In Have been a c3 quad for almost 12 years. I have used an indwelling cath for all 12 years and have had very few uti during this period. In Nov I had a complete check up kidneys, bladder etc and everything was clear. I asked about a super pubic at that time as I have at other times during the 12 year and the answer was if its not broke don't fix it.
Cullen C3 --- On Sat, 3/14/09, Dollbug <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dollbug <[email protected]> Subject: [QUAD-L] Super pubic vs foley or cathing To: [email protected] Received: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 9:16 AM My 22 year old son, who became a quad about 6 months ago, has had numerous issues since initial hospitalization. The most recurring is UTI and some bladder infections. He was in a hospital and rehab for 3-1/2 months total. He had a foley for 2 months initially. After the 2 months, cathing began every 4 hours. About a month after cathing began he started to urinate between caths. He complained of the mess and they put a Texas catheter on him and still cathed every 4 hours. After about 3 weeks of being at home (I was cathing and dealing with the Texas catheter) his penis became quite raw. About 3 times more urine coming out of him was going into the catheter bag as opposed to cathing. I asked that a foley be put in due to all this. A few people have told us a super pubic will cause a lot less UTI's and much less invasive on the body. Please share your views on a super pubic versus a foley or cathing. Many thanks for any replies! __________________________________________________________________ Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people.. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com
