Lori, We never really have any resistance but a bit of blood flakes or red
colored urine can happen right after the cath change but that is nothing to
worry about if it clears up a while later.....I know when I get my urine tested
or a culture- mine usually has about 3 types of bacteria but they told me this
can be normal and will not treat unless i'm having severe symptoms such as
chills, sweats or etc. Hope things get better for you......You don't think you
can have any stones do you? AS for the MRSA, I'm not sure what may help with
that OR if any type pic line drugs can help that. Dan H.***
On Thursday, November 8, 2018, 3:49:59 PM CST, Lori Michaelson
<[email protected]> wrote:
I had a suprapubic catheter put in in June of 2017 (last year). Only 5 later a
growth or polyp shut up against my bladder wall. I had a bladder biopsy done in
February of THIS year & it turned out to be superficial or low-grade cancer so
it was removed. The last time I had a cystoscopy for my urologist to look in
my urine everything looked fine. That was August 31st of this year.
I have also had back-to-back nosocomial infections (the two big superbugs to
make matters worse) that are commonly found in hospitals or clinics and that is
when they began to appear... the first one was after my urologist wanted to be
the first to change my catheter the first 3 months after switching to an SP
catheter and then they have just continued. They cause severe bladder and
kidney pain. They are also multi-drug-resistant. The symptomatic bacteria (2
superbugs present at the same time) were treated with antibiotic injections of
Rocephin but the pain did not go away so I had another urine culture done last
Friday and just got the results today. Enterococcus species and Staphylococcus
Aureus - MRSA is what was found. It is sensitive to very little drugs.
I am currently awaiting 'what to do' from my urologist.. I just called them to
see if they got the results also and they have but the urologist has yet to
tell me what to do when he is not seeing patients and for his nurse to get back
with me.
Just about every website says that SP catheters are supposed to cut down on
infections but I have had just the opposite happen. The catheter changes are
done with extreme cleanliness and sterility. My home health agency nurse who
does them has done many catheter changes and my live-in caregiver watches her
and sees that she is doing everything correctly.
My question is:
Has anyone experienced some resistance when trying to insert their suprapubic
catheter and/or had a tiny blood clot or tiny tiny blood flakes (that quickly
disappear) after a catheter change?
Thank you!
~LoriC4/5 complete quad, 39 years post
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