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Hi, i have bought a catheter for emergencies, i have created a fear in my mind that before having sex with a girl i wont beable to urinate even if i am completely desperate to go. My question is two part, 1) are catheters very effective, in that will it beable to go get passed the sphincter muscles even when i am "locked up", i have never used a catheter before but am fairly confident about how to do it (research + videos makes it look easy) and unlike some men i dont wince at the idea of sticking a tube up my urethra. 2) the reason i havn't yet tried it is that i have no lube, i will get some soon, but in the short term would the lube from prelubricated condoms work? i figured ig it is intended to go within a girl it cant be too dangerous to use as catheter lube. Thank you in advance, i would love to hear from anyone who has exp with caths when shy bladder strikes, btw my caths diameter is 12 (i figured a relatively thin diameter should help it get passed the muscles.
Hi Jude,1/. I have never found it a problem of getting past the sphincter muscles as you will find when you try it.2/ Catheters in this country usually come self lubricated in a saline solution,you just press the lubricant pouch in the top of the catheter to break the seal which then drops down to surround the catheter and lubricate it ,leave it for a minute while you cleanse yourself as cleanliness is very important in this process ,you then take the catheter out of the plastic holder and you are ready to insert it.Afterwards having withdrawn it ,replace the catheter in the sheath and dispose of it