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[wheels1974]

Over the past month I noticed I am getting really bad abdominal muscle spasms, It times it's hard to breath especially while laying down.
Last week my Jay2 cushion finally ruptured. Over the past year or so I have purchased 3 Jay2 cushions but unfortunately when I sit on them I am unable to urinate.

On Tuesday after a bowel morning I started sweating while I was in bed, I then got put in my wheelchair on one of the Jay2 cushions I purchased and again I couldn't urinate and I continued to sweat profusely. I just ended up going to bed early, same thing happened on the Wednesday.

On Thursday I had plans to go to the horse races so I had my father insert a catheter for the day and things were allot better as I only sweated a little.
I had the catheter taken out Thursday night when I went to bed and I urinated about a liter overnight on my own.

The following day I got up in my chair and again I started sweating so I went to bed early again.
On Saturday I had another catheter put in because I was sick of feeling the way I was and having to go to bed early really got me upset.
I started sweating again however the sweating is not happening due to not being able to urinate because I had a catheter in, the sweating happened because my body is feeling pain some where. I thought I would try taking a 5mg Valium and after a 45 minutes to a hour or so the swearing stopped, I still have the catheter in as I'm scared to have it taken out.
Today I also started sweating after getting up in my chair, so again I thought I would try another Valium and again after a hour or so, the sweating stopped.

Has anyone felt anything like this when switching from one cushion to another?
Also any idea why the sweating stops after I take the Valium?

I also wanted to mention that over the past 6 to 12 months or so I have been trying many other cushions such as these:
(1) Jay (The one with the sausages/fingers in the front, which are discontinued now)
(2) Recline
(3) Jay3
(4) Jay Active
(5) Jay2 Deep Contour
(6) Jay Easy
(7) Roho

Unfortunately all the above cushions have the same effect, they do not allow me to urinate. Any advise would be EXTREMELY appreciated.

Regards
Dean

Edited by wheels1974, 30 January 2012 - 09:17 AM.

[Edinburgh Colin]

I don't think your problem is your cushion. Could be a UTI, are you constipated? Sitting up and therefore compressing your abdomen would cause distress, ever suffered with Kidney stones ? Have you had a KUB x-ray in the last year? You should have one of every year to check everything is in order down there.
I would strongly suggest you contact your doctor as soon as possible, your physical reaction is obviously a direct response to a problem and it sounds almost like Autonomic Dysreflexia, don't know if you suffer from that but if it is then the raised blood pressure will be giving you headaches and possibly making you feel sick too. This is dangerous so you really should seek medical help as soon as possible.
Good Luck,
EC

[wheels1974]

Edinburgh Colin, on 30 January 2012 - 10:38 AM, said:

I don't think your problem is your cushion. Could be a UTI, are you constipated? Sitting up and therefore compressing your abdomen would cause distress, ever suffered with Kidney stones ? Have you had a KUB x-ray in the last year? You should have one of every year to check everything is in order down there.
I would strongly suggest you contact your doctor as soon as possible, your physical reaction is obviously a direct response to a problem and it sounds almost like Autonomic Dysreflexia, don't know if you suffer from that but if it is then the raised blood pressure will be giving you headaches and possibly making you feel sick too. This is dangerous so you really should seek medical help as soon as possible.
Good Luck,
EC

Thanks for your reply. I wish you were right but unfortunately It's defiantly my cushion that stops me from urinating, its been that way for over the past 10 years.
It's not a UTI and thankfully I'm not constipated. However Kidney stones have crossed my mind, I just hope I have not damaged my kidneys over the past week while trying to sit on my cushion without the catheter.
The Autonomic Dysreflexia has only happened 2 or 3 times to the point where I got a chronic headache over the past 24 years since my injury.
I have had the beginning signs of Dysreflexia many times over the years, where I get clammy and a little sweaty but when that happens I get someone to clench there fist and push on my bladder which starts me urinating straight away which then gives me instant relief and the sweating stops straight away.

I contacted my Doctor first thing Monday, I got my Doc to write me a referral for a renal ultrasound, abdominal x-ray and full blood work. I am in the process of waiting to hear back from the local hospital so I can go get all these tests done. God willing it will be worked out sooner then later because I'm not a huge fan of having a catheter although if I have to it wouldn't bother me as much as I thought it would.

[sliqnes]

Ive been having sweating issuses since i got discharged from the hospital for a uti im gonna ask my urologist about a real ultrasound i had a kidney ultrasound and it was good,i'll post my results.