Cullen, that sounds strange she stuck in a needle to get a clean urine sample---we just take it as it comes out of the cath tube-then re-attach the tube for the urine bag. What if the staph is colonized??? will they treat or wait for bad symptoms??? My cath blocked off once 4 hours from home, and we had to do a wild search and pay a lot, to get supplies out of town. Now when leaving town we always carry extra like you. Thanks, Dan H.
--- On Sat, 2/14/09, Cullen <[email protected]> wrote: From: Cullen <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Spasms To: "Merrill" <[email protected]> Cc: "Quad-liST" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, February 14, 2009, 12:51 PM I said according to urinalysis last week I didn't have a uti, well I guess that was because I was not symptomatic, except my urine had that foul smell, urine was clear no fever or chills, then they called me in because I was going into the hospital next week and wanted to do some more test because when they cultured last week I had staph (mrsa) that they figured was just colonized. Blood tests, urine sample that was draw from my catheter after clamping it off, well here's the rest of the story when she put the needle into the side of the catheter she hit the balloon tube and drew saline from the balloon and semi deflated the balloon, but we didn't know it at the time, I got to x-ray to check out my bladder and kidneys and I knew my urine was backing up when they were taking the x-rays the dam broke catheter came out and I was soaked, we always carry extra cath kit and catheters except my wife had inadvertently taken them out of van. It's quarter to four , the VA clinic closes at four, and my wife went on a scavenger hunt found a cath kit, catheter and and we had an extra pair of pants in the car, drove 100 miles home and went to bed. The story got way to long, but just thought I would tell another typical quad story. Cullen C3 --- On Fri, 2/13/09, Merrill <[email protected]> wrote: From: Merrill <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Spasms To: [email protected] Received: Friday, February 13, 2009, 1:01 PM My urinalysis will come back cultured, but be negative for a UTI. It is cultured high enough to feel terrible, but not high enough to treat with antibiotics. I discovered by lowering the culture level will lessen spasms and bad feelings short of a temperature. Do drink plenty of fluids, cranberry juice, a product called UTI Clear works for me. Also raise your urine ph to 6 or 7 by a ph test strip by vitamin C 1000mg twice daily. This is all a daily maintenance for me but does raise my quality of a life. Merrill From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:34 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Spasms Cullen, I hope you post the results here. Information like this is informative to others too. I hope its good news for you. Best Wishes In a message dated 2/12/2009 12:04:57 A.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: We have tried every thing we can think off and those thing have been negative. I don't have a uti at least according to urine test last week , no fever and no sores or red marks, I have almost no sensation from the neck down, but I can usually tell if there is pain or discomfort in an generalized area. I have tried different positions in bed but it has not helped. We do stretching exercises every day. I'm going into the hospital for tests next week maybe something will show up. Thanks for your input. Cullen C3 --- On Wed, 2/11/09, Greg <[email protected]> wrote: From: Greg <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Spasms To: [email protected] Received: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 6:36 PM Hi, I get that also sometimes. Clearly something is wrong. If it¢s in bed, I¢d check your butt, heel, etc. for red areas. When I was a bit constipated I would spasm very bad when I laid flat, it must have irritated my abdomen area. Also UTI¢s will do it. It¢s always like finding a needle in a haystack when trying to find the cause of a new symptom. Good luck, Greg. From: Cullen [mailto: [email protected] ] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 7:39 PM To: Quad-liST Subject: [QUAD-L] Spasms I have been assqa C3 quad for almost 12 years, I have had spasms for most of that 12 year, but over the last couple of week, mostly at night, they have increased in frequency to the point where a number of nights I have gotten almost no sleep because the spasms have been at 0ne or two minute intervals for three, four or five hours. I take a full daily dose of Baclofen and Tizanidine. I haven't been able to see my doc yet, but I was wondering if any of you have had this problem or have I just been lucky up to now and this is a regular accurrance. Cullen C3 Yahoo! Canada Toolbar : Search from anywhere on the web and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now! Yahoo! Canada Toolbar : Search from anywhere on the web and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now! A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! Yahoo! Canada Toolbar : Search from anywhere on the web and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now!
