Currently cathed?

Yes and i was given a long list of new cleaning “habits” i have to learn.

Yes and i was given a long list of new cleaning “habits” i have to learn.

Nytwatch1, you can order catheters via the net. No script needed and you can get the size you need. When they ask why, tell them, you leak and larger is better for you.

My urologist wants me wear a smaller one. I have tried it, somewhat worked, but I found larger is better for me.Tell them small is useless to you. Be totally honest.

Thank you for the information , I thought I needed an prescription to order them . I know the info is somewhere here on zity but where? The 20fr only leaked once in a while maybe 6 or 7 times in the month that it was in and didn't do more then spot my underwear . this 14fr leaks unless I pull on it SLIGHTY . Very slightly . tug on it . As you probably know that seams to almost cause feelings not unlike an almost orgasm It's not what I want right now. I need to concentrate on learning to keep it clean and trouble free . I enjoy sleeping more at night with the 20fr but am afried that if i don't pay enough attention to this one I'll be changing my bedding again . My body hasn't recovered a lot from the stroke and I have a lot of pain in my left arm that keeps me up at night , But i have road my quad for a few miles and did better then I thought i would , But nowhere as good as I want or need to . My goal is to ride to a hot spring and hot tub about 80 miles round trip . I want to soak in that tub on my own power . So my next question that I'll wait to ask until I'm ready to try to go is do I have to do anything special to protect the catheter or me in the hot tub ? again thank you for real advice that I can use

I thought you did need a prescription to order them from a medical supply company. It should be no big deal, tell them your docs name and contact info and they will get it. Just like filling out a drug prescription that doesn’t have a refil, they contact your doc for authorization. Maybe takes a day delay. Suspicious of any vender that would do otherwise.

Ok. I said I would return and report on the 14fr . It seems that it hurt so bad last night i had to go to the emergency room today over it. #1 too small of a catheter turns and moves inside so when they took it out along came bloody chunks . #2 it moves in and out enough that i have a bladder infection now . I know others can and do use smaller catheters with no harm to themselves , but I , myself cannot tolerate any thing smaller then a 20fr . although they put in my replacement as a 20fr for my comfort . I was sized as a 22fr. They almost kept me to evaluate the damage . Are we having fun yet??

I thought you did need a prescription to order them from a medical supply company. It should be no big deal, tell them your docs name and contact info and they will get it. Just like filling out a drug prescription that doesn’t have a refil, they contact your doc for authorization. Maybe takes a day delay. Suspicious of any vender that would do otherwise.

I don't wear/use a catheter, but I'd like to try just for the erotic & kinky possibilities of it.

Why would one need a prescription to buy them? I checked a three medical supply websites and only one refused to sell without a prescription. A week later and I'm still waiting for an answer to my email as to the “why”. Amazon sells catheters and doesn't require a buyer to provide a prescription. Honestly, I think such a requirement is just justification for charging higher prices.

Why would one need a prescription to buy them? I checked a three medical supply websites and only one refused to sell without a prescription. A week later and I'm still waiting for an answer to my email as to the “why”. Amazon sells catheters and doesn't require a buyer to provide a prescription. Honestly, I think such a requirement is just justification for charging higher prices.

You're right. After looking - there are a lot of places to order catheters from without a script. I found a couple of medical supply companys that said that do require script for all catheters - wonder if that is an insuracne issue - i.e. to bill insurance you need a medical order from a doc. Could be the bulk of their business is done through insurance companies. Here's one.

https://www.180medical.com/insurance-guide/

We just get replacements (catheter and new leg and bed bags) from our doctor every month.

@nynight Ok. I said I would return and report on the 14fr . It seams that it hurt so bad last night i had to go to the emergency room today ….. …………..They almost kept me to evaluate the damage . Are we having fun yet??

Sorry to read of your horrible experience. Hope things get better for you!

@Rige l wonder if that is an insurance issue

Would think it protects against lawsuits, since if a doc prescribes it, then it's on the doc, at least to some degree, if something goes wrong…

Hi czorro did you start with a 30fr or did you work your way up i can do a 24f but so far 28fr is a no go problem is getting past the head of my little man i use lots of lube but but the cath seams to take the lube with it any sugestions hometool

I use/have used Mountainsidemedical.com. A Vet run operation with decent delivery given the supply chain issues.

