Purchasing Enemas

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 .

Yup! Definitively a missed opportunity!

I was a lot more self conscious about having to buy disposable enemas a long time ago, which was what had originally prompted me to muster up the courage to buy my first bag.. Less trips to the store to make an embarrassing purchase.

I still have a bag (at least a couple right now) but I do buy disposables now and then to keep on hand and use for convenience sake. I am not the least bit embarrassed to buy that sort of stuff anymore, including my suppositories. I do generally shop at a place where they know me though, so it's hardly a shock to anyone there either if I have a few of those types of items at the checkout counter.

When I transferred from our local community college to our large state university city after getting settled in to my off-campus apartment , I shopped one early afternoon before classes began the next day for a good quality combination douche / enema fountain syringe . I lived at home to attend community college and enemas were still given to me while at home so I had no need to purchase enema equipment . After visiting several ‘ big-box commercial pharmacies ’ , which had nothing in the way of the syringe system for which I was searching , I strolled ‘ uptown ’ and down a side street encountered a small local pharmacy . ‘ Pop ’ was the ‘ Registered Pharmacist ’ and ‘ mom ‘ assisted customers and made the sales . The matronly lady had a ’ sweet ‘ smile and asked if she could be of assistance as I was just ’ wandering the aisles ‘ . Even then I was not shy but for her I was respectful and even a bit ‘ meek ’ as as in sharing with her what I was ‘ looking for ’ . The lady again smiled as I followed her to the small ‘ rubber goods ’ section of the pharmacy . Still , what I wanted was a ‘ bag ‘ like our dependable ‘ family enema / douche syringe ’ and I did not see it displayed there . This was in the year 1970 . The nice lady indicated to me , …. ’ you know ………. we do have some ‘ new old stock ’ as to ‘ fountain syringes ’ in our inventory . We went to an ante-room where their goods for sale were stored and there were three rectangular boxes containing ‘ B.F. Goodrich ’ closed top combination syringes . She opened one of the boxes and all was otherwise sealed and intact . The ‘ two quart rubber bag ‘ and hose were a brilliant ’ red ‘ in color with a ‘ shiny metal cut-off clamp ’ and ’ three pipes ‘ which were black ( the enema nozzles were long and ‘ tear-drop ’ in shape ) with the douche nozzle being long and thick with a large ‘ bulbous ’ head . I quickly made the purchase all for the ’ princely sum ‘ of $8.00 plus ’ tax ‘ . I thanked the lady quietly but profusely for this somewhat ‘ vintage ‘ enema syringe ’ find ‘ that long-ago afternoon in our university town . The dear lady just smiled and as I exited the ’ mom-and-pop ‘ pharmacy she said quietly …….. ‘ well young man … we all need ’ some ‘ help ‘ from time to time ’ the comment seemingly to say to me that she ’ took an enema ‘ as required to keep her ’ regular ‘ . Over time , I became friends with both of the proprietors and had medical prescriptions filled there as well . This was my ’ first time purchasing an enema ’ and the purchase was ‘ money well spent ’ as to serviceability and longevity while I attended under graduate and graduate school there .

I have been thinking about a 4-quart but I looked on Amazon and I don't care for what they have it looks kind of flimsy. When I find a place that has one I will give it a serious consideration

I cannot find enema equipment in any of the drug stores here in the Texas Hill Country. We have a Walgreens, a CVS. an HEB and a big Walmart. Is Amazon the best source?

I also have had some interesting faces from clerks while buying them.

Every walmart pharmacy carried the combination Cara syringe at $3.96–what a bargain—unfortunately not anymore.

While in CVS I purchased a Bulb Enema, and a Enema Bag Kit. When I came to the counter to pay, there was a young girl there. She gave me a look and a smile, I was thinking what went through her mind. Wondered if she also took Enemas.

Doesn't Optimal Health Network sell high quality enema bags, bulb syringes, higginsons, and colonic equipment?

Bought my first adult rectal bulb syringe at 19. At the time you had to ask the pharmacist and his only comment was did I want the six or eight capacity. I chose the eight and really enjoyed it but never got the chance to use it on my best friend.

No home should be without good enema and douche equipment. Stores that used to stock combination syringes or enema and douche bags are few and far between.

For the finest equipment I suggest Optimal Health Network- Enema Bag.

From the late fifties when I was in kindergarten until now, I was always fascinated with bulbs, bags, douching and “enema” equipment. I've seen the availability of all the fun stuff dwindle at drug stores to the point of almost nothing. For years I could buy a variety of toys to fulfill my enema fetish with all the challenges of “the counter shame” ( it didn't stop me). In the mid-eighties I found mail order sources (like Beth Tyler) and now, thank god for the Internet, so many choices of amazing products❤😜😈 “It still feels so good!!”

