External Urine Catheter

Thanks Teasswill - he does keep a container next to his bed at night but the urge to go toilet keeps waking him up.

That is really miserable for him.I hope something can be done to help.Bladder removal is major surgery and there can be complications.Recovery usually takes a few months.Jane 

In my days as pottery tutor at Headway [brain injury charity] I had a lovely gentleman in the group who had been left bladder incontinent and wheelchair bound by a stroke. He had a condom type collection device, it was mostly fine but did fall off from time to time resulting obviously in a soggy seat and need to clean up. Without [as a woman ] getting too graphic, I would assume that keeping such a device in place depends somewhat on how flaccid or otherwise the penis is. A very elderly gentleman's fairly shrunken situation was probably not as successful as on someone younger. I have no idea if any kind of removable adhesive is provided nowadays, as what I've described was about twenty years ago.

Hi there - just as a quick update.

Things doesn't seem to have progressed.

His fifth round of BCG is still causing issues - He tried on Catherer for a few weeks although able to sleep the pain is still there. He removed it but can't sleep because of frequent urination and the pain also.

He is 74 - He is on a few rounds of medication to control the inflammation for the last few days but so far I don't think it has made a difference. 

I feel stuck.