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After I came home from surgery and the rehab center, I had home nursing care for a few days, primarily to help me with my daily morning enemas. These are traditional red rubber bag enemas such as always were used before Fleets were introduced.

Yesterday a bright and enthusiastic young nurse showed up - completely clueless. She did not know that an enema was part of my daily nursing procedure. I suspect that her work mates deliberately set her up for the surprise.

It also turned out that she had never administered a traditional bag enema or even seen one administered! Is this no longer part of the required curriculum for nursing students?

At any rate, I only needed her for additional safety as I try to get down on the floor or up after the enema. As I have little sphincter control, I use a doctor-approved very large nozzle with a bulbous flair at the tip to help me hold in the enema solution. It was funny because her eyes got very wide at several points in the procedure.

TMI but some humor must come out of such circumstances. After all, it was a very "draining" experience.

--John

Great fun!

I'm sure you gave that sweet young thing a lesson she won't soon forget, but useful for the next time she encounters a patient who needs it. Bravo!

" After all, it was a very "draining" experience."

oh my... Still, I am shocked that this was surprising or new to her. Was she am intern or student? At the very least she should have told her peers, "I have never done this and don't know what to do." This was a funny moment, but incompetence is never funny and could lead to real damage in the future.

Enough "pun"ishment already!