When they do your care or change catheters make sure they clean and keep it all sterile and of course drink a lot...
I have a suprapubic catheter as well and I still get infections all the time.. Danny Espinoza 25/m/California Occupation before accident - Network engineer / SR. Network security engineer Broke c2,c6,c7 and doner bone at c2 TBI from blood going to central cortex from spinal cord off a vent "woohoo" however only one diaphragm works right now "due to asymmetric SCI" http://secureminds.us/ http://www.myspace.com/dannylnx From: Barbara Vedder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 3:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [QUAD-L] Bladder control - using a suprapubic catheter Hi y'all, I'm new to this group list and have been reading over emails sent out for the last few days and I have a very important, urgent question. I've been quadriplegic for nearly 27 years and recently had my plumbing changed from an indwelling Foley catheter to a suprapubic catheter. I've been experiencing a lot of problems with this and could use a bunch of good advice or information from others about this. The biggest problem I now have is incontinence from the urethra (where the Foley came out of me). Has anyone out there had similar problems and, if so, what did you learn or do to try regulating your system? The surgeon who worked on me is a total asshole and doesn't' provide help or guidance at all. I need help. Thanks, Barbara
