Originally posted by Sixpence
does an enema clean your colon?
Supposed to. They also use it to flood you with radioactive marker tags for an MRI. Did that to me when I had appendicitus. I remember hearing, "This will probably be uncomfortable, it's going against the grain."
Now you've got what feels like a gallon of stuff flooding into you backwards. On to step 2! Clench your cheeks together as hard as you can. Gravity is
not your friend. Not having fun yet? Time for the injection! At this point you'll be laying there on a little plastic table, with your arm on fire from the massive automated syringe they use, faintly tasting cinnamon in the back of your mouth, with a major,
major case of diarhea. Now! step 3! Hold it for 10 minutes and carefully follow the instructions coming in over the intercom, so you don't have to repeat the entire process. The fear of a repeat performance will make you perform flawlessly. The radiologist is in another room so it's not convenient to choke him to death at this point.
Eventually, when they get around to it, they'll come back in and disconnect the IV and pronounce you ready to releave yourself. Prepare for the most awkward, butt-clenched, spin-bounce-shouder charge the radiologist since he's in the way-frantic scramble for the bathroom you've ever had.
That's been my 1 and only experience with an enema. I don't want another.
