I am an expert at it been doing it 5 X s a day for 8 years , my urologist thinks it's funny that I am his only patient who keeps a conversation going without pause when he scopes me .
Wash your hands or wear gloves ,do not inflate a foley with air use saline, and do not overninflate,don't use gobs of lube put a little on the first inch of the cath , that's all you need, when doing a foley it helps to wrap the cath between your fingers ( it gives you better control) a fluid insertion is the easiest use steady pressure until you start to feel resistance then take a quick breath and push it all the way into your bladder as you exhale , insert the full length of a foley until it stops , then inflate the Ballon and give it a gentle tug to seat it in your bladder.
Any questions feel free to ask I learned to cath as a Nurse but perfected it on myself when I needed to start cathing for need, you won't become IC from using caths and the risk of infection by cath is very small as long as you use a clean technique , yes sterile is great but rarely do you have everything sterile that's why it's called CIC Clean Intermittent Catheterization.
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