I had an indwelling catheter for 26 years and then I had to have a urostomy done because my urethra was all stretched out beyond repair. I was at the point where I was changing my cath 3 to 4+ a WEEK! Which, of course, caused quite a few UTI's. The Urostomy surgery was HELL I won't sugarcoat it, it was THE HARDEST surgery I ever went through. The recovery was twice as hard as the surgery. In the end, I wish I had done it sooner but I was he'll bent against it unless I absolutely HAD to. Bobbie
Smile Everyday > On Nov 2, 2013, at 1:00 PM, "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
