What does a catheter feel like?

I am a male who is curious about catheter insertion. I had one for a hernia repair when I was six, but I was unconcious for the insertion and don't remember much about having it in or it being removed. Can anyone describe the sensation for me so I can think more about trying it? From reading the forum, I get the impression it is supposed to feel uncomfortable, but not super painful.

Hum, well you feel a certain amount of pressure, a bit of pain from time to time and I felt like I really needed to pee for some reason. For someone that is submissive like me it is rather a turn on knowing that someone has so much control over you. Quite an interesting sensation. I would certainly be up for having it done again.

OK good to know! Thanks for the response!

I found insertion to sting a little, but not to be painful. I had always wondered if it might trigger an erection, but it didn't.

Yes, insertion can be a bit uncomfortable. But if it's done slowly, only the sphincter traversal will cause a urge to pee. Just relax at this time.

Also, keep in mind that catheter use can be "dangerous", and insertion must be done with care. Only use sterile instruments, don't touch the catheter, and keep all as clean as possible. UTI is not something pleasant !

Happy cathing.

I have been cathed twice while awake. As the others have stated, it was uncomfortable, but not painful. The first time I was cathed, my sphincter was closed and extremely tight and the nurse had a difficult time pushing the tip through to my bladder. She had to force some sterile water through the catheter to do so, but as soon as it cleared the sphincter, everything relaxed and while I knew it was there, it was not really distracting.

Yes, you should not do anything you aren't knowledgeable enough to do, because it can cause infections or other problems. But to your question: it stings! That is a sensitive area, more than it has any right to be! I've had it done once and it wasn't too much fun.

Good question. I've been wondering the same thing. Thanks for the informative discussion.

I wondered what it felt like too, and asked my wife if it hurt, because she's a nurse that inserts catheters often. She told me it's not that bad if done correctly, and told me she'd cath me so I'd know what it's like. I let her do it a few nights later. She had me lay flat on my back, and swabbed my penis with betadine. She lubed the catheter for about 5 or 6 inches. Before she stuck it in, she told me not to clinch my muscle like when I try to hold back my piss. She took my glans in her hand and pinched it a little between her thumb and index finger to open my urethra. I felt a sudden burning sensation, then the urge to pee really bad, but it only lasted a couple seconds. I could see her feeding more and more tube up my penis. It felt weird when it got to my prostate, because it felt like it was up my butt for just a second. She inflated the balloon, and I started seeing pee in the collection bag. I figured she'd take it right back out, but she made me lay there until the urine flow slowed down. I think she also wanted me to feel the indignity of being cathed, and not in control of a basic bodily function. She also raised my knees, and took my rectal temperature to intensify the experience. I loved every second of it. I just couldn't get over how little it hurt when she put the catheter in. It hurt a little more though, when she took it out 2 hours later.

Being in hospital I have one in now. When you first have one, it is hard to get over the feeling that you want to pee ALL the time.

I've done it once...felt really ill during insertion - due I guess to the strange feelings of it going in???

But one in ... yes, the feeling of emptying without control.. and the sensation that you're emptying constantly ... is nice.

A couple of times I've been catheterized by a kinky physician (yes real MD). She liked to play with the catheter. Once she pulled the catheter and twanged it like a guitar string. I can't even describe that sensation, between the outward pressure and the vibration. Another time, she filled my bladder while I had no ability to empty. That was intense.

I've been catheterized for urinary retention following a hip fracture. I was never more grateful for anything in my life because I had 1200cc in my bladder. The complications of indwelling catheters are UTIs, pyelonephritis, sepsis and death. I do not recommend this for casual play. I have seen the problems in real life and had to take care of the consequences. Damage to the urethra and prostatitis are also possible.

I've already inserted some catheters by myself. When I started to catheterize me I tried to learn everything at the internet and I've got to know a catheter before. However I was very excited the first time. I always spend a lot of time to insert it slowly and sterile. And I like the feeling when the catheter reaches the bladder and the urine is starting to flow in the catheter bag.

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I've had a friend help me insert a straight catheter a few times. I got super excited as I held myself open for him to clean me then insert the cath. It was a wired feeling once it got to my bladder. Watching my pee flow into a bucket was exciting. I get horny every time it happens. I make sure to play safe and drink cranberry juice afterwards.

