literally seen her earlier the same day at work.

I was called up to one of the counters and suddenly realized that the clerk who was going to check me out was a woman that I'd worked with years ago when I was in college, whom I had been very attracted to and had had very perverse dreams about. I wasn't into enemas at the time but I did have dreams and half-conscious fantasies about her spanking me, back when we'd worked together at a vet's office. We recognized each other and briefly caught up (there was no one behind me in line) and then I asked her about the enema equipment. She mistakenly brought out not the disposable can enema but a box containing the Mabis kit. I was thrilled to see it, and told her that it wasn't what I had meant, but that I would buy that instead.

She asked me if there was a patient with a prescription for which the enema might be covered by insurance or whether it was for “personal use” and when I said it was the latter she said something like “ah, nice” without a hint of perversity, as if for her it was completely normal. I guess she must be forty, so it may be that she grew up getting enemas, I don't know.

A very hot experience for me all around. I know this probably sounds like the kind of fantasy people on here make up but I swear to god, it was just a Thursday night at a shabby medical supply joint behind the liquor store in the hospital district of my town. Went to play D&D at a friend's house afterwards. Very good day, even if I was on day shift at the restaurant with some real assholes at the time.

@Moppys_jalopy

To quote George Orwell in 1984 “…. looked on as a slightly disgusting minor operation, like having an enema. "

That's the way some people feel, Fleet, bag, or bulb

Internet for me the bags in stores if you can find them are low quality and real vanilla for me anyway. My taste is more exotic and pro level anymore. Kinda like what’s the difference between erotic and kinky…..erotic you use a feather and kinky you use the whole bird I’m a whole bird kind of guy😂

Don't mind buying an enema bag at the store; find it to be titillating to hold the carton that displays the red bag. It MAY do the same to observers!

I've bought a combination bag at a Walgreens when I was in a pinch. The clerk never made eye contact with me. Neither one of us thought anything of the purchase.

I recently purchased a Cara Fountain Syringe at a local Drug Mart. It replaces one I have had for several years. I like the bag, it is good, but not as durable as they used to be. It is still real red rubber (made in China) not the plastic stuff currently used by other drugstore bags and holds a full 2 quarts. I throw away the hose and nozzles and only use the bag with my other stuff.

The clerk at checkout was maybe 60-ish, did not say a word about my purchase. I guess it's not unusual for an old lady to buy a douche/enema bag from another.

@Cheryl77177

The clerk at checkout was maybe 60-ish, did not say a word about my purchase. I guess it's not unusual for an old lady to buy a douche/enema bag from another.

How can you say that!!!! - your profile puts you in your 40's. You have a lonnnnnnnng way to go before you become an “old lady”. Enjoy it while you got it!!!! 😜

Buying enemas and douches and laxatives for 55 years and it has never been an embarrassment , i guess for a guy it would be but for the gals it's about a big a deal as buying a candy bar

Reminds me of an interesting i had with a lady in our local ‘ Walmart ’ as her cart was ahead of mine to check out . I spoke and she smiled and returned the greeting . In the cart wire tray I observed two ‘ x-tra large volume ’ Fleets Enema ‘ cartons and commented to her that I did not know that they sold ’ Fleet Enemas ‘ ’ here . She said oh yes and that she often purchased them for her home medicine chest to have on hand when she needed them . I indicated that I was ‘ old school ’ and used a fountain syringe when ‘ help was required ‘ . We had an interesting exchange as per subject and the older lady was not a bit shy to have an ’ enema conversation ‘ with me a total stranger and a man at that . We kept our personal conversation and comments ’ low ‘ for discretion and privacy . She smiled when she checked out and patted the plastic bag which held her two ’ Fleet Enema ‘ purchases . I have often wondered if this was a ’ missed opportunity ‘ for both of us . I did enjoy the short but candid conversation with this poised , well-dressed , articulate mature lady and was pleasantly surprised by her exchange . I somehow got the impression that her ’ purchase ‘ would be used very soon after returning to her home that afternoon as she left that ’ impression ‘ with me as we discussed the health aspect and obvious constipation relief factor of a ’ good ' enema .