Inchie Today: Tuesday 21st April 2026

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TUESDAY 21st APRIL 2026
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Painfully later on.

Late breakfast.
Glum Start.

Catheter Problems Again
Talk about pain, this was horrendous to cope with. The only thing I could do was to drink water all day, constantly topping up.
Carer said yesterday when he called, I had about 60 bottles of water in the hallway, and he thought it was unnecessary. This evening when I called, there was none left!
I’m starting on the few 200ml and 500ml I have left. Ordered more for tomorrow, hope they last, or it’s tap water for me. Which will mean hobbling into the kitchen for top-ups non-stop, and with the state of my legs and feet, it’s gonna hurt a bit. Naturally, my plans to ease the pain went wrong. I have to constantly be drinking it; it is going to work. Naturally, the Warfarin DVT Blood Collector came for the samples. So, for only about 12 minutes, I drank no water. As she left, I picked up one of the ever-dwindling supply of water bottles, but it was too late; the vicious flow-back pains returned. I did not have sufficient supply to gulp away freely, or I’d have none for the following times. Thus, I had about two hours of agony, during which all I could do was grind what few teeth I have left and bear it.
Then the Warden came to test the alert alarm, same again. Arrgh!
The Carers tried throughout the first calls to reach the Nurses to seek advice on the legs, feet, the Catheter problem, and the painful knee from the tumble…
Oh, yes, I had another tumble again. Walking on swollen feet is dangerous. Carer got me up again. Easy this time, I fell on, then off the bed, nice and gently. I rang early, but they always get busy in the mornings, and all I got for my four efforts was an engaged tone. Later, Carer R rang three times, then, on his fourth attempt, he got into the queue in 19th position. Had to give up.
He tried again on his next visit and got through, and they told him they would ring back. They did, telling me I had an appointment with the Doctor tomorrow (Wed) at 16:30hrs, which I must attend. Then the mayhem got even more confusing for me. Carer M told me the computer assessor is coming at 13:30hrs. Then asked if I was up to going to the Doctors while the Catheter is playing painully-up, not working, then filling up fully within a minute like yesterday? Your balance after the Catheter bother is terrible, and you have had two falls.
I was worrying about these problems as he asked me. But what to do? Make a decision? Me? If I don’t go, I may miss some help. If I go, I’ll risk another tumble, or the Catheter flowback pains coming on, with no water to drink, and nowhere to empty the pouch, and the flowback will suddenly start again? Also, with the blown-up legs and feet making walking more risky, what should I do?
Another thing that concerns me is the Warden warning me of the dangers of drinking too much water. I have no choice, it is the only way to stop the agonising pain. I looked on Google about the problem: “Drinking too much water can lead to hyponatremia (water intoxication), a dangerous condition where sodium levels in the blood become too diluted, causing cells—especially in the brain—to swell. Symptoms range from headaches and nausea to seizures, coma, and, rarely, death. It most commonly affects athletes or people drinking over 1 litre per hour.”
Crikey, there have been many occasions when I’ve drunk 4 litres an hour to save myself from the pain… looks like I may have killed myself as well. If I can get to the Doctors, I might get some advice on this. If I don’t fall over and kill myself on the way. Or, fall off the bus and get run over, and my Catheter bursts open, spraying everything and one. I dread the thought of suffering with the Catheter’s near-my-pain-limit, agonising backflow starting when I’m out. 
If I put some bottles of water in the three-wheeled walker and they are delivered in the morning, then I’m going to be very popular with others when I can’t collapse it when I get on the bus and hinder other people’s movement. Lifting ot onto and off a bus will be a challenge.

Short, but not sweet. Hehehe!

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Well, this time anyway, what
Anyone else had this, please?
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CHEERS, FOLKS!
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