Re: [QUAD-L] Suprapubic Catheter

[greg]

I had a pecker foley for 15 or so years when out of nowhere my sphincter just started clamping down causing bad sweating. nothing helped. i had to switch to a SP. Now I've had the SP for about as long. Now the SP has started leaking around the cath. So I changed from 16f to 18f, but 2 nights ago it leaked again. It's like weeks/months apart, so I can't tell why it's leaking. I hate to keep going bigger. Guess it's Uro doc time. Greg > 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