Enemas

I can see why your doctor said that as our j-pouches are small and we could over do it by giving ourselves enemas. That said I disagree.

IMHO - I have to use suppositories and push them in with my finger. I was told to give myself an enema before the last scope I had at the Mayo clinic. If you are careful you can give yourself an enema.

I don't think he was talking about enemas. After all, it is not like you are going to stick a garden hose in there and turn it on full bore. Scopes in the doctors offices where they pumped in air, and barium x-rays were way more miserable than an enema ever could be. I am not hesitant to insert a finger to check out the anastamosis, and help try to dilate it. At least i can feel what i am doing. That is much better than some doctors whom felt like they were trying to shove a baseball bat up my butt. I think that is why your surgeon doesn't want another doctor putting anything up there, as they have no clue what damage they could do to things there.

That doesn't exactly make sense to me. Usually before a scoping one is required to use a Fleet enema. That Fleet enema isn't administered by your surgeon or colorectal doctor, is it?

Whenever I have my annual pap smear I also have a rectal examination.

You might want to purchase a bidet toilet seat equiped with an enema feature. I have one and I love it. It's from Coco - the link is at the top of the page.

Of course, maybe you have something else going on that we're unaware of which is making your doctor more cautious. Could that be it?

kathy