I have been fortunate enough to have been voiding for almost 22 years; when the
bladder fills I have bladder spasms and feel the urge to void.
Back in ’88 they were teaching the tap and credae method; and it was not
working for me, until I started drinking beer on home visits. After several
tall cans of barley-pop; I felt this strange sensation, the flood gates opened
and the urine process was so forceful it blew my condom cath clean off of me.
When I returned to the hospital I told my rehab doc about the beer making me
void on my own; and he prescribed me 3 beers a day (my rehab doc was a marathon
running non-drinker), now I just have a couple of beers every other day. I have
been cathed about 5 or 6 times in over 22 years (due to a full bowel and the
few bladder infections I have had), I’ve only had about three or four bladder
infections
So I use a condom cath (Mentor Active Cath) it is attached an MDI (1000 cc) leg
bag with four button and two straps.
Tim
--- On Sun, 8/8/10, DAVID LEWIS <[email protected]> wrote:
From: DAVID LEWIS <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] anniversary....
To: "t crook" <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010, 9:20 AM
may i ask yu, have u had
a cathter all those years and whats your history with utis?
Johnny
From: t crook <[email protected]>
To: q-list <[email protected]>
Sent: Sat, August 7, 2010 10:25:38 AM
Subject: [QUAD-L] anniversary....
I just realized today is the day I broke my neck; 22 yrs ago today, half of my
life I have been paralyzed. Just glad to be alive and still kickin’; even if
the kickin' is spasm induced…. Ha-ha!
~peace~
Tim c5-c6, 22 yrs. post
http://www.whoopiekat.com/CrocksCrib/index.htm
