Curious what you use now, after getting rid of the SP. I had one installed last Oct, it's been causing a lot of AD.
On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Quadius <[email protected]> wrote: > It's a long story, but I no longer had a suprapubic. When I did have one, > however, I had problems whenever my catheter was 16 French and had much > less problems when it was dilated to 20 or 22 French. > > You also might want to consider how much fluid you are putting in the > balloon. I had some problems with leakage occasionally, but most of the > time this was when I had less than six or 7 mL in the balloon. > > Good luck. > Quadius > > > On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 5:28 PM, greg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Three times Over the last two months my Supra Pubic catheter has leaked. >> It leaked around the catheter out the incision. I've had that do that a few >> times over the years, but only when something was blocked. And it forced >> its way out. And I would sweat because my bladder was so full. But the last >> three times it leaked quite a bit and I only knew because things were wet. >> The night bag had a lot in it so I know things were draining well. I just >> don't know why it leaked, why I wasn't sweating, and why it's only been >> three times? >> What size SP do you guys use? I've always used to 16 French, for 15 or 20 >> years. I'm wondering if I need to increase mine to an 18. I don't want to >> stretch the incision out. >> Thanks a lot, Greg >> > >
