Hello all! If you're a quadriplegic, how do you catheterize and what kinda catheter do you use when you're out and about? I've heard of catheters with bags built in but I only have the speedicath pre lubed caths and need a urinal container to empty into. I've just successfully catheterized myself for the first time (only took 4 years ) while in bed and had a urinal container and all but I imagine it's a lot harder when you're in your chair. If there are any paraplegics who have some advice, please feel free to comment!
I was new too this and had a bag! Which was not good hanging all over where you went! So I saw nurse in hospital who recommended vaproplus it's do it yourself! Will bag at the end! I use round 5 a day! So easy and clean! Being out you can use it too or get mini Cather in tubes! I thank the nurse who showed me and said here you go flowers! Now take the pxxx out of yourself! You can ask your gp too get them sent too you every month!
I was new too this and had a bag! Which was not good hanging all over where you went! So I saw nurse in hospital who recommended vaproplus it's do it yourself! Will bag at the end! I use round 5 a day! So easy and clean! Being out you can use it too or get mini Cather in tubes! I thank the nurse who showed me and said here you go flowers! Now take the pxxx out of yourself! You can ask your gp too get them sent too you every month!
Welcome to the forum jb, What can i say?...she didnt mince her words! lol
Can I ask what make of catheter you use and how much hand function do you have, its great info for other members.
Thanks for the video Lαrα, the bungee cord idea is a good one, that's what I need! I cringed when I saw him touch his catheter after touching the extension tube lol. I think I'd rather empty into a bag or empty water bottle or whatever.
Thanks for the suggestion! I searched up VaPro Plus and found an online brochure of their products. That's exactly what I'm looking for! VaPro Plus Brochure (PDF)
I also found the Speedicath Compact Set when looking online yesterday. It looks really easy to use and I love how compact it is. I've ordered some free samples to try out. We'll see how it goes!
This is a great product takes less then 5 mins and two hands! Plus you can feel when you need too go! Mine are ordered through fittleworth.com 0800378846 and Scotland is 08007837148. They provide me with boxs of 30 pieces on how many I need a month plus wipes and tissues if needed? Customer service is the best! Highly recommended!
Yeah jb the second half of the speedicaths do get a lot thicker based on what I read from their website and it being not flexible is definitely a down side. I guess I'll just wait and see!
DJ, many distributors will send you an assortment of samples if you ask. I personally do not concern myself if I inadvertently bump the cath body into my hand IF I'm wearing fresh gloves, which I always do when out and about.
Major congratulations on beginning your adventure with self cathing. It's a big step. The first times I tried to do it myself, before hand function improved a bit, I'd work for 20 minutes, end up in tears, then ask the nurse to do it for me. After a week of that I succeeded. 4 hours? Not bad at all.
First time I put in foley myself for travel it took me 90 minutes and I was an exhausted wreck.
I step in the water, but the water has moved on...
Can anyone tell when you guys cath? quads and upper paras wont have bladder sensation right? How do you know when you have to cath? and if you drink more coke or water, it would come out faster. So how do you manage?
Btw, telling about me, I am a para and I use condom catheter with a leg bag. I normally use pants/tracks so I have leg bag inside. I get weird cramp like sensation(therapist said it is bladder reflex) when there is EXACTLY 200 ml inside my bladder and would flow out in less than a minute/30 seconds. I cannot do anything other than checking my cath if it is intact and is in place. I mostly hold it so that it wont come off because of force but not every day is mine.
So, my doubt is how do you guys manage with these kind of caths? Is bladder reflex not common? Doesnt your bladder empties itself after certain quantity? how will you know that you reached that quantity and how will you know when to cath? When will you cath if you drink lot of water?
Lots of questions there but I am just trying to understand so that it may help me.
Shame on me for following Stephend's lead. This isn't a joke. It's a scientific paper from 1883. Sadly, not much has changed. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2373243/?page=1 Articles from British Medical Journal are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group Br Med J. 1883 Dec 29; 2(1200): 1319. PMCID: PMC2373243 Catheter-Fever William Harvey Copyright and License information ► Page 1319 Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (280K). Articles from British Medical Journal are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group
Shame on me for following Stephend's lead. This isn't a joke. It's a scientific paper from 1883. Sadly, not much has changed. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2373243/?page=1 Articles from British Medical Journal are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group Br Med J. 1883 Dec 29; 2(1200): 1319. PMCID: PMC2373243 Catheter-Fever William Harvey Copyright and License information ► Page 1319 Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (280K). Articles from British Medical Journal are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group
The text makes sense to me. Maybe I'm dumb...
I step in the water, but the water has moved on...