I understand your immediate concern for your issues, sometimes things are only what they appear to be, meaning the stones. Good to check everything out but seems odd since the last. Stones are often accompanied by bladder infections in my experiences. Best to you and good luck getting back on with your life.
Merrill _____ From: Quadius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 7:55 PM To: Tod E. Santee Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] SP catheter Thanks for inquiring. My urologist doesn't believe in vinegar flushing. She almost went batty when I mentioned at one time, but I am planning on going by the urology clinic to see if I might be able to get them to put in a larger catheter on Tuesday. As for spasms, need for irrigation, no I am not experiencing any bladder spasms and we started you're getting once I noticed even a little bit of sediment. And I must confess that this amount of sediment is so little that I probably wouldn't have worried about it much a couple of years ago. Since I had the bladder stones removed in January 2007 I haven't had hardly any sediment. Thankfully I have a sonogram appointment on Tuesday and if I politely ask the technician, I might be able to get an answer as to whether I have stones. They don't like to tell us because they want the doctor to make the diagnosis, but I have been around long enough that they usually know that I won't blow the whistle if they told me. Quadius C2-3 quadriplegic incomplete 13 years post injury On 7/10/08, Tod E. Santee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Spasms, irritated bladder maybe? --Tod ----- Original Message ----- From: Quadius <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 3:25 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] SP catheter I have had a super pubic catheter for more than 13 years now, but I had something happen on Saturday which has only transpired when I had a tremendous amount of bladder stones. We were doing a routine catheter change, but the catheter wouldn't fit in (22 French bard latex). Luckily I still have some smaller catheters for when this transpired about two years ago. I ended up going down to a 16 French. Now I'm sitting here scratching my head because there shouldn't be any reason why it wouldn't fit into my stoma. I have had a slight increase in sediment, but it really is extremely nominal. In fact, I haven't really had sediment since I had those bladder stones removed with a laser in January 2007. I thought it was a fluke thing and I could probably try to put a 22 French in after 48 hours, but that didn't work. Now I'm worried that I might clog this catheter. It is just so small compared to what I'm used to and there has been a little bit more sediment in my urine. I have been avoiding Mountain Dew since this transpired and I have noticed my sediment hasn't increased (knock on wood). Has anyone else had a problem with catheters not going into their stoma during a normal catheter change? Thanks for the input, Quadius
