Auscultation during enemas, or as a laxative dose takes effect

I have recently used a stethoscope to follow the progress of a dose of castor oil through my system - especially when things started moving in the colon. As I moved the diaphragm around my abdomen, following the colon, I could actually hear the progress of the gurgles, the sliding of the beginning of the mass, the more liquid sounds further upstream, as everything moved toward the conclusion of the event. I will also follow the sounds of my next enema, especially on the way in. I could imagine a sub (maybe restrained and diapered?) being forced to listen to the sounds of his/her body during this kind of event - heart rate & intensity, breathing, bowel sounds, while being told exactly what the sounds mean, and what is going to happen. Even better would be to hear the sounds over a speaker - but you'd have to be careful to avoid feedback. Does this activate anyone's imagination? Have you tried this? Final question: is it possible that I am stranger than even the people who frequent this website?

I've listened to my abdomen during an enema. It didn't do much for me. Of course I've heard the borborygymi of a complete bowel obstruction in a patient. And no you're not weirder.

Flow-er-boy,

Not at all. You're certainly not stranger than the rest of us here, maybe just a bit more inquisitive about a particular feature of enemas or clean outs from above, i.e. bowel sounds. I enjoy large enemas from time to time (above about 3 quarts) and the gurgling sounds made as the water progresses inward. I've never used a stethoscope to listen because I'm enthralled enough already with the feelings and externally audible sounds. Maybe I'll bring my 'scope in next time, which may be tonight, since my resident son just left on a two week vacation.

Eric

As part of my role play examinations I like to palpate the abdomen and listen to the "patients" bowel sounds. I tell him that he appears to have impacted faeces and needs an enema to help loosen these. Whilst he is in the left lateral position awaiting the enema flow to begin I place my stethoscope on his chest and check his heart rate. Once I have started the flow I slowly move the stethoscope to his abdomen and listen as the solution begins to gurgle it's way into his colon.