Another little bit of shit....

Seems the Palliative Radio has fried a bit of something, I had trouble
peeing.
GP sent me to Uro, who sent me to Onco, who sent me to another Uro (Lots of
travelling)
Finally got a Bladder scan that said - yes, urinary retention.
Fuckin hell - I coulda told them that without all the travel. A day wasted
almost.
Anyway - two very attractive young female medicos fed a camera thing into my
very limp willie, (Thank GOD I don't get Hardons, but I was a bit embarassed
about my tiny shrunken testes) One holding Mr Pokie and the other feeding
the tube. . . I wish they wouldn't giggle or smile, it's very demeaning.
Ended up with a Uro feeding another tube into my Willie, and a balloon (Like
an Angioplasty) stretching my Urethra open.
Now I have a Cath in, bag attached to my lower leg and it has to be emptied
every few hours. I forgot to do it last night (a bit intoxypissed with
Pastis) and peed the bed. (First time since I was four) or else the bag
overflowed.
Wont do THAT again.
Anyway - like pissing lumps of glass. SORE!
Scared now to eat the veggie curry I made for our tea tonight - the thought
of ginger & garlic hitting the stretched and sore bits is making me tremble
with terror!
Perhaps a bowl of Bran Flakes with Soya Milk is what's called for. Or a
religious fast, just prayers.
God help me, medicine sucks!
SHUGGIE.

Shuggie,

I had the same problem trying to use a leg bag at night in bed. Peed
all over the sleeping bag and the comforter on top of me. Wonder how
the heck pee flowed uphill to the comforter. When I was in the
hospital to get a stuck catheter out of my weenie, they hooked a big
bed bag to the catheter the urologist put directly into my bladder.
Supra pubic he called it. I brought the big bag home with me, cleaned
it out and use it at night, after my experience with the leg bag. I
hang it on the edge of the seat next to the bed in my travel trailer.
I wear the leg bag most days. When I take a shower I take off the leg
bag and put a plug into the catheter Got the plug from another uro who
said it was a lot easier than wearing a bag all day. Just whip out the
catheter tube, aim it at the urinal, unplug and go! Unless someone
beside you sneaks a peek to see how big you are, nobody knows you
ain't taking a normal pee.

I found that wearing the plug, back when I had a catheter directly in
the weenie, I would get a signal from my bladder:

"Hey, Dude! I'm filling up. Dump me, dummy or else I'll blow out the
plug and everyone around you will step back with a look of disgust on
their face." Yeah, that would be something. Those folks thinking a
grown man wasn't man enough to squeeze his legs together and hold it
in as he ran for a McDonald's to let go.

I make it inside Mickey D's, rapidly trotting for the toilet, and the
dude behind the counter asks:

"Do you want fries with that?"

With my luck, a toilet would be a half mile away. I'd end up snuggling
up close to some building, sighing deeply as I let it go, zip up my
pants, turn around, and find some big cop there with his ticket book
in hand demanding identification.

Later, in court:

"But, Judge, your most gracious honorable honor, Sir! I gots this
thing in my weenie and when I has to go I has to go." Looking down at
me with a stern, frowning face, I can just hear the judge: "Seven days
community service raking leaves out in the front of the courthouse.
And you better not even think about watering the trees! Except with a
water hose."

Chef Roger


On Sep 1, 9:23 am, "Shug" <hughkearn...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Now I have a Cath in, bag attached to my lower leg and it has to be emptied
> every few hours. I forgot to do it last night (a bit intoxypissed with
> Pastis) and peed the bed. (First time since I was four) or else the bag
> overflowed.
> Wont do THAT again.

Shug wrote:

> Seems the Palliative Radio has fried a bit of something, I had trouble
> peeing.
> GP sent me to Uro, who sent me to Onco, who sent me to another Uro (Lots of
> travelling)
> Finally got a Bladder scan that said - yes, urinary retention.
> Fuckin hell - I coulda told them that without all the travel. A day wasted
> almost.

Sorry to hear your trouble, Hugh.
I checked with Steph and he said that palliative RT, to the hip, would not cause
urinary retention.
Urinary retention is not mentioned for Casodex; but is mentioned for high doses
of morphine.

A friend's father in law, also had a catheter. His cancer was advanced, so I
wonder if local spread can cause urinary retention?
You've seen 4 doctors about it. Did they all blame the RT? or express other
opinions about the cause?

I'm concerned that a valuable pain resource is being unfairly blamed (which
might discourage others, on this newsgroup, from using it).
I'm also concerned that you won't continue having the other "spots" treated if
you're under a misunderstanding of what caused this problem.

What say you, sir?

I'm bringing Steph into this, so he can follow along with our exchanges.
J