I'm surprised you made it 20 years of straight cathing Ron, I only made it
about 3 years and had to get a supra-pubic indwelling catheter. I was getting
blockage and bleeding and hard to get in also....not sure what's causing your
issues but hope it works our for you Ron. Dan H***
On Tuesday, May 1, 2018 3:37 AM, RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]>
wrote:
Im a c7 quad, 20 years post that has been straight cathing for 20 years with
little issue. Three years ago I started leaking a bit but just dealt with it
until the tubes wouldn't go in( pass sphincter) without an hour of pushing and
sometimes 5 tries. 3 months ago things got so bad that my bladder was full and
I couldn't insert the tube at all and my body went into severe autonomic
dysreflexia. I was taken by ambulance to the hospital and they inserted a foley
for 3 weeks. After the foley was taken out they gave me some antibiotics and
the tube was slipping in like butter for the next 8 days. Out of nowhere the
tube started getting harder and harder to get in until it was near impossible.
I was put on that drug that stops or decreases bladder spasms back at the
urologist visit after the emergency room deal. Went back to the urologist today
and they had to give me the nurse, she tried to run a cathe tube in me but it
wouldn't go so she tried a caude cathe tube with the bent tip. this got through
and urine came out but lots of blood came out as well which never has happened.
Finally the doc came in and tried to get a foley in and finally did after
awhile. The blood wasn't coming from the bladder, it must have knicked a wall.
My last urologist visit they ran a camera in and it looked great no false
passage or issues. The question is why is the tube not getting past the
internal spincter? I suggested trying Flomax and im already on oxybutynin. if
there is no blockage or false passage then the spincter has to be in spasm or
not opening right? What else should I do? I have this foley now for a month
that I didn't want but I got anyway. I guess if I take the Flomax and
oxybutynin and after the four weeks remove the foley and im sure the tube will
go in but within a week it might start giving me trouble again. I don't really
understand how the spincter could give me this much trouble and if it is what
else I can do. I fear that im going to get a permanent bag soon because they
are tired of me. maybe they can rescope me to be sure next time as
well........im at a loss.
Ron
