# Mild health rant **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-health-rant/678654 "2014-01-13T13:43:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@grama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grama)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-health-rant/678654/1 "2014-01-13T13:43:26Z")
Since september I’ve had a suprapubic catheter to pee due to a severed urethra (To be fixed in early march), I didn’t have any problems the first couple of months, but for the last 3 weeks or so, I’ve had several complications, basically the small balloon of the foley bursting and the catheter coming out… It happened the first time a week before Christmas, then, last monday I had it replaced under anesthesia because they needed to enlarge the…hole?.. (Don’t know what other word to use). 2 Days later having been dealing with mild pain and discomfort the last couple of days, the balloon burst out of the blue (I felt the pop inside me), a few hours later the catheter came out. Again, 2 days later (that’s friday), I felt the fracking balloon popping again… I’ve kept the catheter in place using adhesive tape and I’m scheduled for another replacement later today… I’m just sick of it… I know a lot of people have it much worse… I know… but still… and actually having the urine bag and all doesn’t bother me at all, it’s the fact that it’s not working properly, I mean there’s people who live with these thing permanently and they don’t have to go to the hospital twice a week for crying out loud :mad: That’s it, a very mild rant about a very temporary problem, but I needed to vent. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-health-rant/678654/2 "2014-01-13T13:58:47Z")
Oh man, you’re entitled to rant. That sounds terribly uncomfortable. I surely do hope a better solution can be found for you. Feel Better! ---
**Author:** ![grama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@grama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grama)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-health-rant/678654/3 "2014-01-13T14:17:02Z")
There is a better solution, I’ll have surgery in March to fix the problem, I just have to wait this last 2 months.