I like old school bags and miss them but the new stuff is bigger and better with large id tubing the flow meters and ball valve on off control as well as the inline pumps available not to mention the selection of nozzles out there !

I usually buy fleet enemas at Walmart, self check-out comes in handy.

I think a lot of young women & men use Fleet prior to anal sex. They learn about using a Fleet as part of prepping for anal sex on youtub_____ & other websites. So if someone at the store counter smirks or such, that is WHY. Especially if the person BUYING is between ‘18 & 40’…. The smirk on the cashier's face is like saying, “I know what you're doing in the bedroom later tonight.”

Or the cashier maybe smirking because they think you must be immensely BACKED UP & desperate; since you are RESORTING to a Fleet enema in this day of ORAL laxatives.

It seems that they sell a lot of Fleet type enemas these days. I suppose an older person, especially a woman, buying a couple of Fleets would not raise many eyebrows because constipation is quite common with older people. But I suppose a younger person buying them might be noteworthy, especially if the clerk is also experienced with them and knows they are not always used for constipation.

I'm not a big fan of Fleets, but I've notice the prices of them has risen significantly. Especially when you look at the price of the store brands. When I do an enema series, I like to finish off with a yogurt retention enema. The Fleet type disposable syringes are perfect for that. I pour the chemical out and refill it with warm water and plain yogurt mixed together.

I was really backed up in Spain about 5 years ago, and ended up buying a fleet in the local pharmacy. Kind of embarrassing with the language barrier and it didn't really help being so small. Try and take a kit with me for longer trips now.

I have posted this elsewhere previously. Years ago I used to do a lot of international travel, but the worst trip was a 30 hour one to Singapore. Spending 30 hours sitting is not good, but add to that the airline food and it is a recipe for getting bound up. Anyway, I check into the hotel and the only thing running through my mind is some relief. I went to a local shopping center and on one of the floors was a drug store, not a pharmacy, but a place that sells all sorts of OTC stuff, including enema bags, I might add. I didn't buy an enema bag but a four pack of what are known as Asian figs. As near as I can figure out these are like miniature enemas that contain pure glycerine. When I got back to the hotel I tried one and within 5 minutes one of these produced incredible results. I saved the other three and used them on subsequent trips. Oh, and by the way, the clerk was not only helpful but very detached in a clinical kind of way which made it seem like she dispensed such advice on a regular (no pun intended) basis.

@Westy

I had a similar experience in Tokyo in about 1980. That was before the internet and I'd never seen or heard of the fig mini-enemas. I'd flown to Tokyo from San Francisco and by the time I got to the hotel was petty constipated. I explained to the concierge that I needed an enema and he wrote something in Japanese on a slip of paper and directed me to a nearby pharmacy. I went there, expecting to buy a bag but was given a small box of two ‘figs’. I tried to explain to the clerk I wanted an enema bag, but without luck, so gave up, paid for the little box and went back to my room.

Then I took another look at the box and saw the line drawings obviously showing how to use the product. It was clearly meant to be inserted into the rectum

So I figured what the hell, I'll try it and got onto the bed in the suggested position, inserted the fig and squeezed it. At first nothing happened. Then in about 5 minutes I started to feel a mild urge to poo. I thought it's doing something and maybe it'll help me poo and stated to walk to the toilet. Then, suddenly, I doubled up with very strong cramping and an intense urge to poo and quickly got onto the toilet.

Had I been wearing pants, I'd never have made it in time. In the next couple of minutes, I emptied completely. It turns out I'd been sold the 60ml sized figs, which are much more powerful than the common 20ml size. The clerk had known what I wanted and sold me the ‘extra strength’ version.

Most large chain grocery stores have a Pharmacy dept.I'm not a fan of squeeze bottle enemas-but in most cases all you have to do is go through the self checkout lanes ! This avoiding any funny looks from clerks at the other lanes….

I rarely buy Fleets but I have purchased them at CVS, Walmart and Walgreens. I usually go to the self checkout so no personal interaction. When I have gone to the regular check out, the clerk could care less and probably was more interested when their shift ended. Many probably don’t know know what an enema is anyway. What was embarrassing a few years ago, I purchased two Fleets and put them in my cart and before I got to the checkout ran into a friend (female). She looked into the cart, smiled but didn’t say anything about my purchase but as she was leaving, another smile and simply “have fun”

but as she was leaving, another smile and simply “have fun”

Do you think she wanted to strike up a conversation about enemas? I'm not fast enough thinking on my feet to have quick comebacks and would miss such opportunities. I've written here somewhere about my missed chance when I was looking at a rotating stand alone amazing, large display of Faultless enema products in a large super store - so while I was looking, an attractive gal came right up next to me, I mean very next to me, and began looking as well. I simply froze and didn't/couldn't speak! So nothing happened! Is there an emoji showing oneself kicking himself the ass?