Quadius, I use the Texas condom and still retain some urine after voiding. So, I am cathed with the mmg o'niel every morning and night to completly drain the bladder of any residue. This has worked for 8 years. I take 500mg of vit. C 4 times a day and drink cranberry juice to avoid infections.
When i was newly injured the doctors tried to talk me into a suprapubic. I am glad I did not. Of course, everyones injury is different. The condom & intermittent cathering (2x) gives me the freedom to drink whatever, whenever, and any amounts. Derrick ----- Original Message ----- From: Quadius To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 6:00 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] supra pubic Naomi, If my memory serves me correctly, they were trying to do intermittent catheterization and they just weren't able to do it due to the volume of fluid I was drinking. They had me on a fluid restriction and even when that it my bladder was swelling way too much. They initially did the suprapubic with the idea that I was going to try to get my bladder trained so it would void out through a Texas catheter, but I kept getting UTIs. They discovered that my bladder was retaining about 100 to 200 cc of your and even after I had voided. So, we decided to keep the suprapubic. Let me know if this wasn't what you're looking for. Quadius On 1/27/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Quadius, Was your surgery recommended, because you weren't drinking enough fluids or drinking too much fluid? Thank you for your response and the information. It is much appreciated. Naomi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.14/1247 - Release Date: 1/28/2008 10:59 AM
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