When I was getting ready to leave the hospital the dr.s were telling me I had to cath every four hours after I left. Yet they were changing my cath in the hospital every three days? I argued that the more cathing that was done, the more the chance of infection increased. winning that battle I pushed for the condom catheter and that was used for the last week of my stay. I have been on the condom cath for 7 months now and even though it comes off now and then when I am transfering in or out of my chair, it still is way beter and cheaper than the internal cath. My wife and wonderful caretaker devised a method of taping the condom cath in place with two bands of narrow tape and it works prety well. I have had no bladder infections like I did when I was in the hospital with the internal cath.
On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Akua <a...@artfarm.com> wrote: > That's what i was told, too. The perils of relying on the Foley were > frighteningly depicted. > > and it was given as the reason why, as i was still in the hospital, my > foley was > removed and i was told to self-cath. ( a fairly brutal process, no > teaching, lots of yelling sigh, how TM has exposed me to some hideous > people) > > A > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Laura Beaudin <laura.beau...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Apparently, from what I've been told, the filling and voiding of the > bladder play a big role in kidney health. I'm going to be preparing an > article shortly about bladder care where I'll also be formally interviewing > my urologist (among others). I'll be sure to get a better explanation at the > same time. > > > Laura > > www.laurabeaudin.com --NOT just another blog! > > http://practical-homeschooling.org > > > > > -- > >
