I was taught "sterile technique" and still had UTIs throughout the
months in the hospital and
nursing home. Soon as I was out of the institutional filth, no more
UTIs ( knock on wood).
Wonder if there is something like the condom cath for women....
A
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
<<mailto:a...@artfarm.com>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)
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