I have an indwelling cath and my doctor told when I was having leaking around my cath that I could increase the amount of water in the balloon a little. It seemed to help, but check with your doc before doing so. Just a thought.
Beth c4-5 On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Stacy Harim <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey all, > > I've been away for a while but need some advice. Not that I don't trust my > doctor's advice but also would like to get the facts from people that live > with it day to day. > > I've been having issues with leaking around my cath and instead of > continuing to go up sizes, I've decided to go with the supra pubic until I > drop some weight in my belly and get the stoma redone so I can cath through > my abdomen. > > Anyhow here is the deal. My bladder doesn't hold urine at all and the > doctor suggested a sling but I am really worried it won't work and then I'm > back in surgery to get my urethra tied off. What if any advice do you all > have that have a supra pubic and how did you handle what to do about your > urethra so it wouldn't leak urine? > > Thanks in advance, > Stacy > >
