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Catheter question

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DorryC
DorryC

I've seen some posts with people talking about needing to self catheterize when they come home. Most of the posts I've noticed are with people getting anterior repairs and so I'm not sure if this is something that happens with the anterior repair or if it's more to do with surgery and anesthesia.  Is this something that can happen when you have a posterior repair without an anterior repair?  Just how common is it?

In addition to my prolapse,  I also have problems with my pelvic floor muscles being too tight and it is excruciating to be catheterized.  I don't actually know if I could do it.  I'm in PT now and I am improving.  I go back to the surgeon at the end of December when PT is done.  I'm wondering if I need to make sure I can tolerate a catheter before I consider surgery.

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    DorryC

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    I wanted to post a follow-up to this.  I went in for pelvic floor physical therapy last fall to relax my pelvic floor and get it out of spasm.  it didn't completely work as I still go into spasm regularly, but now I can feel it and I know how to do some relaxation exercises to help get out of it.

    At any rate, I had a test done recently that used several catheters.  I worked on consciously relaxing my pelvic floor muscles while the catheter was inserted and it worked!  It didn't get stuck, with them having to push hard and me in lots of pain. 

    Just wanted to post this in case anyone else had the same concerns.  Happy ending smile

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