Whats the advantage of a suprapubic, im straight cathed ever 4 hrs it really sucks especially when I go out. Also im inconet some times especially at night. Where do you wear the bag, is the surgery bad. Thanks Silas
----- Original Message ----- From: "dave headman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:23 AM
Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Suprapubic Leaking Question
my sp cath has been leaking a lot in the last year. i'm now using a 26 french with a 30cc baloon. last month the urilogist removed 3 small bladder stones. that stopped 80 % of the leakage. i was able to stop the leaking compleatly with higher doses of ditropan, but my mouth got too dry and i couldn't eat. now i just keep a small towel over the cath and change it frequently.
dave headman c4-26yrs post
From: k t <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: [QUAD-L] Suprapubic Leaking Question Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:06:00 -0800 (PST)
Hi everyone,
I have a question for those who have suprapubic? I am a C/3 -- C/4 quadriplegic (32 years post). I had my suprapubic put in 1976. Over the years it has worked wonderful. In the last year, I have run into some leakage around the catheter site itself.
I was wondering if anyone else with the suprapubic has experienced intermittent leaking? My urologist has increased my Ditropan and he also increased my balloon size of the catheter itself. Neither seemed to help.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
Torbs
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