I had a supra pubic for about 17 years. I had to have my bladder diverted into a urostomy due to bladder atrophy, pain from the catheter rubbing against the bladder and terrible bladder spasms. I was having three or four battles with A.D. every week.
Unfortunately the urostomy hasn't been the fix everyone thought it would be for me. I still have significant trouble with pain, but it is much better than the last couple of years with the SP. Like Bob said, a suprapubic is easily reversed. You can simply let the hole close and go back to a normal catheter if necessary. I wish you the best of luck Q On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Fragile <swl...@gmail.com> wrote: > When I 1st switched over to a suprapubic, it caused Autonomic > dysreflexia. After about 6 months, I started using a Duette instead of > the standard catheter, made a big difference. > > On 3/28/16, diannal...@aol.com <diannal...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > i'm going to a urologist in april to discuss getting a suprapubic foley. > > I've been a quad for 25 yrs. can I get some feedback on pros and cons > before > > I go? > > dianna > > > >
