Re: Severe Cramping & Numbness in Extremities During Enema

Hi,

Thank you for your thoughtful response. I did use plain water and it was a very mild temperature, right between too hot & too cold (just a few degrees above lukewarm). I held the water in for only about 5 minutes. I was laying down on a towel and varying my positions, massaging my abdomen the whole time to distribute the water.

It was really scary, I have never gotten any kind of tingling or numbness in my feet & hands before. The numbness was so severe that when I turned the water faucet on to splash cold water on my face, my fingers had a hard time moving, so I could barely "cup" the water. It was frightening.

Because I was fasting at the time, I'm thinking electrolyte balance *may* have had something to do with it. But I also know that there seemed to be some of the water trapped up inside my colon and the pressure and cramping kept building and building....and then the tingling/numbness came on....until finally some balls of feces and water were expelled...then I started to feel better. I've had that type of cramping before - when the enema water gets distributed really well and you are sitting on the toilet waiting for all the water and feces to expel...sometimes there is some that gets trapped up in the colon, blocked by hard balls of feces and I think that's when cramping occurs. But this was very severe and the numbness was new to me. Scary stuff. If I ever do decide to do an enema again, I will definitely do less water and will not lay around after the bag has emptied - I'll go straight to the toilet to expel.