Naomi, Have a Suprapubic for 24 years. Had others ask advice and I tell them it works great 4 me. For a male the Suprapubic also "Free's Willy". I believe it would also "Free Lilly", for a female.
BTW If u get it, be diligent about cleansing, twice daily. Lessens UTI occurances. Sounds like a wait won't change anything positive. Second opinions are good. Sent from Billy Lang's iPad > On Nov 2, 2013, at 13:00, "nichole rohling" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’ve had an indwelling cath (16 french) for over 15 years……..just moved up to > a 18 from a 16 because of it stopping up and some leakage (minimal). I say > wait and get a 2nd opinion. > > Nicki > c5/6 > > From: Naomi Hudson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 9:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [QUAD-L] Suprapubic Catheter > > Help I need your advice, > > > I have had an indwelling Foley catheter for the past eight years. My > urologist keeps telling me eventually, my urethra will become eroded and it > will start to leak. This will cause me to need urinary diversion surgery, > which I've told him I'm not going to have unless it's absolutely, positively > necessary, because it's so invasive. So now he's telling me my next best > option is a suprapubic catheter. Then he tells me that he may have to give me > Botox in my bladder to keep my urethra from leaking. So I'm like, why not > wait until my urethra starts to leak and then give me the Botox and a > suprapubic catheter. I have a return visit in three weeks to let him know > what I'm going to do. Any suggestions? > > Have a Blessed Day, Naomi
