Sorry I haven't gotten back to you guys in a while, but I have been battling low blood pressure.
Anyway, I went in for an appointment on Monday and the two urologists I spoke with, one of them being my urologist for the last 10 years, referred to the procedure as a chimney. I don't honestly understand what the difference is between some of the other procedures, but I know I will not have a catheter and according to the doctors they will leave my bladder in place. They are going to attach a small portion of my lower intestine to it and run it up to my right lower abdomen. There they will do something like a colostomy (for lack of a better word) so that a bag can be affixed to it. From there I will be able to look up a urine bag. Thanks for all the feedback. I'll try to answer individual questions in a little while. Quadius On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:01 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Quadius, does this procedure have any common names? > Best Wishes > > In a message dated 2/21/2012 5:51:34 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I have been experiencing a multitude of problems over the last year and > finally I had a cystoscopy done in August which showed there were no stones > or any other obstructions. I had been experiencing a lot of pain from the > catheter rubbing against the back of the bladder wall. > > I have managed to tape my suprapubic (SP) against a stat lock device that > I'm using on my lower abdomen. This is working well with the pain most of > the time, but I am still having problems with my catheter not draining > properly at times. Repositioning the bag so that the urine has to travel > up seems to help about 50% of the time, but there also seems to be those > times when we have to flush with some saline in order to get it draining > again. > > When I explain this to be urologist, who works on a multitude of > quadriplegics here in Tampa and as been my urologist for the last 10 years) > she informed me that I would be an ideal candidate for the > ileovesicostomy. She told me that my catheter had atrophied so > significantly that it was probably one of the only options left up to me. > I have been procrastinating and thought I had everything resolved, but I > have been experiencing a lot of problems lately. I think I'm just delaying > the inevitable. > > Has anyone on this list have the procedure and if so would they mind > telling me their experiences? > > I am searching through forums right now and trying to gather as much > information as I can. I'm planning on scheduling another meeting with my > urologist in order to allay my fears. I haven't had surgery since I have > been paralyzed and I'm terribly frightened of general anesthetic. I don't > want to be put back on a ventilator after spending four months of what I > now think were the worst months of my life fighting to get off the > ventilator. > > Anyway, if you can help out I really appreciated. > Quadius > PS please excuse any errors. Among the backup to my backup microphone and > it has some static bursts into it right now. I really need to get my > computer and microphones within working order again. > >
