What?? @Qadgop_the_Mercotan can speak to this better than me, but that doesn’t sound like anything I’d want to do myself.
When mine was removed, they first used it to fill my bladder, then removed it and tested to make sure I could empty my bladder completely. If there are any complications, it’s a lot better to discover them at the doctor’s office rather than home.
Same here, except that I had to wait ten minutes (continence test). And I had the same reaction to the idea of doing it myself.
I might consider doing it myself, but only if I had a fresh catheter on hand to re-insert if I dribbled too much. But that’s after 40 years of dealing with catheters in patients. I’d NOT want to make an untrained patient do it. Definitely not best practice IMHO.
Thanks for that. Yeah I am uncomfortable doing it myself, even with the helpful video and instructions they provided. I am going to make an appointment with the local urologist for the removal.
Oh wow. Yeah, I most certainly did not get an option to do it myself back in November, and there’s no way in hell I would want to do it myself, anyway. When they did the removal, they just removed it and sent me on my way – I don’t recall them even checking to see if I could relieve myself or anything. But everything went fine. That week of the catheter was the most annoying part of the whole recovery process, and I hope that’s as annoying as it gets for you. Getting your freedom back feels great!