Although I had first given myself enemas from just before my early teens, after graduating from the university there was a long hiatus of about nine years before wanting to feel the warmth flow into me again (at age 30).
I was in Springfield, Virginia to conduct some training in the Northern Virginia area. And although my dad's house was just 20 minutes away, he was away and the house was cold and would need to be started up (heat and water turned back on and then the time to heat the house). So, I was staying in a hotel just off of I-95 and I-495. Sitting in my hotel room one night, I got the urge to drive over to the nearby People's Drug Store and get myself a combination bag. I remember the store was fairly large with wide aisles (People's Drug was a well known drug store in the DC area) and very well lit. There were a number of choices that included open and closed top bags, but I ultimately chose a closed-top red rubber combination bag with a 2-quart capacity. Red bag, white hose, and white plastic parts.
As I recall, I also bought myself a small container of petroleum jelly when I made my purchase. I don't recall being particularly shy or embarrassed about buying the bag. I was excited about buying it and feeling the nozzle and the warm water flow into me after so many years. After getting back to the hotel, I stripped out of my clothes (I did have a robe), unboxed the bag, hose, nozzles, and other parts and quickly washed them all. The hose was fairly long and a bit kinked/folded from being in the box and held in with a twist-tie. I used hot water to help soften and straighten the hose as much as I could, but I wanted to get the bag filled, hung and with the nozzle inserted, feel the flow of warm water once again.
One bag was not enough. Since I had used an open top bag in my youth and could refill quickly without removing the nozzle, this was a different experience. I realized that two bags would be better than one but didn't go back and buy a second bag. I refilled the bag, reconnected the hose, rehung the bag, and reinserted the nozzle to take the second bagful. Yes! I could still take two bags!
I spent the rest of the evening filling myself, cumming, and then emptying. I don't remember how many times. I didn't use additives like soap, salt, baking soda, or glycerin or have the assortment of nozzles to choose from like I do now. I still have that red bag and it traveled with me quite a bit after that purchase.
I don't know what happened to that open top bag from my youth that used to hang in the shower as I used it to inject many gallons of warm water while I was in the shower. Last year, when caring for my dad, I did find the plastic pail that was used to give me enemas when I was very young. I didn't know the volume of the pail until last year (1.5 liters on one side, 50 fluid ounces marked on the other). Unfortunately, it was missing the colon tube hose (though it wasn't until much later that I realized that the tube was a colon tube marked for depth of insertion and the closed tip and side-discharge were designed to thread through the colon).