Thank you all for your kind wishes as I recover from surgery. Some of the comments about catheters, etc. reminded me of an incident with a friend that still makes me laugh whenever I think about it.
He had some sort of bladder problem that required him to be fitted with a catheter and a urine bag. So far, so good . . . until the first morning after he returned home. His twin daughters, aged about 5 or 6 at the time, came running into the bedroom and jumped on the bed to be with Mom and Dad - and one of them landed right on his (full) urine bag.
His comment: "Have you ever tried to pee backwards? It sheds a new and horrible light on the human condition!"
I had to sympathize, even while laughing my tochus off at his predicament!
Peter
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I can remember us breaking the disembarking record from an APC after a memorable 11 hour ride. Water is precious in the bush and all receptacles were full. The crew were unsympathetic and threatened dire punishments if their precious mobile oven were soiled. I hate the armoured corps. Through mud and blood to the green fields beyond...and they can change their greasy tracks by themselves, the varlets
I just had a pelvic cringe when I read that.
Hang in there, Peter! I wore a catheter for about 6 months after I broke my hip. Finally had a "TURP" procedure, and that took care of the problem for good.
You're on my nightly prayer list.
Hey Peter,
Hang in there man, prayers going up from me to bless you on the return trip down. Unfortunately, I know more about renal issues than I'd like, but clearly not to the extent of suffering through three operations to mitigate hydronephrosis. Had two kidney stones on separate occasions, first one was down in FL due to me stupidly dehydrating myself (too much beach running w/o enough water). Did the renal colic dealio that made me pass out in the ER, felt like a Sykes Fairbairn in my lower back. The stone was not in a position to do lithotripsy, so in went the ureteral stent. For weeks after that, every time I peed, I'd end up ripping the plumbing out of the wall. Finally, the damn thing passed and it was no bigger than the end of the graphite point on a No. 2 pencil. Hats off to you for being such a trooper in the face of such painful adversity. Thank God for better living for modern chemistry, speaking of such, STAY SUPER-HYDRATED. Some of the pain meds promote dehydration, ask me how I know (more pain - look up rectal fissure- YIKES). Thanks for all you do.
NCPilot
I did have a "reverse peeing" moment when they were trying to diagnose why I was having kidney stones. I guess they were trying to diagnose if the tubes from the kidneys to the bladder were not behaving properly. So they filled everything up with water from the outlet end.
It reminds me of that scene in "The Right Stuff" when the potential astronauts were being put through their medical evals, and the bathroom was on another floor.
My catheter story is somewhat benign. Two weeks post surgery, when it was time to remove it, it was stuck. There I was being led around like a dog on a leash as the PA tried to take it out. The doctor theorized that he must have caught it with a stitch when he sewed me up. He also said the stitch would eventually dissolve. I removed it myself that next weekend.
Owie...cringing over here even 'thinking' about that...
Peter, absolutely make sure they deflate the catheter thing before they remove it. Mate of mine found out the hard way and none of the nurses were taking responsibility for what ensued.
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