I had a significant amount of bladder stones removed about two years ago and since then I have had two or three minor UTIs. I went for an extended period of time without needing treatment for a UTI prior to getting the bladder stones, but when I had them, I was consistently getting UTIs until they were removed.
Irrigation does help, but make sure you do not infect your bladder when you are doing this. Make sure whoever is doing it has washed their hands thoroughly and is wearing gloves. Also it is important when washing the stoma to have a person clean in a circular motion trying to clean outward. That way you do not have anything entering the stoma site. I would also pay heed to John's suggestion about backflow. I had a problem with this during my first couple of years and once I rigged up some solutions so my urine would consistently drained down it significantly minimize my UTIs. Quadius PS I have had my suprapubic or almost 14 years now. On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Danny Hearn <[email protected]> wrote: > THANKS LORI--- MY NEW UROLOGIST IS OUT FOR AT LEAST 2 MORE DAYS, ONE OF HIS > FELLOW DOCTORS TOLD ME MY CULTURE SHIOWED I HAD PSEUDOMONAS AND I MAY BE > ABLE TO GET 2 SHOTS A DAY IN THE BUTT OR GET IV DRUGS---HE TOLD ME I CAN > WAIT FOR MY DOCTOR TO GET BACK AND SEE IF I'M DOING WORSE OR ?? HE TOLD ME > IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO KNOW WHEN TO TREAT AND DEPENDS ON SYMPTOMS AND ETC. > ( HAVE YOU EVER HAD THE SO CALLED SHOTS????? I NEVER KNEW THIS WAS EVEN > AVAILABLE DID YOU? DANNY H.
