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How to deal with catheter while recovering after prostate surgery?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 10 10:19am | Replies (101)Comment receiving replies
The catheter is a pain in the butt, but easily handled. My only suggestion is to go online and get a better leg bag than the hospital will give you. I bought a couple and rather than clean the bags, I just threw them out.
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I think it is a brilliant idea to throw used bags instead of cleaning the tips and reusing them. I am thinking of doing the same. It is less hassle and reduces the chance of infection. This of course assumes the catheters used by the hospitals have a tip with a universal standard able to mate with a bag of any manufacturer.
That seems reasonable to me but I will try to verify during my pre-op.
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Yes, I got that idea myself and bough couple on Amazon and will bring one to the hospital to compare and see if I have any questions for a nurse (in case that they are different).