Post-Castration Urine Direction Problem

[AnneK_TG (imported)]

I see a lot of UTI's in the future of anyone who takes this catheter advice.

My urologist says to take cranberry pills to reduce the risk of that.

[catoboros (imported)]

Due to BPH, I have to use a catheter.

A friend also uses one due to BPH because he was incontinent after TURP. I think he has one with a tap so he does not have to wear a bag. He seems happier with this arrangement.

My only experience of one was after major surgery. Surprisingly comfortable, except when being led around the ward by nurse on my prescribed walks. I felt like I was on a leash! Unusual and not erotic in the slightest. But then I see that it could be for some.

I am surprised that catheters are not more popular amongst professional gaming streamers.

[zeebster (imported)]

My only experience of one was after major surgery. Surprisingly comfortable, except when being led around the ward by nurse on my prescribed walks. I felt like I was on a leash! Unusual and not erotic in the slightest. But then I see that it could be for some.

I spent 30 years as a Paramedic and as part of that, we used to take some patients directly to the floor where they were going to be admitted, usually an IMC or ICU unit.

I used to see patients on their "walk arounds" with at least one nurse and at least one attendant if not two. The nurse always carried the urine drainage bag and either the patient or the attendant pushed the IV stand with a couple of IV bags hung and running. Of course the patients were only wearing those hospital gowns which are always open in the back and I use to wonder if they, the patients, were embarrassed.

I played around with Foley catheters for a number of years and I could not imagine having to walk around with that urine collection bag visible to all let alone my bare backside. Now when I inserted them myself, they were always a bit uncomfortable for the first 3 days and after that you could pretty much forget they were there except for the occasional tug caused by clothing or activities. Removal wasn't much of a deal, but there was always that slight burning sensation when urinating after the catheter was removed which usually went away in a day or two.

Then I wound up in surgery where they cut a hole in my head to clip off an aneurysm in my brain. I woke up in the ICU and it took me a bit to figure out if I had a Foley which would normally be used in any surgery lasting more than three hours which mine went longer. I finally had to reach down to my penis in order to figure out if I had a catheter, I just could not feel it in my penis; it was there but it was totally comfortable, they'd put it in while I was unconscious in surgery. The second day I wound up on one of the "walks", nurse in front with the drainage bag and two large Tongan techs, one on each arm, one holding the IV pole. I could have cared less about what anyone thought and I wasn't embarrassed at all, I hurt too much I guess.

When they took it out after three days, I hardly felt anything and it didn't burn when I urinated after it was removed. So basically, if you wind up in a hospital with an indwelling catheter, it usually means that you are sick enough that you won't care about anyone seeing you on the "walk" with a catheter and drainage bag.