just my opinion but I would consider retrying the condom catheters.
The new ones have extra adhesive and along with skin prep, they
should hold no matter what. I used one for years and never had one pull off.
Dan
At 12:54 PM 12/27/2011, [email protected] said something that
elicited my response:
Hi everyone,
I haven't been on this list in years, but it helped me once before
and I figured several of you might have some ideas I haven't thought of.
I'm an incomplete quad and for over a decade I've had intermittent
caths done every few hours. I can sometimes do the cath myself but
it takes about half an hour and if I do it more than a couple of
times a day my hands get tired and clumsy. So I've tried to have
someone around that can help at intervals of 5 hours or so and that
has worked okay. I'm currently considering taking a job all the way
across the country and I'm concerned I won't have anyone to help
cath me at work. I use a closed system and currently when I do a
cath myself(which requires some shelf space that will be hard to
find in an office bathroom stall) I sit the bag with urine in the
bathroom to be dumped by someone later, but of course this will not
be an option while I'm at work.
Do any of you self cath and if so how do you handle the logistics
when you're not at home? Is there a better option?
I have pretty good sensation(I can even tell when I need to go) and
if I have an indwelling in for more than a day I get very
sore. Also my urologist is very much against me using any type of
indwelling for more than a short period of time. I do get UTI's
from time to time(mostly due to not drinking enough) as well as
frequently get stones(mostly kidney, but occasionally bladder
stones). I tried condom caths when I was first injured but I tend
to only go whenever my bladder is completely full and at that point
it is too much too fast for the condom to handle.
I've considered having an indwelling put in and taken out everyday
for work, but they can be difficult to put in and I would also need
help taking it out I believe. Another option is that I believe the
company has a medical center somewhere on the campus and they could
probably assist with the intermittent cathing, but I'm not sure how
close that will be to the building I'll be working in and sometimes
I "really" need to go lol(however unless I have a UTI I can kind of
stick to a schedule).
Sorry for the verbosity of the email, but I hope that given the
details above some of you might have some sage advice.
Thanks for your time.
C2 incomplete
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