For me it is an amazing feeling. One thing I never did, is walking around in public with the catheter linked to a pocket. Has anyone experienced this? Is it difficult?

I have had Foley’s for about 24 hours which is starting to get of the long side of safe. I thinkthey have a wonderfully unique felling while being installed and in place. As previously mentioned they can be a bit irritating as they are removed and they always for me seem to have some lingering pain for several urinations after removal. But even it’s not that bad and gets into my “interesting feeling” category after a few normal urinations.

In preparation for my enema I will be told to drink several glasses of water. Then my partner will install the cath. As soon as the first urine shows she’ll clamp it off, move it further in and then inflate the balloon.

By the way, I’ve inflated the balloon outside the bladder to better understand how big a balloon I was dealing with as well. If you do this, when you suck the sterile water back out of the balloon into the syringe be careful not to go too fast. If the balloon doesn’t contract evenly you can develop a small wrinkle which can be very painful on insertion. If you take about 95% of the water out of the balloon while its outside the bladder and then patiently the balloon will normally deflate smoothly. At the worst, withdraw the plunger of the syringe very slowly and observe the balloon for any wrinkling. Wrinkles are painful enough to put you off cath play. If done correctly it is a very interesting and pleasant experience.

Once my partner has installed and inflated the balloon she will gently tug on it to seat it properly on the Bladder sphincter. If you use too small a diameter tubing you may leak around it. If you pick too large a cath diameter it will be difficult to remove particularly if you have it installed very long. I figured out that I wanted to start small and work to larger sizes.

Once it’s in place she well connect it to the leg bag and strap the leg bag to my leg. If we are going out in public she will often install a second clamp to the tuning and pen the primary. She will then take the tubing and the new secondary clam and drag them up to the waist band of my pants so that she can have access to it if she wants.

If we’re playing with enemas, the clamp is closed, During the enema she may bargin with me to take more enema in exchange for having my bladder drained.

Once installed you can remain in bed perhaps restrained in a spread eagle for long periods of time and your bladder can be drained continuously. I generally have her install one when we arrive at our play site and it stays in till we are ready to leave. We share enemas and administer to each other. I will administer to her while me cath is connected to my leg bag bit I have learned to make sure the the tubing is attached to my leg so I don’t accidently snag it on something as I’m moving around the room. That little accident will make you think you have just ripped you guts out from the bottom.

There is typically some discomfort with removal but it’s not terrible. A lot of times it is the lubricant that’s getting smeared on the inside of the urethra as the cath come out. The burning can persist after the removal for a little while, so I’ve learned to drink several glasses of water before removal so that once it is out I can flush the urethra as quickly as possible. It seems to help to stroke the urethra as you are initially voiding your bladder after removal to get the lube out quickly.

You certainly do not want to try to remove a cath with the balloon still partially inflated. The way the inflation deflating system is set up, is fail safe. If there is any question about whether the ballon might still be inflated we simply cut the balloon fill tube and the saline shoots harmlessly onto the floor. Once you’ve done that there’s no way the balloon can still be inflated. Uninstalling it that way also prevent the balloon from developing wrinkles on deflation.

All in all cath ply can be an interesting new sensation and these just nothing like sitting at the dinner table or in a movie and unclamping and feeling your bladder deflate. It’s even more exciting if someone else does it for you.

Jag

D Goodfinger I would add that even when the urine starts to flow its still not a good idea to inflate the balloon in men as it can still cause problems urethrally. In men it's a good ideal and best practice to insert the catheter until the inflation port of the catheter touches the tip of the penis. This way there is no possibility of inflating the balloon while its in the urethra. Its also recommended for women but due to their short urethra it is very unlikely to happen, but there is a risk nonetheless.

The trauma cause by inflating a balloon in the urethra is really not worth the risk, as I have seen very very sever bleeding and infection. So strict asepsis is needed when using catheters as bad UTI's can result in renal failure.

