this is why it's important to include probiotics and your regimen when you are on antibiotics. I remember the thumping method. my doctor wanted to go in and do some sort of augmentation to my sphincter in my urethra instead of the suprapubic, but I had already had the suprapubic for quite a while at the time. Q
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 4:26 PM, John S. <[email protected]> wrote: > For the last 12 years, I've only been catheterized to see what residual is > left in my bladder. I'm usually between 30 to 50 CC's. My bladder control is > based on me stimulating my bladder by a series of taps on my abdomen. If I > lay in bed, an external catherter is a must, it seems to flow in 250CC > increments. after about 5 hours in the chair, I can use a urinal and get > about 500CC's. > Very few, (actually none)have mentioned this method. Is it no longer in > vogue at rehab centers? I realize it takes 3 to 6 months to train the > bladder, but is it even attempted? I remember several people in the 80's > using electrodes to train their bladder to empty fully. I haven't heard any > of the younger quads that have any idea what I'm talking about. It seems > like everyone goes right to an SP. then they experience chronic infections > that diminish the efficasy of anti-biotics when they get other infections. > The other thing I've noticed is so many take anti-biotics and I'm hoping > they are replacing the good bacteria. A lot of the side effects of > anti-biotics do not occur if you replace the good bacteria that was just > wiped by the medicine. In studies, a healthy colony of good bacteria keep > the bad bacteria in check by consuming the food supply the pseudomonas and > staph bacteria need to grow. This includes MRSA. There is nothing new about > fighting bad bacteria with benificial bacteria, and it is even being sold as > a daily health drink. A lot of health food stores have much more potent > forms to take for chronic infections. > > Best Wishes, > john > > Yeah, the guy with a runaway skin infection from a frickin' spider bite. I > haven't had this much medicine since I had pneumonia in '94. > > -- Quadius C2-3 incomplete 13 years post injury