Well I had “fun” yesterday. The 14fr twisted inside me and blocked up Sunday night. I spent most of Monday in the emergency room. I now have a 20fr clear catheter in me and i get to watch bloody chunks passing though it. Oh and now I have a bladder infection to deal with. All because a “”medical professional" would not listen and flat told me i didn't know what i was talking about. And insisted that i either let her put the 14fr in or leave pissing my pants after she had already removed the 20fr. I'm still having trouble finding a supplier for foley catheters online. To avoid any more do as i told you B.S. I will find supplier and I will learn to take care of myself. There are good and bad in all professions, but in my opinion this last Doc needs to not ever touch any one else. Oh i should mention twice in the last month my blood pressure was tested as a little low. She wrote me a prescription for hypertension or high blood pressure. Thankfully i never took any of those pills. Do I have a good reason to avoid Doctors if i can?????

I wear a ch20 balloon catheter and I do it voluntarily because I enjoy it. I only see advantages. I only need to empty the bag once in a while and not go to the toilet at night. I have been catheterized for 12 weeks out of approximately 16.

Sounds terrible @nytwatch1 ….. if you're not confident with your doctor, find another one!!!

@Param1969 Sounds like a CH20 works fine and you enjoy it! - 12 weeks!!!

Hometool, I believe I started with a FR-30. I didn't have pain. I guess I have a large uretha and so it went in easy.

Nytwatch1, one thing I was advised by the nurses at my urologest was no swimming, no baths and no hot tubs. you will get a bladder infection, which you know about, riding a bike and a hot tub would be out.

That is what my nurses say. I go in for a catheter change the 31 st. The take the old catheter out and a new one goes in. They ccheck for any problems. So far I haven't had any.

I have to self-catheterise several times a day.

I hear you Czorro

What i ride is a artic cat 500 manual shift 4x4 quad. The only thing i have left in my life is riding. I was a gold miner and self employed. I am or at least was very competent on my own for 50 years. Where i live the town is 15 miles away and doesn't even have traffic lights, Think small. Only two doctors and they trade weeks, Oh and they live in Carson city, about 80 miles away.

I went on my quad about 2 miles earlier today. It seems i leaked around the catheter and wet my pants. At first i thought the leg bag had come loose but no. So my thought is i need to step up the size or a larger balloon. evidently sitting on the quad stops the flow into the bag and i leak. When i sit here on the couch or in bed no problems, any suggestions ? I can't work my chosen profession any more but i still know where the gold is. The only thing left in my life is going out and looking. If i knew how I would share the video of the bear i saw last summer or the photos of Nine Mile, a way station that people like Kit Carson Jim Bridger made famous. Other's that camped there were Col. John C. Freemont and Mark Twain. It's about 80 miles off road and 4x4 only to get there and I refuse to give up.

Gonna cath myself Friday night with a 3000 ml bag attached so I sleep 8+ hours. Might JO with it in before I drift off to sleep. Many people who read our comments and think to themselves.. “ No, not me ”, are missing out on total relaxation. I sleep so good and long with a cath.

I only feel my catheter is when I shower and I wash myself to make sure the catheter is clean. I then put so triple antibiotic oinment on the catheter where it exits my penius. I don't know I am wearing a catheter at all.

I go for a catheter change on the 31 st. of May. That will take about 30 minuits. they take the catheter I am wearing out, we put a new catheter in, get their urine sample and off I go. Then in a week I go back, out comes the catheter, In goes the numbing fluid and then I wait for the Dr. and then I get botox injections. These help stop my overactive bladder and then I am good for a month, to maybe 2 months.

Wearing a catheter has become a was of life for me. In the last 2 years I have worn a catheter almost all the time.Solves the diaper rash and the wet towles to protect the bed. I also get some great sleep with a catheter in me.

I know what you mean about being able to sleep at night. Several years ago i started losing the use of my legs and with them my bladder. Until now I can get up and get to the door but can't walk unaided more than a few steps.

As i lost control of my bladder i started with diapers and as it got worse i went to better diapers until the rashes and broken out skin got so infected I was spending most of my day on my side with a fan on my rear trying to heal myself. Then i had a stroke and I was care flighted to Carson Tahoe hospital where It was determined that the only way to heal my skin was to put in the catheter, that was my first night's sleep in 6 years.

