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My husband has the same issue. After a UTI/sepsis, he is now self-cathetarizing. Although there is...
After a UTI/sepsis, he is now self-cathetarizing ... The self-cateterization is simple for ... We get the catheters in the mail and ... He uses the Cure brand, which is self-lubricating
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Posted: Feb 6, 2024
A few more questions that popped into my head: 19) A: What do I need to...
I had a morphine IV that I could self-deliver ... again. 21) Q: Will I have a urinary catheter ... have prior experience with getting a catheter
Sure. First of all, if you search 'holep' on this site, you will get lots of...
I had a catheter at that point, and ... I decided to do self-catherization, ... to have HoLEP rather than using a catheter ... that in late September 2020, so was self-catherizing ... I have not had to use a catheter since
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Posted: Aug 13, 2023
I've read many experiences BPH, urine retention, self catheterization, and eventual treatments. None I've seen have...
experiences BPH, urine retention, self ... An interim solution was to self-cath ... gave me a supply of coude single use catheters ... OBTW, self-cathing is going OK.
Discussion: Self cath
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Posted: Mar 25, 2023
Good Mourning (not a typo!) I was 68 when I asked my primary care doctor for...
was discharged, still had to wear a catheter ... for a month, and when the catheter ... an a-sexual male doesn't rip my self-image
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Posted: Mar 19, 2023
@bajaman , My husband was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2019 and unfortunately it was quite...
currently and potentially forever is self ... can likely also ask for a smaller catheter ... older men make it difficult to pass a catheter
Support Group: Bladder Cancer
Posted: Mar 12, 2023
Will do. The procedure was painful even with Valium. But the pain subsided quickly and completely...
The catheter caused great pain until ... I almost asked for a permanent catheter ... The pain was caused by the catheter. ... So I have to recathiterize, self-catheterize
Support Group: Men's Health
Posted: Sep 16, 2022
Oh gosh, my friend. I can just feel your desperation in the last 2 sentences. I’m...
experience I do know that negative self ... not a lost cause, you’re not lazy or pathetic ... from ‘deep dark night’ back to my old self
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Jun 10, 2022
Hello @terwifwoods, I tried to reply to your other posting, but I'm not sure if I...
since 2014 and I'm also using catheters ... on earth do you sleep while using self ... catheters? ... then I'm in agony until the next self
Happy to find thus chat. I had a diverticulitis episode July of 2020. This flare up...
Came home with catheter for an additional ... done that I would be back to my old self
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Mar 18, 2021
Have you thought about talking to someone, anyone I mean. Somebody new that you meet online...
used to sit in my room and go down a self ... I don't have to be my sad pathetic ... broken self.
Support Group: Mental Health
Posted: May 12, 2023
My understanding is that AF is an evolving, or a progressive, disorder of the heart. Some...
me for recovery at home following a catheter ... Perhaps its because yours is self-controlled
Posted: Mar 31, 2024
Geoff good to read your summary so far... I'm in UK too here's my situation so...
retention in ER again resulting ing a catheter ... suggested and was released with a catheter ... I went home catheter free to my new ... days and went back to hosp to have catheter ... I was sent home with self catheterisation
Support Group: Men's Health
Posted: Apr 21 6:29pm
Your experience with the catheter will depend on which procedure you have. I also had a...
Your experience with the catheter will ... had a lot of apprehension about the catheter ... shower with bags disconnected and catheter ... returned to the clinic to have my catheter ... Self catheterization is easy to learn
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Posted: Nov 16, 2024
I originally was diagnosed with colon cancer 2C in 2019 for which I went into emergency...
I went home with a catheter and iliostomy ... After a month the catheter was removed ... and they thought I would be self-cath