Home Enema, anyone done this?

It’s usually just a drink, such as Moviprep, that you take the day before, then spend a few hours in the bathroom.

I'm afraid an enema is up the other end! Unsure why Moviprep wouldn't do, have you asked it that would be acceptable?

The disposable enemas are largish tubes with liquid inside, you take off the cap, insert the nozzle into the anus and squeeze. Acts very rapidly, so be in the bathroom when you do it!

Just a word of caution if they let you have Moviprep - stay VERY close to your loo! It’s incredibly effective stuff! ??

I had a colonoscopy with moviprep (?). But also then had a sigmoidoscopy and that was a home enema. No problem at all to be honest either with that or with the sigmoidoscopy.

Oh and given the choice I would pick the enema rather than moviprep which is vile.

One local hospital sent me a home enema which proved not to have worked (!) very well and the examination did not proceed further. They offered to do it for me but by that time I'd had enough and went home. Another local hospital sent the 'drink' alternative which did work and the examination went forward under sedation. I know which I would choose if given the choice.

Not sure why you would want to do it at the hospital.

It’s a drink - but not just any old drink - this is powerful stuff.

All I would say is that you know when it’s working - and it works pretty dam quick. But just when you think it’s all over, you have to go again! Several visits to the loo are required until all that you are passing is liquid.

No pain involved at all.

You will need to have somebody drive you to and from the hospital.

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Not sure why you would want to do it at the hospital.

It’s a drink - but not just any old drink - this is powerful stuff.

All I would say is that you know when it’s working - and it works pretty dam quick. But just when you think it’s all over, you have to go again! Several visits to the loo are required until all that you are passing is liquid.

No pain involved at all.

You will need to have somebody drive you to and from the hospital.

Or this procedure it is not just a drink ! It is a drink and then an enema,

Sorry but no you don’t need to be driven to the hospital unless you have chosen sedation which in my view is completely unnecessary for a flexible sigmoidoscopy

The lady from the hospital rang me back. Taking Moviprep is not an option, so I have elected to do the enema at home. Luca, thanks for your words of comfort. I have taken Moviprep twice before and agree, it’s vile.

We had home enemas here for my OH - they were not a problem and very simple to use. I am sure you will be fine.

I have to say I was so impressed pressed with the kind attitude of all the staff.

We even shared a joke or two which is kind of an odd thing to do with a camera up your nether regions….

It's a 'drink' to clear you out so stay near a loo. then not eat for hours and drink just water.

I had this prior to a sigmoidoscopy.... No problems with it and none detected either thankfully

I had visions of my home births in 1966 and 1968. I was shocked when the midwife announced she was going to shave me and give me an enema which involved her pumping liquid in to my rear end, very undignified but not the worst thing in the world.

To be induced for a home birth in the sixties, I was to get an OBE - caster oil in the evening, then a hot bath and enema in the morning. However, the caster oil (mixed with orange juice but still revolting to drink) was working so well (!!!) that the enema was omitted.

I had a home enema before a flexi sig. To me, it was nothing like the enema I was given when I had my children, I didn’t think it had worked properly as I didn’t feel it made me dash to the loo!

They told me how lovely and clear my bowel was, however, so it obviously had worked.

It wouldn’t worry me at all if I had to do it (the enema) again.

I was unable to do the home enema and cancelled my appointment for sigmoidoscopy. I told the hospital and they did it for me.
It seems that some hospitals use the liquid and some traditional enemas.
I had the liquid pre surgery. The problem with the liquid is that it took several hours to work so I ended being up half the night and got little sleep with having to get up at 6am to get to the hospital.

It is a liquid AND an enema!!

My husband had to do a home enema every day for 37 days when he was undergoing radiotherapy for prostate cancer. It wasn't a liquid. He had to erm 'insert' it. I've just asked him. He said it wasn't easy or pleasant but he had to do it. He said just be near the toilet.

I don’t have a sigmoid colon anymore.

Most enemas are liquid which is squeezed into the "back door", while there are also liquids that are taken by mouth. If it was administered by the back door, but wasn't liquid, it must have been a solid pessary, then?

Sorry yes it was a liquid into the 'back door'.

Thanks, That is clearer. Whichever way it is administered, it isn't exactly fun!

No. Especially not 37 days! He had to have an empty bowel and a full bladder each time. Not easy.