My next apt. isn't until The 23 rd of next month, that would put me almost two month's on one catheter. Because of where I live and the arrogance of the doc who did my last change I had to change doctors and that's the soonest I can get in, so I found

Thank you all for the information for a supplier and ordered Catheters and kits so if it need to be changed for any reason I can do it. My care giver Pam has watched me being changed and is looking up everything she can and is telling me in no uncertain terms that she will do it.

I guess an old 220lb ex biker retired gold miner that was used to moving 3 to 5 tons of rock a day by hand is too fragile to do it himself.

Not currently cathed but I'm getting rather good at cathing myself even though I've never been shown how to go about it. I found an online medical store that did not require a prescription. I have a good supply of intermittent and foley catheters. Found that a 20fr is a good size for me. No numbing agent is used, just KY jelly. Got some leg and bed urine bags ordered and then I'll give sleeping with one in. Any tips or suggestions are welcome.

Huggie,

Best thing I can suggest is to watch the videos on You -tube, also Vimeo video. All of those videos are very helpful. IMO.

Since you havent been trained you may be able to call your urologist and have a nurse show you what to do (they may not want to do that, but you can tell them do you want me to get a UTI or not.)

I developed a very active bladder and now every 4 months they go in and shoot botox into my bladder. The botox lasts about 2 months, then I need more. I tried to go longer but the towels and depends didn't do the job. So having a supply of catheters, I inserted one and use an overnight bag. Leg bags are not big enough since I take diuretics, I can fill a leg bag in a few hours.

The nurses that change my catheter each time I get botox injections they want a clean urine sample, so I go to the office and they change the catheter and insert a new one and get the sample and then a week later I get botox injections. I take pictures of it happening. It feels good the scope going in and it takes just about 4 minutes. The say it is cyctoscopy with botox injection into bladder. You don't feel anything because of the numbing agent they put into your bladder.

They give you an antibiotic before they change the catheter and before the botox injections.

I had to prove to my self that i can still ride . last week when i tried my leg bag was stopped up due to being next to the quad seat . I added an extension and now it's lower on my right leg . i rode 110 miles yesterday . I wore my self out almost to collapse . But the further i went the more i wanted to go . Only turned back when i hit bingo fuel . I know it's too soon to push myself after my stroke but I refuse to be house or bed bound . There is a mountain about 75 miles away that has snow on it most of the year , I plan an over night ride in the near future and will try to get as near the peak as i can . Pettay good for a 70+ old guy with a catheter and legs that don't work .

I enjoy wearing a catheter in my adult diaper. I use catheters a lot. Most times I can buy catheters online. I have a neurogenic bladder. I have had this problem my whole life.

As a kid my dad was a big butt hole, I will leave it as that. I wet the bed every night. I got beat for it and touch also …at the time it really sucks. Now I look back I feel I am over it.

Now I will put a catheter in my diaper at night before bed and halfway through the night remove it. By this time I am soaking wet. I love being soaking wet.

Allright, Have a new question, Has anyone other then me forgot that they had a catheter in and went to make coffee and hit the end of tubing ???

Or caught the tube with a toe ? . either I'm getting too old to live alone or I need to pay more attention when i get up. When you reach the end of you're tether there is a very surprising hurt.

You will get better at making sure you are not at the end of you “tether” after a couple more jerks on your catheter. I have done it a number of times. I am now much more careful of where the tubing is and I make sure don't jerk the catheter.

Agree - Amazed at how quickly the leg bag can get filled during the day, you don't realize the volume of urine you pass until you actually collect it! We often have to empty it in the early afternoon as the bag sometimes completely fills and can slide down my wife's leg due to the weight. Worse yet, it could back up through the drainage tube and catheter. She has an SP Cath so there is an alternate path out! 😄

I'm wearing my bag on my right thigh and so I can feel how full the bag is. I'm surprised how fast the bag gets filled. Yesterday I ordered a Bellybag. I'm excited about that @Riegel

@Param1969 Too often my wife’s leg bag is bulging to the point of overflowing. Not sure how a belly bag would work as she is in a wheelchair (gravity issue - possible backflow). Hope the belly bag works for you! Let us know.