Re: [QUAD-L] Help....

[~LittleQuad~]

geez i just tried to empty it and it clogged.......ugh why???? am i doing something wrong??

  when i cath i put a litttle bit of lubricant on it....is that hurting??  

i know i need to drink more, i've never been big drinker...but the hole is tender and you can see some sticthes where they have come undone...thats why bleeds...

Liz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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?
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From: "Dana Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Quad-list post"
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"
> 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
> >
>
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