Monday, June 29, 2009

Please don't reuse your catheters.

I just saw a commercial for Liberator Medical Supplies. In the commercial an actress said her insurance company denied her getting new catheters. The actress appeared very sad as she sat in a field and talked about boiling and reusing her catheters and her constant urinary tract infections. Liberator Medical supplies claims to help you afford their products whenever you need to "cath". I didn't even know "cath" was a word.

Even though the actress ended up getting her catheters which allowed her to run in the field by the end of the commercial, I'm still greatly disturbed.

Please don't reuse your catheters. You deserve a fresh pee every time!

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8 comments:

TheWeyrd1 said...

Sometimes I'm not sure if this blog is a funny one or a PSA. Thanks for the info anyway!

Jessie Maims said...

I'm actually a caregiver in the real world and we do use the word "cath" when referring to catheterizing. It happens several times a day so 1 syllable goes far.

My theory is that it's the in-out caths that cause more UTIs, not necessarily sterilizing and reusing catheters. There are several ways and kinds.

Rad-a-two-ee said...

You aren't the only one disturbed by the ad. It plays here in florida a lot and it scared me the 1st time because ewww, I wouldn't want to reuse a catheter. Do you boil it or something? Eventually I just began to laugh because the actress is really really sincere about it. Not good, but sincere. She doesn't want me to EVER have to reuse a catheter.

Susanna said...

I'm going to add the word "cath" to my personal dictionary.

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Wahnoot said...

I think it's funnier to imagine that in a country where everything is disposable, we re-use something that we stick in our pee holes and urinate through! And people don't think we have a problem with our healthcare system!

Jethro said...

OK, I wont clean and re-use my catheters. Now who is going to pay for a new one five times a day???
I have no insurance, do not qualify for Medicare or Medicaid, but am still a paraplegic.

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