Yannik, All of you guys have had really good ideas. Someone on your suggested using Colloidal Silver. I have used that off and on whenever I have had some symptoms of a UTI in the past. It does help.
Dan, I used to change mine every two weeks, but my urologist advised me to only change it every four weeks. She thought changing the catheter to often increases the likeliness of infection and also contributes to the recurrence of bladder stones that I have suffered from in the past. I, however, have found that changing the catheter every four weeks is not quite right for me. I end up having bladder pain, spasms, and foul smelling urine if I wait that long. So I have decided I am going to go back to every two or three weeks. I'm not able to use the silver coated catheters. It's probably difficult to believe, but I have an allergic reaction to them. And because I'm able to feel a lot of the pain which takes place in my bladder, this is definitely not a good thing for me. On the plus side, being able to feel the majority of the pain in my bladder has always given me a leg up when it comes to identifying what's causing AD. Ironically the only time I can't feel pain in my bladder is when I am in the middle of bowel care. For some reason I am unable to feel if my bladder is full or if there is any other problems in going on for at least an hour after my bowel regimen. Q On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Daniel Espinoza <[email protected]>wrote: > Quadius I change my catheter every two weeks and I have had good luck > with it, I also use a silver impregnated catheter it has helped me stay > infection free very well. > > > > Danny Espinoza 26/m/California > > Occupation before accident: > > Network engineer / SR. Network security engineer > > What happened: > >
