Sounds like he has one similar to the one I have. I don't change my every third day though. I use a specially fit abdominal binder when I am up in the chair and this helps me keep my waffer for much longer. I just had my surgery about 2 1/2 years ago and it is definitely not obsolete. As far as I know there is no need to cut Any sphincter. Q
On Monday, November 17, 2014, Gail Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm a caregiver for a C 4/5 quad complete. He's 37 years post injury and > now in his early 50 's. > > He tells me that not long after he got the ileal conduit he was told by > another urologist that the procedure had already become obsolete for spinal > cord injuries and that he should have had a different surgical procedure in > which the sphincter muscle is cut I believe. > > He has no colostomy but he does of course have a stoma on the right side > of his abdomen over which is a urostomy bag which is changed every third > night. > > He does still have his bladder and prostate. > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 17, 2014, at 11:41 AM, Gentrie Pool <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > 1. Anyone here have an Illeal conduit? > > > > 2. If so, why did you get it? (To eliminate pain? To reduce infections?) > > > > 3. Did they remove your bladder? > > > > 4. Your prostate? > > > > 5. Do you also have a colostomy? > > > > 7. Are you glad you did it? > > > > 8. Male or female? > > > > 9. What level injury? > > > > My BF is c5/6 incomplete since 1992 at age 17. 39 yrs old now. He has a > suprapubic which has caused him intense burning, stinging pain, bladder > pressure, and reflux in to his kidneys since he got an indwelling cath in > 2006 (the kind that goes up the penis which they replaced with the SP in > 2008). He's had two infections (both were psuedomonas) requiring IV > antibiotics. > > > > Please excuse any typos or brevity of tone as this was typed using an > iPhone (and possibly Siri, in an effort to be as safe as possible while en > route.) > > > > G > >
