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#1 User is offline   Little Alex 

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Posted 13 August 2009 - 08:25 PM

Hi I am hoping someone can help me.

Can anyone pee independently without the need for a cath or open their bowels independently?

I am wondering if its possible.

Thanks
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Posted 13 August 2009 - 09:10 PM

I think it is possible for some incompletes.
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Posted 13 August 2009 - 09:39 PM

I do, and have done so for forty plus years since the accident. I don't know how healthy it is but I am still here with lot less infections then my sci peers.
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Posted 14 August 2009 - 03:30 AM

I got complete function back of it, 9 months after my surgery.
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Posted 14 August 2009 - 03:48 AM

View PostLittle Alex, on Aug 13 2009, 03:25 PM, said:

Hi I am hoping someone can help me.

Can anyone pee independently without the need for a cath or open their bowels independently?

I am wondering if its possible.

Thanks


Every injury is different. Some can, some can't.

Generally, with true complete SCI, the bowel is it's own beast. Same with the bladder. This is particularly true for those of us with lower-motor-neuron injuries. For example, my bladder sphincter and bowel sphincter neither one have any tension. I have had to have an artificial urinary sphincter installed, and am soon to have the antegrade continence enema procedure for my bowels. You have to pretty much take it upon yourself (as you have done by posting this) to learn all you can, as I'm afraid many OTs and attending physicians are just not specialized in SCI bowel and bladder issues, and therefor have little good information to give.

I'm interested by some of the other replies you have gotten. Kind of makes me wish I'd asked this question.
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Posted 14 August 2009 - 09:38 AM

Thank you for all the replies, its interesting to read other peoples experiences of these things. Its always a question I am a bit shy to ask!
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Posted 15 August 2009 - 06:10 AM

So far... it's been hit and miss for me and the bladder. I'll be able to feel it about 1 time in 20-30 when I release. I will 'try' for about 2-3 minutes, and if no go, then it's cath time. If I have a UTI then absolutely not.

Bowels are mostly timed, and I can kinda sorta release, but nothing happens usually. That's when I get to snap on the glove!

However, I've been injured in a different spot than you, so I dunno. Just my two cents.
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