I sprung a leak!

This is a first for me in the never ending catheter saga.  Was standing in our pantry deciding what I want to eat for lunch, and talking to my son on the phone.  Felt a refreshing stream of warm liquid running down my leg.  Took me a moment of enjoying its pleasure before I realized, I sprung a leak.  Was still on the big bag (night bag), since I wasn't planning on going anywhere today.  Ran to the bathroom, wife in pursuit, she emptied it and then syringed fresh water in it, and sure enough, was leaking where the big tube comes into the main body of the bag.  Dumbly I said, can we just duct tape it?  It only had to last 2 more nights, then I will get a new one after Tuesdays surgery.  No reply was given, leg bag was put on and off we went to the facility where she works as a nurse.  Five minutes later, she came out with a brand new bag.  Emergency over.  There are no medical supply stores opened on Sundays around here.  And I knew you can sleep with a leg bag.

Perhaps, I really should write a book and the Manly Art of Catheter Fashion.

David in SC

Mag,

I will take any leak over any blockage. Amazed that I am still getting some bleeding from the emergency dialation that was done 4 weeks ago. I would imagine going to take a while to heal after this next corrective surgery, being that it is being done in the same spot where I am already hurting.

But still worth the risk and ordeal to me if they can help prevent future blockages.

David in SC

David,

Sorry to hear about your leak but it seems, as with many of your postings, you took it in stride! I have several teenagers so the bag names were endless!  I final just put the large bag into a reusable grocery bag and clipped it to my belt. They called it my "peebuddy"!  Now that I;m changing pads often in the afternoons I sort of miss my peebuddy.

I never had a large bag leak but one day I was out with my wife using the leg bag.  I came home and took a nap forgetting about the bag!  I woke to find the bag overflowing and bursting at the seams!  I emptied the bag and it refilled in five minutes!  That was the last time I used the leg bag!

Best of luck with your corrective surgery.

I think we need to put you in a 10 acre field, naked with a couple little bushes to stay in the shade under until you go back to surgery. Just your naked butt and the tube, not even a bag...

David,

This is going to make you ever more the expert on catheters, the "go to" guy. But hope your feeling well and keep us posted on the surgery.

Michael

That I will Michael. The new bag tonight is working fine, though inferior in quality and doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the one that leaked. It is sadly in a bathroom trash can as we speak.

For the first time this weekend I am not being floored by bladder spasms or sharp penile pains around the catheter, think all the fight is out of me for the time being. Tommorow's another day. Have 5 hours at my part time job, then errands, then Tuesday, surgery day. Be happy to be on the other side of that.

David in SC

David ,
I wanted to run 50 ft of 1/2 inch tygon tubing from my bedroom to the basement sump pump but my wife wouldn't let me. Women! (Hey, she knew I was an engineer when she married me.) Maybe your wife will be more tolerant.
Good luck tomorrow!
Jeff

David,

If I might add one to OhioState's list:

"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag."

Now that I'm off the catheter and reliant on pads and Depends, whenever I need a new one I tell my wife it's time for the "Changing of the Guard."

Glad to see people here with a sense of humor!

-Charlie

Charlie - that was a good one

Mike - just an old fashioned blow out, least the wife had a nearby quick solution for another bag on a Sunday.

david in sc

David, Best wishes for your surgery tomorrow. May it be the beginning of the end of your saga. When you had the multiple catheters right after the initial RP surgery, what was you doctor telling you about the reason you needed more than one? Was that initial problem related to the problems you have had more recently? Thanks for your insight. Regards, Larry  

dale, no, never considered a sex change operation, not as long as I can still muster full wood

jeff, thanks, i ll check in when i get home hopefully tommorow

larry, it all stemed from a difficult open operation, due to a deep and narrow prostate bed, the surgeon had a difficult time with the bladder neck to urethra connection. thats why i was on the original cath for 30 days after surgery. they took it out, 12 hours later, had to have one put back in during emergency situation. after a couple of weeks took that one out, was in the ER that night where they had a difficult time inserting a new one, almost seriously injured me. two weeks later, my surgeon took that one out, scoped me, saw severe scarring and put a new one in. a week or two later , under GA at the hospital, he scoped me again and surgincally opened it. a week later took it out, then i began the process of getting dry, in my case not too difficult, less than a month. six months to the day of the corrective surgery back in january, was totally blocked up. my surgeon scoped me, saw that it was fully scarred over, had to do an emergency dialation procedure just to get a cath in. tommorow, day of surgery ,is the 20th day on this catheter. tommorow ,under GA at the hospital, hes going to scope me, dialate me, get a laser in , and with the laser ,try to open me back up with cleaner edges that shouldnt scar as bad, at least in theory, then put another cath in me for a couple of weeks of healing. thats was the shortest way i could tell you the saga.

Hope not for your sake, Larry, sounds like you been through enough yourself. Mine was directly because of scarring and a surgical difficulty. Your reason is new to me, but sounds possible.

David