Hello all! Haven't posted in ages but can't seem to find answers anywhere else.
I'm a t5/6 complete SCI - 16 years post accident - had SP 16 years with relatively few issues...
Started taking 15mg enablex about 2 years ago for occasional leakage around SP - it helps but leakage has gotten worse in the last year. Tried Botox a few months ago without much success.
No uti, no blockage, use the same 22 Fr Cath with 5 cc balloon I've always used.
Up until this started I could have a full bag, nearly 500cc in bladder and still not leak anywhere...
Didn't used to seem to matter if bag was above bladder or below, drained into bag fine but now bag can be empty and bladder can be almost empty and it'll leak out around cath before it'll drain into the bag. Ugh!
Change Cath monthly, urine is clear to light yellow (I drink 16-20 cups of water a day & take d-mannose daily) with virtually no crude.
Cystograms show a healthy bladder with some area you can tell the Cath rubs on but not really changed from before leakage started.
I'm looking for ideas and suggestions from people more familiar to the SCI world as my doctors don't have much experience with it.
I'm desperate to find some resolution to this, even if it means a Cysto-ostomy, even though that seems a bit extreme.
HELP - Leakage around suprapubic cath
I'm a t5/6 complete SCI - 16 years post accident - had SP 16 years with relatively few issues...
Started taking 15mg enablex about 2 years ago for occasional leakage around SP - it helps but leakage has gotten worse in the last year. Tried Botox a few months ago without much success.
No uti, no blockage, use the same 22 Fr Cath with 5 cc balloon I've always used.
Up until this started I could have a full bag, nearly 500cc in bladder and still not leak anywhere...
Didn't used to seem to matter if bag was above bladder or below, drained into bag fine but now bag can be empty and bladder can be almost empty and it'll leak out around cath before it'll drain into the bag. Ugh!
Change Cath monthly, urine is clear to light yellow (I drink 16-20 cups of water a day & take d-mannose daily) with virtually no crude.
Cystograms show a healthy bladder with some area you can tell the Cath rubs on but not really changed from before leakage started.
I'm looking for ideas and suggestions from people more familiar to the SCI world as my doctors don't have much experience with it.
I'm desperate to find some resolution to this, even if it means a Cysto-ostomy, even though that seems a bit extreme.
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