Re: UROGYNECOLOGY: I got a bag today, so I could empty I have some questions
From: Amy Rosenman, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:49:17 -0500 (CDT)
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It will take a complete workup of the urinary retention to figure this
out including Urodynamics, and a cystoscopy (a look inside the bladder,
painless and requires only local anesthetic gel). You may need spinal
imaging as this can be neurologic. There are larger bags that can be
"hung" on the bedpost. If this goes on for more than a few days you can
easily learn to pass a catheter several times a day yourself and do away
with the internal catheter and bag altogether. This is better for you
and you know when you are done when you can empty again. Discuss all
with your urologist.
--
Amy Rosenman, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor GYN
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Santa Monica, California
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At Wed, 19 Sep 2007, D wrote:
>It was an awful day, I'm not urinating & the family doctor wanted to do
>a recheck of an internal ultrasound and made me drink 40 oz of water. My
>ultrasound was being done in the same building as my new urologist
>office & I had so much pain & fullness I couldn't stand straight. So I
>ran to his office crying from the pain.
>I had been doing an in/out paper for my urologist & i showed him, in a
>day & a half, I took in 3407ml of water & put out 640 ml
>My doctor came out & got me, catheritized me, & I guess I'll be wearing
>this bag till we figure something out.
>MY questions are. I figure since it's been awhile since I peed -- He
>took a quart from me & with in 1 hour I emptied this leg bag 3
>times.(I'm 40 years old)
>Is 3 empties an hour normal? Do they make this in another modle? Because
>It gets heavy & slides down. the belly bag that they show for men can
>women use those?
>MY numbers are all great, He can't explain why I cannot pee. He's
>narrowing it down to a bad habit I had from when I was in school, I'd
>never use school bathrooms, so I'd end up holding it for 8 hours. & I
>don't go when I'm at work. so he thinks there is some kind of
>connection there.
>
>How do people figure when they can get off of the catheter?
>thank you for your help
>D
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