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About ten years ago, some friends encouraged my wife and I to try colonic irrigation. We liked the clean feeling that we had afterwards and took a course of treatments.

The therapist was woman of a certain age. She allowed the subject a few minutes on their own in the treatment room to undress below the waist and wrap up in a blanket to preserve their dignity. She then came in, put the subject in something like the foetal position and started the treatment by inserting the irrigation tube under the blanket. When the treatment was finished the subject took their clothes behind a screen to get dressed. She normally sat at her desk to write a few notes before leaving the room while the subject finished getting dressed.

I was uncomfortably hot during the first session so the lady said it was ok for me to take off top and I was naked under the blanket for the remaining sessions.

During one of the later sessions, the therapist told me that my colon was much healthier than my wife's. I thought she shouldn't really be saying that to me about another patient, but took it as a compliment anyway.

After the treatment, I went to collect my clothes from a chair beside the desk where she sat making her notes about the session. In that instant, it occurred to me that it was pointless hiding behind a screen to get dressed when the lady had just put a tube in my bum.

I took off the blanket and stood facing her in the nude. She looked up from her desk and I paused there while we continued the conversation we'd been having during the treatment. As we talked, she looked me over and indicated facially that she liked what she saw.

As soon we came to a break in the conversation, I started dressing and she finished off her notes. Unusually, she stayed in the room until I was ready. Afterwards, I felt not only the glow from the treatment but also some pleasure from having the woman's approval of my body.

Looking back now, I consider myself very fortunate that the woman was ok about me getting naked. I could have easily got into serious trouble and have never done anything like it again despite having many opportunities with other therapists, personal trainers and the like. I just felt particularly comfortable with that woman. Thank goodness, I hadn't misread her.