Chronic Foley - intermittent leaking

I have had a Foley catheter since mid March. I have NO incontinence whatsoever, just urinary frequency that is "off the charts."  (FYI, I'm only 46 years old, have been seeing an awesome urologist.)  There is nothing medically "wrong" - I've been tried on numerous meds, biofeedback, had benign bladder biopsy years ago.  Strange as it may sound, I absolutely LOVE having the catheter.  My quality of life has gone up exponentially, otherwise I have to pee between 6-8 times per hour.  Problem is, after 3 weeks from when I first got catheterized, I started to "leak" from the bladder, but most urine goes in the leg bag, no problem.  I've gone in to the urologist and have had a larger size catheter placed about 4 times (currently I have an 18 french).  I'm fine for a couple of days, THEN this "leaking" happens. I've been wearing "Poise" pads which helps tremendously.  Why does this leaking happen?  I do those "kegel" (sp?) exercises.  I'm about at my wits end.

[Dr_Veena]

Hi,
      How are you? Leakage from a foley’s catheter on having it for a long time could be due to infection, irritation of the urethra and sagging of the muscles. I would suggest that you get a urine analysis with culture done to see if there is any infection.
Also, a trial of removing catheter and see if frequency had decreased is also a good idea.
Discuss with your doctor regarding the above mentioned possibilities and follow his advise.
Best

[rmprdl1964]

Hi,

I have had a foley in for a year and 2 months now and at times have urine leaking past the catheter. My doctor has given me  Buscopan to help against bladder spasms, and I have also used Detrol LA prior to the catheter and still use it now.
I usually use pads to deal with the leakage. changing the catheter to a larger one does very little difference.
For the last 3 months I have had a suprapubic catheter, which seems better, but I still leak through the penis.
Pads or protective underwear are used to deal with this.

God bless,

Ron

[ontheway2hell]

Try going down a few sizes inc balloon size14/16 fr 5-10cc max.
ive been using bard bio cath in 16fr 10cc and been realy fine forget its there.hardly any leakage/bypass