I have/had mucous too. Again, bleeding was not an issue or any extreme oozing, irrigating is a good idea, check w/ your urologist. How long were u in the hosptal? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Quad-list post" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Help....
> It will be fine! It will produce a lot of mucous at first because part of > your intestine was used and that produced mucous! It "will" bleed, the edge > of the hole is tender right now. I kept a SP in for nearly a "year" before > 'trusting' that weird thing in my belly. Make sure you irrigate it!! At > least daily. Do not be gentle about it! Put 60cc's of sterile water inn > the syringe and shove it in! Then pull 30cc's out! When you pull out, do > not pull if you get resistance--the end of the catheter may be against the > wall of your new bladder. Irrigate again. I irrigated at least twice or > until it pulled back clear. It is amazing how much mucous can build up in > 24 hours. > > Between cathing, cover it with 2 x2's or a 4x4. It will keep the irritation > of clothes down. When you do cath, make sure you get far enough in--the > first few weeks of cathing, if my doc did it, I would be flabbergasted as > far in she would put it. The type of cath I use, only about 5-6 inches > sticks out in order to get it all the way in. I really should measure that. > I will let you know what kind of cath I use as those red rubber hospital > kind might as well be a piece of spaghetti! Plus they drain slowly. > > Do you still have a SP in? Using that at night gives the hole a chance to > rest and the sides to heal a bit. If the cath will not go in easy, if there > is resistance, take a deep breath and let it out--relax! And keep your > water drinking up! It will help expand the new bladder--altho if you are > cathing only every 4 hours, I would cut back on the water, or just sip it > now and then. If you drink a whole glass it will hit in about an hour and > you will need to cath every 20-30 minutes, if that much, as your bladder > will not be able to hold that much liquid at a time. If your are leaking, > up the caths to 3 hrs. > > It will take quite a while to get used to it and to the new feelings you > will get. They re-arranged your insides! They will be sore. A picture > will help. Sometimes, no matter what you do, the durn thing will 'not' go > in. Relax for a bit and have someone else try. The angle of the cath will > help. When it goes in the hole have it pointed down a bit towards the new > bladder. > > The main thing is to be patient! It "will" work--stay on ditropan or > whatever you use for bladder relaxation. What kind of cath are you using? > The red rubbers are the softest, but because of that it does not have enough > stiffness to get thru the tight times, but will eventually if you lubricate. > I forgot about lubricating--its been so long since I have used it, I forget > about it. > > Basically its one of those things that the more you 'fight', the worse it > is. Then suddenly it will go in, and you have no idea what you did! I will > be signing off for the day, but be optimistic, it will work and see ya > tomorrow! take care, > > Dana and ? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "~LittleQuad~" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Quad-list post" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 5:52 PM > Subject: [QUAD-L] Help.... > > > > Hey gang! I've had my surgery and my doctor says it was a success. I'm not > > so convinced! The hole gets clogged up and fluid build-up. It's very sore > > and bleeds when messed with. I can hardly stand to look at it, much less > > cath thru it! My mom tried and she couldn't figure it out. So I'm going to > > try it in a little while. Doc says do it every 4 hours. Ugh, help! Is it > > supposed to do that??? I'm going to get a pic taken of it and send, > > hopefully this week. > > Thanks guys!! > > Amye > > > > >
