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I also would like to hear from experienced self-cath patients. Is it difficult? Do you get...
would like to hear from experienced self-cath ... What diagnosis caused the need for self ... emergency room or doctors office for catherization ... doctor is insisting I learn how to self
Support Group: Bladder Conditions
Posted: Dec 30, 2022
I can't promise your experience will be the same as mine, but here's what happened for...
They put a Foley catheter in, did CT ... He determined I would need to self-cath ... strain on the kidneys, thus the need to self-cath ... I self-cath about every 6 hours, with
Discussion: Catheter forever?
Support Group: Bladder Conditions
Posted: Aug 1, 2025
Hi everyone, I am new here. My name is Delmar. I am originally from the USA,...
for over 20 years, self regulated by ... to connect a bag to my indwelling catheter ... cannot relieve itself through a tiny catheter
Posted: Aug 13, 2022
Self-catheterization is not the only solution. I developed chronic urine retention which I didn't realize for...
Self-catheterization is not the only ... I didn't like the idea of self-catheterization ... changing the valve once a month and the catheter
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Posted: Apr 11, 2025
First, you are not alone. About 50-70% of us sleep poorly (awake often, or get to...
doctor after a rough patch following catheter ... exhaustion, could be offset by the self-administration
Discussion: What now??
Support Group: Heart & Blood Health
Posted: Dec 28, 2024
Aged 65. Had surgery 16th May 2025, so 17 days in. Previously had Urolift in 2019,...
Discharged with catheter following day ... Trial without catheter three days later ... Did self catheterisation for a day, ... unable to pee, then put indwelling catheter ... Very happy to lose catheter.
Support Group: Men's Health
Posted: Jun 3, 2025
I had RARP at Mayo Rochester this fall. My discharge papers said “you may resume sexual...
may resume sexual activity once the catheter ... I had a catheter for seven days. ... as I pulled it out, (I was on the self-removal
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
I have had several back issues for many years. I suppose there is one diagnosis that...
of the surgery involves running a catheter ... and if an infection got into that catheter ... the pump inside my abdomen and the catheter ... every 24 hours plus I can give my self
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Nov 13, 2018