I use Rochester wideband. I've had virtually no trouble with skin, or leaking for over two years. They're terrific!
Richard --- Silas Shelburne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whats the best condom caths, I tried a sample pack > that had an adhesive inside, they worked good but > someone threw the box away. I lost their name and > address, im using a indewling now but fixing to > change back to straight cath or condom. Thanks > Silas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: A.B.C. > To: Quad > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 8:02 AM > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Scary cath change > > > I use a condom cath and had an experience > similar to yours. One legbag, in the middle of the > day, was bright red, for no real reason on my part.. > There had been NO internal invasion of any sort. > The next bag was less red and so on for the next > few. I called the doc on the 1st and made a big > deal, by the time he could see me the next day, I > was pretty much back to normal thus reinforcing his > erronious opinion that he knows better than me. > Never had that red experience since, go figure... > Dave > > > > Lori Michaelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, > > Has any of you had this happen? Out of > my 26 yrs of thousands of cath changes ... I had my > "routine" cath change Thursday evening and it went > NOT as expected. In fact I stayed in bed 2 days. > > My urine had been looking great ... no > problems. The old cath was taken out ... smooth as > pie. Upon inserting the new cath (yes it was in all > the way ... we're ANAL abt that) we got some blood > back. I've had minute pink tinges in the past but > it clears up in seconds. > > This time it was red and did not stop. > OVERALL the ratio of pee/blood was not much but it > looked red. Ya know how a tiny drop of food > coloring in a fairly big jar makes it very red > looking? Same thing. > > But this was new to me. Also I was > bleeding externally slowly all night (urethral we > assume). I didn't go to the hospital because I > don't have confidence in my Dr other than writing > scripts. And no urologist. I don't think Tucson > would know SCI issues if it bit them in the ass and > I felt safer at home. > > Long story, short ... I laid still for > 48 hrs and it resolved itself thank God. All I can > think of is that a stone was present and it scraped > the urethra lining. > > OR > > Nurses and hubby have seen a 'tiny' > bubble or cyst at the meatus when changing the cath > and spreading the meatus open. Been there 2 yrs or > more causing no problems whatsoever. Maybe THAT > decided to burst. > > I have a Urologist appnt on the 17th. > My biggest fear is procedures causing severe AD. > Although I've learned that B&O suppositories or > "NITRO-BID" (Nitroglycerin Ointment USP, 2%) is used > to prevent that. > > I've been all over the net today looking > up B&Os and found many things including bladder > spasms causing bleeding around the cath and out the > cath after certain procedures. > > Urine looks fine now. I'm just sore as > hell. > > Anyone else have this happen? > > Lori Michaelson > Age - 41 > C4/5 complete quad, 26 years post > Tucson, AZ > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million > songs. Try it free. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >
