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Coloplast Speedicath Mar 24, 2014 22:22:28 GMT -8

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Post by Butiki on Mar 24, 2014 22:22:28 GMT -8

I got a email the other week offering me free samples of the Coloplast speedicath, so I ordered them and they turned up a few days latter, great cath but at $3.85 who on earth can afford them.They are very easy to use but there is no way i can afford them, $115.50 for a box of 30. The catheter I use now, Paralogic are 50c each or $106.00 for 2 boxes of 100, including shipping.
The SpeediCath catheter belongs to the newest generation of hydrophilic-coated catheters. The unique thing about the SpeediCath catheter is the smooth even coating and the fact that the catheter is immersed in saline solution and thus ready-to-use.
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I really don't know why these things have to be so expensive........

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hobbit Advanced Member Posts: 384 Post Likes Received: 374 Date Joined: October 2013 Injury: Incomplete T12 burst # Date Injured: May 2010 Member is: Offline Send PM	Coloplast Speedicath Mar 25, 2014 1:08:25 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by hobbit on Mar 25, 2014 1:08:25 GMT -8 I use them. luckily I get them on prescription, or I'd be dead by now at that price.
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Coloplast Speedicath Mar 25, 2014 1:32:23 GMT -8

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Post by Lαrα on Mar 25, 2014 1:32:23 GMT -8

Me too hobbit and Butiki...we get free prescription for them also....I know ive made this comment earlier this week but it frustrates me to know that people have to pay for assistance with a bodily function.

Its just wrong..this is a basic need

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hobbit Advanced Member Posts: 384 Post Likes Received: 374 Date Joined: October 2013 Injury: Incomplete T12 burst # Date Injured: May 2010 Member is: Offline Send PM	Coloplast Speedicath Mar 25, 2014 1:51:32 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by hobbit on Mar 25, 2014 1:51:32 GMT -8 How do you get yours free Lara? I have to at least pay standard prescription price.

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Coloplast Speedicath Mar 25, 2014 2:40:57 GMT -8

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Mar 25, 2014 1:51:32 GMT -8 hobbit said:

How do you get yours free Lara? I have to at least pay standard prescription price.

I have a medical exemption certificate which means that i do not have to pay for any prescriptions because this is a lifelong condition.
You have to get an medical exemption from your doctor and they sign it for you. They may not mention it if you do not know about it so be sure to discuss this with yours hobbit.

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hobbit Advanced Member Posts: 384 Post Likes Received: 374 Date Joined: October 2013 Injury: Incomplete T12 burst # Date Injured: May 2010 Member is: Offline Send PM	Coloplast Speedicath Mar 25, 2014 2:58:14 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by hobbit on Mar 25, 2014 2:58:14 GMT -8 Apparently I'm not ill enough . . .

Butiki Advanced Member Posts: 2,270 Post Likes Received: 1,154 Date Joined: July 2013 Injury: L 3 ASIA B CES Date Injured: 16/11/2012 Member is: Offline Send PM	Coloplast Speedicath Mar 25, 2014 3:16:43 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Butiki on Mar 25, 2014 3:16:43 GMT -8 Mar 25, 2014 2:58:14 GMT -8 hobbit said: Apparently I'm not ill enough . . . How ill do you have to be mate ???
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hobbit Advanced Member Posts: 384 Post Likes Received: 374 Date Joined: October 2013 Injury: Incomplete T12 burst # Date Injured: May 2010 Member is: Offline Send PM	Coloplast Speedicath Mar 25, 2014 3:38:48 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by hobbit on Mar 25, 2014 3:38:48 GMT -8 I'm too independent, and don't have lots of holes hacked in me for catheters or colostomy bags, I can live with that . . .

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Coloplast Speedicath Mar 25, 2014 3:41:32 GMT -8

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Mar 25, 2014 3:38:48 GMT -8 hobbit said:

I'm too independent, and don't have lots of holes hacked in me for catheters or colostomy bags, I can live with that . . .

Hmmm well i only IC too so really there shouldnt be a difference.. let me know if you want me to compose an email. I can write it professionally and throw a disability right at them too. The offer is there anyway

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Butiki Advanced Member Posts: 2,270 Post Likes Received: 1,154 Date Joined: July 2013 Injury: L 3 ASIA B CES Date Injured: 16/11/2012 Member is: Offline Send PM	Coloplast Speedicath Mar 25, 2014 3:47:36 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Butiki on Mar 25, 2014 3:47:36 GMT -8 The speedicath is a great catheter, prelubed and all, but I can't justify $3.85 against 50c. The only continance help I get is pads and $530.00 a year from the government. The peristeen costs me over $400.00 a month.
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Coloplast Speedicath Mar 27, 2014 14:17:27 GMT -8 via Inspired Mobile

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Post by Knight on Mar 27, 2014 14:17:27 GMT -8

I wanted to try the Speedicath so badly, but they wouldn't send me any samples. Out of all the catheters I've tried, Cure Medical and MTG make the most comfortable ones. I have some sensation in my urethra, so I can feel when the rough eyelets of the Coloplast caths scrape me because they're not fire-polished.

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Post by hobbit on Mar 25, 2014 1:51:32 GMT -8

Post by Lαrα on Mar 25, 2014 2:40:57 GMT -8

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Post by Butiki on Mar 25, 2014 3:16:43 GMT -8

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