Loveable_guy

WOW, very regrettable but things will happen. And you are not the first to loose a stent in your bladder. It happened to me but I was much luckier. In my case the retrial cord slipped inside. I tried searching for the cord with crochet hooks but no joy. At the hospital I was sedated and prepared for surgery. When I came to afterwards I was relieved to know they were able to remove the stent and avoid the surgery. I still enjoy my stent but it is with much caution when I do.

Toddlecub, this post maybe of some help to you, Close to Incontinence with a catheter, Good luck, be safe and always use a retrieval cord.

Guilty as charged I am. My stent design works for me and has helped others in developing their own stent(s).

I will have to check the local stores for the XXL Goodnights . Back about 30 pounds ago I use to wear the XL goodnights as the first layer. Using a hobby knife I would poke holes throughout the Goodnights and wear under better quality diaper. This made for nice bulky feeling not to mention keeping things wet all around.

Not sure if this would be helpful to anyone but a thrift store in Lower Bucks County PA has two full bin boxes of XXL medical grade diapers available. $4.00 per bag. At best they would be good for doubling up. Not looking to break any rules here so DM me for store name and location.

WOW, you are lucky the stent floated out on its own. You may want to ask the doc to keep the deposit as a retainer, You know just in case it happens again,, just kidding.

Spargano, Welcome to the club, the club of those that have had surgery to remove a lost stent. You will be lucky if they are able to fish it out without cutting you. I was knocked out for the procedure. When I came to the first thing I did was to uncontrollably soak the mattress pad under me. My guess is they had flushed my bladder a few times and left the last fill in me. There was a lot of bleeding but no stitches. I can't image the conversation with your wife about all this. To this day my wife only knows I was in the hospital most of one day. Believing she would not handle the truth this is a subject we don't discuss. Best of luck to you.

I have experimented with a mallecote catheter. To insert I used a piece of stiff nylon line from the weed whacker. Sliding the line down inside the cath pushes the head forward collapsing the balloon head. For me it was more risk that I was will take.

Excetly, Nothing is free. The big plus with the big A is the wide range of products available.

I had an order from Dell for a desktop PC. The zip code was wrong. Correct street and house number but wrong town. When I discovered it, I drove to there and grabbed it off their porch. I guess in a way that make me a porch pirate for the day. Fortunately no one was home but they had a Ring camera. Who knows if anyone noticed it our not. I had with the Dell invoice with the shipment tracking in in case the police showed up. It happens.

Not the easiest to insert or remove, requires a flexible rod be pushed up inside the tip to collapse the head. Once in place the rod is withdrawn while cath stays in place. To remove the rod is re-inserted. Not real common in the USA.

Cathdiap,,While you maybe one of the original designers and author on the subject, there are several other sites discussing ways to force urinary incontinence. I feel the subject should stay. It is a valuable resource for all that follow. And remember, everything we see or read on the web is not always true or the best thing for you. Its up to the user to make intelligent decisions.

YEP, they asked many questions and I wore my hat down low covering my face until they knocked me out for the removal process. You should hear about the great escape after I came to. They would not allow me to drive or leave the hospital without an escort. Me on the other hand waned to get home before the wife did in hopes of not sharing the whole story. I bolted out the door and the hospital called the local police. I ducked in to the woods for a bit to avoid capture. Then I realized they have all your information, duh stupid me.

Sorry to hear about your misfortune but it can happen and yes it happened to me once. I hope they are able to safely fish your stent out without surgery. I was lucky in that they were able to retrieve my stent easily and I was sent home the same day. I used the event as a learning tool and still use a stent today. Funny thing was the hospital staff kept my stent for the wall shame or was it the look what stupid did encyclopedia they keep in the break room.

Got lucky this morning. No not the sexual type of lucky but the finding of quality diaper products at the Thrift store lucky. Scored three packs of Tranquility ATN overnight pull ups for $12.42. That's 54 diapers for about .23 cents each. They have a 4 x 4 bin box for diapers, mostly store brand junk but every now and then I find some good stuff. They are generally priced at $4.00 a package regardless of the product or the quantity in the package.