Moving through life's seasons
Recently I’ve had a number of people contact me about the odd world of catheters. This has been either through comments on a blog article, or through using the contact screen. So I thought it was time to do an FAQ post on intermittent self catheterisation – a patient experience in the hope it might … Continue reading “Intermittent self catheters- patient experience”
This is another “for the record” post and can be skipped by friends, especially squeamish friends. Following my HoLEP operation on Tuesday, today was an opportunity for my trial without catheter (TWOC), as the jargon goes.
As I’ve had my flippin’ catheter in me for six months, I thought I would jot down a few thoughts. Besides, my blog gets quite a few hits on this post written two weeks after I first had a catheter. There isn’t very much on the web about long term catheter use through personal experience, virtually … Continue reading “Long term catheter use”
This is the second time I’ve had a blocked catheter. The above photo was taken this morning, after the blockage was dealt with. Clearly there’s something going on.
I know the thought of exercising with a catheter is a pretty weird, unappealing and obscure topic but definitely worth mentioning at this stage. Sorry if you’re one of my friends catching up with me!
Living with an indwelling catheter has been an unexpected experience. Not the kind of thing you would ordinarily think of or even blog about. This might be of interest if you have found this through Google ‘Living with an indwelling catheter’ because you have, or are about to have one.
Hard to believe I have been blogging for 10 years now. This is my third blog, with the others just sitting out there and drifting along okay.