In my external catheter days I was successful using Clear Advantage. This is the trick. Get some stretchable athletic tape 1-2 inches wide. It is tape used to tape Ace bandages. Tape half on cath and half on skin. It will not come off. It might be called "Elasticon or another Elastoplast.
Merrill _____ From: David K. Kelmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 12:13 PM To: Tod E. Santee; Quadius; quad-list; gina Subject: Re: FW: [QUAD-L] Getting Supra Pubic in 3 weeks Hi Tod, It's good to see the "Teach" (as Breezy would say) posting on the Q-List again. I have used all three kinds of catheters, and have found that my body will immediately reject a Teflon catheter. The latex ones will work, but they don't last long before I need to change them. The silicone coated latex ones work best for me too, in my experience. With Love, CtrlAltDel aka Dave C4/5 Complete - 31 Years Post Texas, USA "Tod E. Santee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Gina & Quadius, I know what you mean. I had similar issues with catheters as both of you. The silione ones caused irritation and even pain at times. The latex ones caused redness after a week or two. After some reading I found there were two types opf latex catheters... teflon coated and silicone coated. Most warehouse-type places send whatever they happen to grab when they pull your order. I fopund I had to specify "silicone coated latex" NOT silicone, not latex and not teflon coated. HAS TO BE silicone coated. I don't know who you get your supplies from but I've found Edgepark to great at sending monthly orders without having to call all the time (unless something changes) and almost always getting it right! And never any problems with returns when they do goof. Best regards! --Tod ---- gina wrote: > I use a silicone, because I found out I'm allergic to latex. I have alot less problems with silicone, but with what you described I might be allergic to the silicone, but not as bad as latex I know of no other catheters that I can use. Does your insurance pay for the Saline solution? I use a 24 french and 10cc or I should say thats what the doctor uses.,.I get him to change it once a month if I go much longer than that it feels like he's ripping out my guts.. what do ya'll irrigate with? > Gina > > Quadius wrote: > The main reason I asked about the type of catheter is because I discovered about 10 years ago that I am allergic to the silicone products. I first noticed it when I had a silicone trach to which my skin became adhered. Ear nose and throat had to rip the trach right out of my neck and finally got them to agree to do reconstructive surgery about five or six years later. > When I have a silicone catheter in my body, my bladder spasms profusely, I feel like I have a terrible UTI, the stoma tries to adhered itself to the catheter, and there are excessive amounts of calcification on the end of the catheter when it is removed. I now only use latex catheters with a little bit of silicone coating. > According to my care providers, this is an abnormal allergy, but I thought I'd let you know about it since you're, seems to close around your catheter. > Quadius > > > On 4/15/08, Merrill Burghardt wrote: I use 10 cc's of natural saline. I daily apply triple action antibiotic gel, but when the SP is first installed it will generally leak for a few days. The type used is a 24 French. Mine was a headache for several days. I even thought it was a mistake but it was worth it. > > Merrill > > > --------------------------------- > > From: Quadius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12:39 PM > To: gina > Cc: quad-list > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Getting Supra Pubic in 3 weeks > > > Gina, > How much sailing are you putting into the bulb? I used to have a problem with the SP leaking if I put in 5 cc, but I now put in anywhere from eight to 10 cc. > What type of catheter are you using, i.e. silicone or latex? > Quadius > > On 4/15/08, gina wrote: > Hi, > > I've had a SP for about 3yrs now and it is better. I get mine changed every month the only problems I really have with mine is it leaks some but when I get it changed it hurts some because my body heals so fast that it tries to heal itself around the catheter and I get alot of calcium built up around the end of it. But I am glad I did it the UTI's are alot less. And it is great to have that area down below free... I hope it all goes well with yours... > > Gina
