Since a urethral foley catheter and a supra-pubic one still go into the
bladder directly I consider them the same.
Anyway, for me... I know I have a bladder infection when I first began
having certain jitters that I now recognize after 28 years that are the
first signs of an oncoming fever. I do not treat any infection that does
not include a having a fever.
I went through years of very foul-smelling urine and to this day I still do
not know why it had a very peculiar smell. But because of resistance I was
not going to go through a regimen of antibiotics looking at the long run. I
am glad that I did not because when I began having chronic ones that got
worse and worse and worse... I needed those strong antibiotics to help me
when it was beyond important!
Lori Michaelson
Age - 43
C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post
Tucson, AZ
From: Paul Jacobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 9:56 PM
To: Quadius; Danny Hearn
Cc: Merrill Burghardt; quad-list@eskimo.com
Subject: [QUAD-L] QUESTION: SUPRA PUBIC
For those of you with a suprapubic, how do you know when
you have a UTI. Since, you always have bacteria.even if it's
good bacteria.you always are positive for a UTI.
I am experiencing hourly abdominable spasms followed by sweating.
Each episode lasts about 60 seconds. The tube is not clogged
as I continue to pee through the catheter.
Wonder what you guys think.
Thanks,
Paul c5/6 complete
