That's the response most doctors would give. I have had one tell me that he would have done a sphincterotomy if I was still a new entry, but since I have been in this chair for 15 years next week, there is no sense in fixing something that is not broken.
Q On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Cullen <c3q...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > In Have been a c3 quad for almost 12 years. I have used an indwelling cath > for all 12 years and have had very few uti during this period. In Nov I had > a complete check up kidneys, bladder etc and everything was clear. I asked > about a super pubic at that time as I have at other times during the 12 year > and the answer was if its not broke don't fix it. > > > Cullen > C3 > > > > --- On *Sat, 3/14/09, Dollbug <dollbug...@yahoo.com>* wrote: > > From: Dollbug <dollbug...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [QUAD-L] Super pubic vs foley or cathing > To: quad-list@eskimo.com > Received: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 9:16 AM > > My 22 year old son, who became a quad about 6 months ago, has had numerous > issues since initial hospitalization. The most recurring is UTI and some > bladder infections. He was in a hospital and rehab for 3-1/2 months > total. He had a foley for 2 months initially. After the 2 > months, cathing began every 4 hours. About a month after cathing began he > started to urinate between caths. He complained of the mess and they put a > Texas catheter on him and still cathed every 4 hours. After about 3 weeks > of being at home (I was cathing and dealing with the Texas catheter) his > penis became quite raw. About 3 times more urine coming out of him was > going into the catheter bag as opposed to cathing. I asked that a foley be > put in due to all this. A few people have told us a super pubic will cause > a lot less UTI's and much less invasive on the body. Please share your > views on a super pubic versus a foley or cathing. > > Many thanks for any replies! > > > ------------------------------ > > *Yahoo! Canada Toolbar :* Search from anywhere on the web and bookmark > your favourite sites. Download it now! <http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com/> > -- Quadius C2-3 incomplete 13 years post injury
