Since a urethral foley catheter and a supra-pubic one still go into the bladder directly I consider them the same.
Anyway, for me... I know I have a bladder infection when I first began having certain jitters that I now recognize after 28 years that are the first signs of an oncoming fever. I do not treat any infection that does not include a having a fever. I went through years of very foul-smelling urine and to this day I still do not know why it had a very peculiar smell. But because of resistance I was not going to go through a regimen of antibiotics looking at the long run. I am glad that I did not because when I began having chronic ones that got worse and worse and worse... I needed those strong antibiotics to help me when it was beyond important! Lori Michaelson Age - 43 C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post Tucson, AZ From: Paul Jacobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 9:56 PM To: Quadius; Danny Hearn Cc: Merrill Burghardt; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] QUESTION: SUPRA PUBIC For those of you with a suprapubic, how do you know when you have a UTI. Since, you always have bacteria.....even if it's good bacteria.....you always are positive for a UTI. I am experiencing hourly abdominable spasms followed by sweating. Each episode lasts about 60 seconds. The tube is not clogged as I continue to pee through the catheter. Wonder what you guys think. Thanks, Paul c5/6 complete