For some, botex injections, inside the bladder, can help with bladder spasms. Not for everyone, it is best to check with your Uro to determine if you are a candidate for this procedure. Its also successfully used to prevent bladder spillage with older/seniors with bladder issues. Best Wishes In a message dated 2/7/2014 8:37:55 A.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Any time the catheter moves it triggers dysreflexia, so I keep it taped down. Draining the collection bag also triggers a very short episode of dysreflexia, so I wonder if something is going on inside the bladder. I started using the duette catheter, so far it hasn't made any difference. The only pain killer I've tried is aleve, unfortunately it hasn't helped. The constant dysreflexia goes away after a couple of days following changing the catheter. Then it only hits during transfers, or draining the bag. On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Quadius <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: I had some problems with pain and AD whenever I've had my suprapubic. I found that a lot of the problems were occurring because the catheter was rubbing against the back of the bladder. Have you tried tethering the catheter to your belly so that it doesn't slide into the bladder too far? You might also have a problem with bladder atrophy. Mine was pretty severe and it would happen at least once or twice a day that the catheter would stop draining because the bladder had wrapped around the catheter. Q Sent from my iPad On Feb 5, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Fragile <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: I've been having trouble with AD for the past 14 months after having a SP cath put in. The first few days after the catheter is changed, AD occurs every 10 minutes or so. Transferring in and out of my chair also sets it off. When getting dressed, any contact to the groin area also sets it off. The only thing that gets rid of it is to lay on my side. Blood pressure gets up to 180/120. Local Doctors are clueless. The supposed "good" doctors are 3 hours away, I'm afraid of trying to travel that far. On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Gmail <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: I had a very bad AD "episode" back in 1986 before anybody knew what it was and what he signs are. I was hospitalized for severe headache's, they ended up putting an elderly woman who was almost complexly deaf in my room. Every person who came to communicate with her had to SHOUT! It ended up having a full blown stroke on my right side. I couldn't speak or move my left arm. Then I threw-up bile which was a clear indicator that my gallbladder was very bad. After they removed it I got my speech back and could move my left arm again ... I am SO LUCKY! As a result of the stroke I have some long-term memory loss. Bobbie Smile Everyday
