30cc vs 5cc Foley Balloons

I wear a 30 Fr, 30cc catheter, inflated to about 150 CCs of air, which is much easier to drain than sterile water, which isn’t usually available. Also, air drains much faster when servicing my catheter.

The whole purpose of the balloon is to help retain the tip of the catheter inside your bladder. Go big!

@sse4me ive read that air makes the ballon float, and not sure low in the bladder. Do you notice this?

ive read that air makes the ballon float, and not sure low in the bladder. Do you notice this?

@M82a1 - I have noticed it, and if you blow up the balloon and look at your foley, it'll make sense. With the balloon floating on top of the urine, you're keeping the outlet above the fluid level, therefore having to rely on the bladder walls to present the urine to the outlet. Use sterile saline or water.

Don’t do this without a drs order. You could damage your bladder

I don’t have any leakage problems using air to inflate the balloon, so I doubt it’s floating.

For me the most comfortable for long wear is 15-20 cm3.

I can tolerate the 30 cm3 balloon ,but its noticeable when I sit/stand up.

For shorter play sessions I loved the 30-50 cm3 balloons as my only choice of agony. 😄

I Use sterile saline water I make I buy vapor distilled water at the Kroger grocery store it’s a 30 OZ bottle I add 4 table spoons of Kosher salt I keep in the frig nice and cold I been doing this for years I have tasted the water has a slight salt taste so far no problems if the catheter 5CC I do 10-15 CC if it is a 30cc to go to 50cc ..I can’t tell the difference..

As I understand it, what the catheters says is what it’s intended for.

Also with saline, water can absorb through the ballon, and slowly crystallize leading to failure