I have inserted a lot of transurethral catheters in my professional life -- most of them admittedly when I was a student, intern or resident. It always was so miserable looking that I KNEW it was a procedure I would never want done on myself. Well...never say never. 20 years ago I tore my right quadriceps in half and had a surgical repair. The surgeon did not insert a cath during the surgery since I was such a young pup and he couldn't believe I'd need one. Late the following day it was clear to me that I was in acute urinary retention. Talk about misery! I begged to be catheterized! The surgeon gave an order (thank you) and a middle aged female nurse came in with a balloon tipped cath. She deftly inserted it without difficulty and with no complaint from me. I was ecstatic. The insertion caused me no pain and only trivial discomfort though if it had been the size of a garden hose I don't know that I would have complained. So...to some extent the discomfort of insertion depends on your state of mind and certainly on the expertise of the operator.

As Rayme says when you need it you're begging for it. I didn't complain one bit when I had 1200 ccs in my bladder. Certainly some men do whine about it but they're wimps.

If you are into catheter insertion, it's a great sensation. My husband and I both enjoy a little urethral play once in a while. It's not something we do on a regular basis.

Depending on the diameter of the catheter, you will feel varying degrees of pressure as it advances through the urethra. When you reach the prostate and the urethral sphincter, it has been described as an orgasm in reverse. Once in the bladder, the urine will run out. For myself, there is a little pressure as the catheter enters the urethra, but after a couple of inches insertion and it enters the bladder, all there is to feel is the catheter sliding in and out.

I have cathed myself several times and it isn't bad at all.

It stings a little right at first if you try to go to fast and there is the sensation of pressure when it passes the prostate and then again when entering the bladder.

Once the catheter is in and inflated some gentle tugging on the catheter causes an immediate erection and feels like I am being masturbated from inside my penis. I have done some reading and apparantly that is common as the Urethra has many nerves and is highly sensitive.

I have used Catheters up to about 22 to 26 French, after working my way up of course, and found that when I urinated (after removing the catheter) there was more volume expelled and that my bladder emptied much faster due to the dialation of the Urethra.

A 26 foley? Yikes that's huge. Like rubber boa constrictor.

Urethral play can be fun if one is doing it to himself and in control of things. I have seen videos where the patient is crying out in pain. However I have cathed myself over 100 times, and had a lot of fun inserting sounds in my penis and bladder. I enjoy the sensation of the penetrating instrument passing in an out over the length of the urethra. My penis is small, but I found no trouble initially inserting a 22 Fr catheter. I have a steel curved catheter, 22 Fr, that is easy to insert. I used to leave the catheter in for a week. I only use one for a day, preferring external catheters. As for ejaculation with a catheter in place, I’ve experienced that over 200 times. I need to masturbate twice a day and a Foley catheter in the urethra isn’t going to stop me. Warnings aside, I have never had prostatitis.

I have experience get catherer.. 2 yours ago when i stay in ICU.

All you folks who self cath or play with foleys outside of a hospital or medical setting are asking for big time UTIs or urethral trauma. Foleys should be changed frequently and leaving one in inevitably leads to a urinary tract infection. You've been warned.

Its a lil painful , then it stings and then its all okay. I was very uncomfortable when on the first day in hospital i had it. Very akward feeling but now m used to

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Liquidsky,

Watch the generalizations. I self cath twice a day. If I didnt I would never feel like I don't have to pee plus I leak when my bladder is really full. Sure I get the odd uti which my MD and I take care of. The most utis are related to sex in someway so I just careful.

Btw I just self Cathed for about 500ccs.mfeel much better now.

For others, I like when the cath goes through my prostate, it would be sneaky sound if it was well inside.

A unique feeling

I had shoulder surgery a few years ago. I had forgotten to get the cutter to leave an in and out cath order. I couldn't do it my self bc of the sling and I really think those nurses were embarrassed.bummer, but things worked out of the end

Self catheterization is common in patients who have bladder problems and in paraplegic patients. Such patients ably cath themselves after being given instructions by medical personnel. For the fetishist however this is fraught with danger.

I've never had it done to me, but I've cathed a bunch of patients. It's typically more uncomfortable for males because the catheter has to pass through the sensitive part of the genitals. Most say it really stings or burns for a few seconds right as it passes the glans. First timers usually have the most difficult time if they're awake for the procedure.