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Post by LymeEnigma on Jun 10, 2008 10:24:31 GMT -8
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Post by cobweb2 on Jun 14, 2008 7:00:35 GMT -8
My bladder has been tested every which way.
Thought for a while I would be sporting a catheter for the rest of my life. It was kind of cool to "pee like a man"-point and shoot.
I ran into my urogynocolgist at Staples the other day. He even recognized me by my face !
He gave me a big hug. There's a certain amount of inherent intimacy between a gal and her urogyn doc. I was in the throws of adjusting to oldest daughter being in Alaska-so of course I had to talk about what was on my mind.
He had been to Tongass National Forest himself. Reassuring to know some people make it out alive.
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Post by LymeEnigma on Jun 14, 2008 9:32:22 GMT -8
I know a couple of people who have survived a trip to Alaska and back ... they sent pictures, very breathtaking scenery. I've wondered about catheters ... never had one, but my bladder has been in constant issue for a couple of months, now. Can't empty ... but more will surely come out either a) when I stand from the toilet, or b) two minutes later, when I have the urge to go again ... and two minutes after that ... and two minutes after that. I wouldn't be as concerned if I was not releasing a decent volume every time I return to "finish." At least the burning isn't as big of a problem as it was in the past.... Do you know: how hard it is to self-catheterize every once in a while?
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Post by cobweb2 on Jun 14, 2008 19:13:54 GMT -8
I have never self-catheterized.
It was always done in the doctor's office or hospital. I was discharged with a catheter,which only stayed in place for a week.
The doctor was going to teach me how to self catheterize in order to do "instillations" of medicine at home for the IC.
but I think the oral meds I am on are enough.
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