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<blockquote data-quote="Mep" data-source="post: 1455804" data-attributes="member: 211362"><p>Thank you. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>My latest experience of being catheterised was last week when I had a serious car accident and I couldn't urinate at all. The hospital wouldn't let me move due to possible spinal injury so they put me on a bed pan... absolutely nothing came out. They then did a bladder scan and said I had 730ml in my bladder (apparently leaving 500ml+ in your bladder can damage it they said... plus I can't tolerate more than 400ml) and I had to urinate. So they decided they were going to insert a catheter. Well yet again they had trouble inserting the catheter. In the end after numerous attempts by various nurses and docs in the ER they went and got 2 surgeons to come and see me. The surgeons took a while to get one in as well. I asked them why they were having trouble? They just commented there was nothing wrong with my anatomy, just that they were trying to figure it out. ugh. I worry that if medical staff have all this trouble, what hope do I have? I know urologists don't have a problem though as they insert cameras, etc. within seconds. I have to admit getting this catheter was very painful last week as I was already in a fair bit of pain from the accident.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mep, post: 1455804, member: 211362"] Thank you. :) My latest experience of being catheterised was last week when I had a serious car accident and I couldn't urinate at all. The hospital wouldn't let me move due to possible spinal injury so they put me on a bed pan... absolutely nothing came out. They then did a bladder scan and said I had 730ml in my bladder (apparently leaving 500ml+ in your bladder can damage it they said... plus I can't tolerate more than 400ml) and I had to urinate. So they decided they were going to insert a catheter. Well yet again they had trouble inserting the catheter. In the end after numerous attempts by various nurses and docs in the ER they went and got 2 surgeons to come and see me. The surgeons took a while to get one in as well. I asked them why they were having trouble? They just commented there was nothing wrong with my anatomy, just that they were trying to figure it out. ugh. I worry that if medical staff have all this trouble, what hope do I have? I know urologists don't have a problem though as they insert cameras, etc. within seconds. I have to admit getting this catheter was very painful last week as I was already in a fair bit of pain from the accident. [/QUOTE]
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