Re: you're going to put that catheter WHERE?-why?

[Guest guest]

I'd be curious if one of the hippy docs might know the answer: Why

do some get catheterized, and others not. Seems an odd sort of

physician's preference. Does it, perhaps, depend on what kind of

anesthetic is used in the surgery?

Alan

> > >Bloody hell...I've accepted the possibility of sleeping with a

> yellow

> > >wedge of doom. I've only now come to terms with the idea of a

> > >catheter and now someone mentions that catheters involve

> > >balloons??!?!?!?

> > >

> > >Yup! They insert the catheter, then inject something (not sure

if

> it is

> > >air or water) into the balloon portion of said catheter so it

will

> not be

> > >pulled out easily. You'll never feel it unless you decide to do

> like many

> > >old ladies with a degree of dementia and pull it out yourself,

> inflated

> > >balloon and all. Now THAT sounds like an ouch! There was a

lady

> in the

> > >room across the hall from me that was always pulling on her

> catheter

> > >tubing. I finally asked the nurse to bring her a separate

length

> of

> > >tubing to play with, and if they had different color tubing,

that

> would be

> > >even better, so I could tell which she was pulling on. She was

> perfectly

> > >happy with her new tubing, and finally left her catheter alone.

> BTW, they

> > >deflate the balloon before removing the catheter (which vaguely

> gives you

> > >the sensation of needing to pee right then, but is not a big

deal).

> >

> >

> > Cindy

> > C+ 5/25/01 and 6/28/01

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