Giving up for now

[justej]

I'm giving up on self cathing for awhile. At least until I see my urologist. People keep telling me to practice and I just cant seem to get it in my urethra and I'm afraid I'll hurt myself. I feel like the nurse practitioner who was teaching me just left me hanging. When I left the office I had not successfully cathed myself. I've been wearing diapers for 4 years now so its routine for me. Lately I've been able to get away with abena pull ups at home and then I wear northshore supremes when I'm out. Cathing may not be for me. I'm not at an immediate risk for kidney damage so for now I'll just do what I have been doing.

Also I got a 22 pound package from Mckesson surgical-medical that arrives on Monday and I have no clue what it is.

[dp66]

I also gave up. When my issues began years ago, I was encouraged to try to self catheterize. I was instructed on how to administer the catheter. I, reluctantly, decided to give it a try. After a couple of semi successful times, I gave myself a huge infection. I think I got "off track" and it was very painful. At that time, I decided never again. The chances of infections are always a possibility. I know others on this forum have success self catheterizing. My incontinence is inconsistent/unpredictable. So far, my kidneys haven't been compromised. I find diapers to work best for me. I can go about my day fairly normally managing this way. If that's giving up, so be it.

[Patrick]

Over the years that I've been incontinent, I've had two urinary tract infections, and they were the pits. Each time I was given powerful, state-of-the-art anti-biotics; nevertheless, I felt as though I'd been run over by an Abrams tank. Keeping my urinary tract sterile is a high priority.