Recently someone made the comment that this list was so helpful to them and gave them many ideas at the beginning of their injury time. Two things that help me are using Preparation H after every bowel program, helps the inflammation and the weird feeling that I have in that area.
The other one was suggested to me by my old urologist who had never dealt with spinal cord injury before. I was doing intermittent catherization per my training at Santa Clara. He encouraged me to continue as long as possible and then when I couldn't arrange for the extra help and started using a leg bag most of the time to take the tube out for a couple of hours every day or at least clamp off for several hours to keep my bladder stretched. I started using a leg bag most of the time about four years ago, and will usually leave the catheter out for 2 to 3 hours each day. It's certainly proved to be a bonus especially last Saturday, as my overnight tube kinked and I was having mild AD, enough to worry me. About the time I decided I was going to have to call someone my PA came in early. Nothing was in the bag and I had retained 1200 CC's. Was I ever glad for that old guys advice. I don't know if this is an approved procedure but it works for me. Just throwing it out as something to think about. Joan C4 in 1990 and in Reno where it is going to be in the nineties again-hip hip hooray Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost
