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1. Shake the bottle.
2. Remove the orange plastic cover on the tip of the bottle.
3. Lie on your left side with your right knee bent and your arms
relaxed.
4. Gently put the bottle tip into your rectum. Push as if you are
having a bowel movement. This will relax the muscles so the tip
goes in easier.
5. Stop pushing and take slow, deep breaths.
6. Squeeze the bottle until most of the liquid is in your rectum.
7. Remove the tip from your rectum. Lie on your left side and
squeeze your buttocks to hold the liquid in your rectum.
8. You will have a strong urge to have a bowel movement in about 5
minutes. Hold the liquid in as long as you can.
9. Use the toilet.
10. Wash your hands with soap and water.
• After 12 midnight, do not eat or drink anything, including water, and do
not smoke.
On the Day of the Test
• Do not take your morning medicines unless told to do so by your doctor.
During the Test
• You will wear a hospital gown.
• An IV (intravenous) is put in a vein in your arm. Medicine to make you
relaxed and sleepy is put into the IV.
• You will lie on your left side. You may be asked to pull your knees up
towards your chest.
• The tube is slowly put into your rectum and through your colon. You
may feel an urge to move your bowels.
• Breathe deeply and slowly through your mouth to help you relax.
• When the tube is in place, air may be put into the colon through the tube.