Colon Irrigation..please help

[PiKA2001]

COLON IRRIGATION

I have been trying to get some info on this on the internet and I havent really found too much about it. It's when they shoot a hot wash up your ass to clean out all of the scud thats in your intestines and colon. Most doctors dont do it ( you have to go to a holistic medicine clinic to get it done usually ) I was wondering if anybody here has had the procedure.... If they felt better after and how much it cost them etc... Health Insurance doesnt cover it so cost is pretty important. Thank you.

[winnieb]

Wow- I am not sure if you will get many people admitting to having this done.
My grandmother goes to a holistic person to have this procedure and other (such as accupunture and candling) done. My grandmother swears by it....

Good luck with all that! or should I say "hope it comes out ok"

[33girl]

this is supposedly All The Rage for some Hollywood people. It's used as a weight loss method.

I know there's been articles on it in Elle and such.

[Rudey]

No you freak. What is wrong with you? One of the Damon brothers bragged about his enemas on Howard Stern once. Some people do it with coffee.

Again, I am going to repeat that you are a freak unconditionally.

-Rudey
--Like a 3 testicled lobster

[ZTAngel]

All the porn stars do it when they have to do scenes that involve that area of the body so that....er....stuff doesn't come out.

I dunno. I just can't imagine that it's too healthy. The body cleanses that stuff naturally. And what if you get an infection from the equipment that they use because someone forgot to clean something? That would suck if the equipment had some kind of parasite on it. You'd have a much bigger problem than before you walked in and that's not an area of my body that I'd want to have an oozy infection.

[honeychile]

I have a friend who has it done on a very regular basis due to a medical condition (I think it's because she's nuts!). Anyhow, it's more than "just" an enema - the sudsy stuff goes in, is flushed out, then fresh water goes in, then is flushed out - over and over for about a half an hour. I once read that Princess Diana & Sarah Ferguson were regulars at it.

I can't imagine that it could be too good for you, as it "only" takes care of the last 9 feet of your colon/intestines. It has to play havoc with your spincter muscles, and lessen your own body's ability to function properly.

You'd probably get as good a response by doubling your fiber intake.

[BobbyTheDon]

dude I thought the title of this thread was cologne irritation.

[UKTriDelt]

What's the point in cleaning out an area that is absolutely guaranteed to get "dirty" pretty soon afterward?? I say there's a real reason that real doctors won't do it.

[James]

Real doctors used to believe that bleeding you and cuting crosses in your body would be good for you.

Luckily they don't anymore . . . but often times medical practices are determined by what is accepted or popular at the time versus what is actually useful.

But there are "real doctors" that do enemas.

Originally posted by UKTriDelt
What's the point in cleaning out an area that is absolutely guaranteed to get "dirty" pretty soon afterward?? I say there's a real reason that real doctors won't do it.

[AGDee]

There are normal bacteria that make up the flora of your colon which assist you in digesting foods. If that normal balance of them gets messed up, you can have some very serious issues. Google on c-difficile and see if you would want to risk this...

ETA: The best way to keep your innards cleansed is to eat plenty of soluble fiber.

[AchtungBaby80]

Yeah, I've heard that this is not good for you. I'd rather not risk having something wrong with, er, that area, would you?

Better to just load up on the bran flakes.

[honeychile]

Originally posted by BobbyTheDon
dude I thought the title of this thread was cologne irritation.

I think the cologne comes AFTER the colonics!

[AOX81]

My situation was slightly different but I had to have a colonoscopy a couple years ago for a medical problem and I had to drink the SUPER LAXATIVE FROM HELL! After not eating for 1 1/2-2 days and then cleaning myself out I lost 10 pounds. After the procedure I actually felt better and it seemed like things flowed through my system a lot better. I have heard about people having colonics done to help regulate themselves but it's not something that should be done all the time because it washes out the GOOD bacteria. Celebrities have it done to help them lose weight which I think that is the WRONG reason to have it done. I would suggest contacting a place that does colonic irrigation and ask questions.

[FSUZeta]

i have never had a colonic irrigation(and never would), but once i did have to have a barium enema so that x-rays could be made of my lower g.i. tract. it was the most unpleasant thing i have ever had done, (and i have birthed two kids, one without anesthesia).

aox81, i know what you mean. that stuff is the nastiest stuff ever invented. thank goodness we are knocked out for colonoscopies!

[Dionysus]

Upper GI's suck too. They make you drink cups of some nasty chalky foamy shit. Even worse, before the proceedure, they give you these sour crystals that make you uber gassy, but the radiologist tells to NOT to expell it. If you belch, you have to swallow some more crystals. Painful!