I use whatever is on sale at Walmart rubberbanded to a plastic hose. Very few problems in the past 38 years.
I now have to lube up with Desetin to prevent an alergic reaction to the latex but that seems to work just fine. A little piece of legbag strap to hold it on - works just fine. Dave
I now have to lube up with Desetin to prevent an alergic reaction to the latex but that seems to work just fine. A little piece of legbag strap to hold it on - works just fine. Dave
Richard Kratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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 intern! al 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
>
>
>
>
>
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