I have had a super pubic catheter for more than 13 years now, but I had something happen on Saturday which has only transpired when I had a tremendous amount of bladder stones. We were doing a routine catheter change, but the catheter wouldn't fit in (22 French bard latex). Luckily I still have some smaller catheters for when this transpired about two years ago. I ended up going down to a 16 French. Now I'm sitting here scratching my head because there shouldn't be any reason why it wouldn't fit into my stoma.
I have had a slight increase in sediment, but it really is extremely nominal. In fact, I haven't really had sediment since I had those bladder stones removed with a laser in January 2007. I thought it was a fluke thing and I could probably try to put a 22 French in after 48 hours, but that didn't work. Now I'm worried that I might clog this catheter. It is just so small compared to what I'm used to and there has been a little bit more sediment in my urine. I have been avoiding Mountain Dew since this transpired and I have noticed my sediment hasn't increased (knock on wood). Has anyone else had a problem with catheters not going into their stoma during a normal catheter change? Thanks for the input, Quadius
