I'm glad to hear you have solved that problem. It must suck to have a sack of
rocks where your suppose to have a water bag. It should be a headsup to the
rest of us to get our bladders checked every year to 18 months. We loose
calcium at a remarkable rate compared to any other people beside astronauts.
Calcium leaves via kidneys and bladder. When mixed with other solid
particulates that kidneys extract, you get some rocks! I am sure you will feel
much better. I haven't used any anisthesia for cysto yet. I heard the first
doctor to do a cystoscopy did it on himself in the late 1700s. I figured it
must not be that painfull. Now I know better. I don't let them use a general
because if they break something I want to be able to yell.
I had versid last time and was pretty wacked but able to speak. It wore off way
too fast and by golly, I hadn't quite cleaned my bowel before surgery. Doctor
earned his money.
john
50, C-5, 31 years post
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]
Sent: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Supra-pubic question
Well, the only clear catheter I have used was a silicone product, so I have no
idea how well the latex works. I myself am allergic to silicone catheters, but
it seems as if the majority of people do not have this problem.
I did, however, just get back up in my chair again after recuperating from
cystoscopy - lithotripsy. Fortunately I only had to undergo a spinal block, so
I was able to get home quite a bit quicker than I had originally anticipated.
They removed a ton of stones from my bladder and right now my catheter seems to
be going it much easier. When my urologist saw how many stones were in my
bladder during the original cystoscopy, she said my problem putting in the
catheter was most likely the result of too many stones. Thankfully she has been
correct on this point.
Quadius
Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You guys are making me nervous! I've had a SP for 2 years now and only 1 or
maybe 2 UTIs and no real problems changing it - every 3 weeks. From the
beginning, I've used the brown rubber latex type. The new batch they just sent
me are clear see through latex. Should I be concerned? How many of you all use
these clear latex types?
Dan V
At 12:57 PM 1/7/2007 -0800, B. Kimberlin \(Quadius\) said something that
elicited my response:
Dan,
Just curious, are you using a silicone catheter or latex. I had an allergy to
the silicone catheter and they cost me significant problems. 1. The skin
around my suprapubic light to adhere to my catheter as well as my bladder skin.
2. I continuously felt as if I had a UTI. 3. Had extraordinary difficulty
getting new catheters in after removing the older ones.
Once I switched back
to latex, I had no difficulties, except the occasional stone.
Quadius
Danny Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all, The last few months the tissue around my supra-pubic has been
bleeding more than it used to. Has anyone else had that problem or know of a
product that may help that?? It seems a while back I think someone said they
spayed miricle mist on theirs and it seemed to help, if anyone knows -- please
post. Thanks ALL and hope we all have a good new year ahead of us !
Dan H.
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