Thanks for inquiring. My urologist doesn't believe in vinegar flushing. She almost went batty when I mentioned at one time, but I am planning on going by the urology clinic to see if I might be able to get them to put in a larger catheter on Tuesday.
As for spasms, need for irrigation, no I am not experiencing any bladder spasms and we started you're getting once I noticed even a little bit of sediment. And I must confess that this amount of sediment is so little that I probably wouldn't have worried about it much a couple of years ago. Since I had the bladder stones removed in January 2007 I haven't had hardly any sediment. Thankfully I have a sonogram appointment on Tuesday and if I politely ask the technician, I might be able to get an answer as to whether I have stones. They don't like to tell us because they want the doctor to make the diagnosis, but I have been around long enough that they usually know that I won't blow the whistle if they told me. Quadius C2-3 quadriplegic incomplete 13 years post injury On 7/10/08, Tod E. Santee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Spasms, irritated bladder maybe? > > --Tod > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Quadius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, July 10, 2008 3:25 PM > *Subject:* [QUAD-L] SP catheter > > > > 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 > >
