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Hi Ladies,
I came across this discussion tonight, and felt for the first time like i wanted to write about my problem. I am 37 yrs old and was diagnosed with less than 20% kidney function in my left kidney, due to a urethral stricture. It seems the stricture was caused 5 years ago from keyhole surgery for removal of an ovarian cyst. The kidney is being monitored because it is boderling whether it needs to be removed, which I am slowly dealing with, but I have now been informed that my bladder is only half emptying when I urinate, so I have been sent home with catheters to ISC once every day. Does anyone else struggle with doing this? It is not painful, or uncomfortable, but to say i am holding 200-300ml of urine every time, I very rarely successfully remove more than 50ml of urine, sometimes nothing at all. I am getting really frustrated with it because all the websites and forums say how easy it is, so why cant I find it easy? Any tips will be greatly appreciated. Thanks x
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johnclen dmn0502
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Hello DMN.
I have no idea why you're not being successful with self cathing. When I do it, I am able to completely drain my bladder with no problem at all. When the catheter enters the bladder, I insert it another inch. The flow is good and doesn't stop until I am empty. I pull it out very slow, stopping every time the flow starts again. When I finish, my bladder is empty. What size and type of catheter are you using?
John
dmn0502 johnclen
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Its a Coloplast 8cm. I insert it really slowly and have watched numerous vides,etc. Apparently I am only emptying half of my bladder when I go, so there must be something in there. I was hoping others would have the same issue so I m not on my own. ah well. Thanks for replying.
johnclen dmn0502
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If you mean 8FR on the catheter size, that sounds a bit small. Most of us on here who do this are using a 12 or even a larger 14 or 16. I use the 12. You are getting some urine, so you are likely inside the bladder I would think. I agree with Deb, return to the doctor / nurse to check on things and to ask about the size of the catheter.
John
deb2722 dmn0502
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If not much is coming out then there probably isn't much there. You could go back to your doctor/nurse to check you are doing it correctly if you're worried though.