I remember several pre-enema jitters that I got while I was a child. One particular one stands out above the rest though. I was somewhere around the age of ten and terribly constipated. It had been days since I last went to the potty. I felt absolutely horrible and I decided that I had to have some help. So, I went into the kitchen and found my Mother and Grandmother, who lived with my Mother and me, sitting at the table. I went up to the table and sat down next to my Mother. I asked Mom if she had anything that might help me take a dump. She looked Grandma and said "Mike, I can give you some Castoria." And she did.... I went back to my room and sat down on my bed. Finally, I rolled over and somehow fell a sleep. The next morning, I awoke, still feeling awful, but not having any urge to go to the bathroom. I made my way into the kitchen where, again, I found Mother and Grandma sitting at the table. mom asked me if I had had any results. I looked at her and looked down at the floor shaking my head in the process. Grandma spoke up saying "Mary why don't you give him 3 or 4 of my Milk of Magnesia tablets that I take every night. That might help." So, Mom went over to the kitchen cabinet and pulled out Grandma's bottle of Milk of Magnesia. She then ran me a cup of water and brought the water and tablets over to the table for me to take, which I did. I, then, went into the living room and turned on the television. I sat down on the sofa and tried to relax, which was really difficult to say the least. Several hours passed and still I felt no urge. I went back to my room and got onto my bed trying to take a nap, which I somehow did. About, four o'clock I awoke and went back to the living room where I found Mother sitting working a crossword puzzle and Grandma watching a sitcom. Grandma asked me if the Milk of Magnesia tablets had helped. I shook my head no. My Mom got up and went into the kitchen and retrieved the bottle of Castoria. She brought it into the living room and gave me a rather large dose. I sat down next to Grandma and watched tv with her until she got up with Mom to fix supper. I tried to eat, but really couldn't, so I asked to be excused and when i was, I went and lay on my bed waiting for the Castoria to do its thing. Minutes seemed to drag by. I tried to sleep, but couldn't. I felt worse than ever. Finally, around 9:30 I got up from my bed and walked back toward the living room where Mother and Grandma were. I stopped in the opening that separated the dining room from the living room. Grandma noticed me first and said "Mike, you ok?" I told her "no, Grandma, I'm not! None of the stuff you and Mama have given me have worked and I feel a huge turd pressing against my bootie hole. It just won't come out." Grandma got up and came over to me. She wrapped her arms around me and said "Mary, you need to give your son an enema." My Mother then said "Mama, you know what our doctor has said about me doing that." ( Our new doctor had made Mom promise him that she would not give me any more enemas. He thought that they had no place in medicine except in cases of bowel prep for surgery and since he became our doctor Mom had only given me one series of enemas and I think she got chewed out for doing that. ) Anyway, Grandma, then spoke again saying "Mary, listen to me, your boy needs your help! Don't you understand that." With that said Mother looked at me and said "ok, Mike go back to your room and wait for me to get that "thing" ready for you." I could hardly control myself. I loved taking enemas and hated taking Castoria and those white, chalky tasting stuff Grandma gave me. My stomach was turning summersaults and I was getting all tingly all over just waiting for Mom's call. I was on cloud 9 if there is such a place. Finally, Mom called me to come into the bathroom and there on the wall hung the Rexall Victoria Combination syringe that Grandma had bough Mom a couple of months before. I hugged Mom's neck and she went about the process of giving me the best enema that I had ever had. After I had finished expelling it, I went back to the living room and gave both Mom and Grandma a big hug and an even bigger thank you...I felt 10 pounds lighter.