Hope For Less Worry Soon.

Scatterlings.

Jacquelyn Berl.
http://jacquelynberl.blogspot.com/

Since Friday I have been taking the Urispas tablets, they are to stop the bladder having spasms.

It seems to be working already to a certain extent, but of course it is early days, have only taken them now for three days, believe it is about two weeks before it works well.

My op is on the 26 November, which will come around quickly enough now; I know that the op to have the SP catheter is the only way to go,

Sadly it is the only way to go, seems a weird idea to have an op to make life easier that gives me a perpetual open wound that needs special care and attention.

But it is the only other option, seeing as I have had the Foley since August 2007, I now need to move no to the SP catheter.

Know that I have had the Foley for long enough now so have to make the switch, am actually in lots of ways looking forward to it being done.

Just wish that at night at the very moment I put my head down on the pillow and am just about to drift off and then each time, I think about the SP op and am wide awake right away.

Shame that there are no other options, wish there were research as to whether there are better ways to facilitate urination.

Another way so that there is not an open wound which has to be managed carefully and kept clean and sterile at all times.

Years ago I worked briefly at The Dairy Research Institute in Reading, where my job was to look after calves that had canulas with lids, in their stomachs so fluid could be taken out for investigation.

It was not pleasant looking after these animals; the whole project was to find out if calves could live on artificial milk so that cow’s milk would be for human consumption only.

I know it is not the same but keep seeing the unhealed calves flesh around the canula.

And the stomach fluids that would ooze out and dry rock solid which I had to clean off without causing too much pain.

Not a nice job hurting animals and killing them off once they were between 6 to 10 months and getting a new batch to feed artificial milk to.

I left after 6 months as I would not believe the official line that animals have no feelings and could no long bear hurting them daily.

That was 1974 and here it is 36 years later I too will have an open wound in my lower stomach.

All I hope is that it will be less worry than the Foley catheter is right now.   

Here Comes The Sun.

Sun Art.

Another cool day today, hope it gets warmer soon so I can enjoy a roll around in balmy weather.

Mentioned yesterday that I was thinking that now the Foley catheter keeps coming out I will need a different one.

To do so I have to undergo a surgical procedure, to have a supra-pubic catheter put in which can be done as an out patients operation under local anaesthetic.

This is not an easy decision for me as I think that the least surgical interventions the better in my opinion, plastic surgeons will for sure not be getting rich on my money.

Feel that I have to take action now, as the Foley catheter keeps popping out, this is no problem if it pops out in the bathroom, because it gets moved as clothes are pulled off.

It is a problem when it happens when I am in bed, it is really not nice to wake up lying in a pool of urine.

Seems to happen when I have a huge spasm, most times the spasm has been because I need to go to the toilet urgently.

A couple of times it happened as a result of a huge leg spasm which turned out to be caused by toe nail problems.

Once the nails were trimmed and the in growing nail was removed my legs were calm again

Seems from a couple of responses that the supra-pubic catheter does not solve the problem of leakages or bladder problems.

Even heard awhile ago that a couple of people had more bladder infections with the pubic catheter, plus more blood clots in their urine.

One said that her friend had the supra-pubic put in because the regular Foley catheter was causing too many UTI's..

She warned me that there could be more stones and gunge with the supra-pubic catheter and I would need to regularly see a urologist to make certain that there is nothing wrong with me.

Apparently the gunge if it remains in your bladder can cause spasms, which does not sound like a nice prospect.

Suppose that the answer will be a regular course of antibiotics as the way to sort this out.

It is worrying as I do not have that many bladder infections now and was hoping for even less with the supra-pubic catheter not more.

And additional medical appointments are not my favourite things, would rather sit in the sun than in a hospital waiting room.

And another said that the SP Catheter will not prevent all the problems, as she still occasionally woke up in a wet bed caused she thought by spasms.

Think that I am going to research some more before I get myself booked in for the operation.

Right now I intend to enjoy the moment and am going to post this and listen to the radio and enjoy the fact that I can glimpse a hint of blue sky and sun.

After a gloomy cool dark day with rain showers the sun is coming out which is really a beautiful sight.