I tried it John, but unfortunately I was allergic to it and therefore unable to tell if it was effective. I am also allergic to silicone, so go figure. Quadius
On 2/18/08, John S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anyone tried the anti bacterial catheters? Do they really reduce the > number of UTI's? > > john > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 2:25:58 PM > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Supra-Pubic Sizes > > I tried the Silicone but I didn't like them as they were too stiff. Of > course, the Latex does kink more because it is softer. So I guess it's a > trade off. > > Dan > > > At 10:52 AM 2/18/2008 -0800, Danny Hearn said something that elicited my > response: > > > *Gina, did the 24 french help reduce your UTI"S or using the Silicone??? > I have never tried silicone, only the latex but I have pretty much UTI > trouble.* > * Thanks, Dan* > > *gina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: Hi, I use a 24 french supra pubic > too my urologist picked it because I had so many probelems w/ my catheter > before, he said it wouldn't clog as easy, but I also use a silicone instead > of latex i still get some uti's but not like before at all.. gina Liz > Treston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = > "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: > Sunday, February 17, 2008 11:24 AM To: <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = > "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />[email protected] Subject: > Re: [QUAD-L] Supra-Pubic Sizes the Fr stands for French and is in > millimeters which, in reality means 'circumference' as opposed to the way we > Americans usually measure such things by diameter. therefore 21 Fr = 7mm > diameter (=0.27 inches). az dave In a message dated 2/17/2008 8:45:14 > A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I use a > number 24 french........in over 8 years it has only clogged 3 times. I'm not > sure how the number size works... Is the lower number or higher the > smallest? > Dan H. > > Merrill > > > > > Dave Visit My Home Page <http://www.users.qwest.net/%7Edaveoc/index.html>Watch > the video on AOL Living. > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your > homepage.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs> >
