Hi, my name is cakey!

cakey
cakey Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
I have cold, heart failure, ms and chronic lung disease. I have a suprapubic catheter which I have had for 5 years and this embarrasses me

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  • zakblood
    zakblood Online Community Member Posts: 415 Empowering
    welcome to the forum
  • cakey
    cakey Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    Thankyou
  • cakey
    cakey Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    I have a suprapubic catheter. I find it very embarrassing when people find out. I struggle with fashionable clothes and starting new relationships so awkward and embarrassing. Does anyone else go through this
  • Connie00
    Connie00 Online Community Member Posts: 249 Empowering
    Hello @cakey  :)

    I understand what you must be going through, please remember this is not your fault you have a Medical Condition that does not allow for high fashion, and if people don't understand that's their problem not yours. as for new relationships tell them from the start, if the can't handle it then they are not the right supportive person you need in your life.  i really do understand how you feel, 
  • emmarenshaw
    emmarenshaw Online Community Member Posts: 697 Empowering
    Hello @cakey , welcome to the community. We're all here should you need our support.
  • cakey
    cakey Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    Thanks guys
  • cakey
    cakey Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    Thankyou, you really boosted me up x
  • Connie00
    Connie00 Online Community Member Posts: 249 Empowering
    we are always here to support you whenever we can,  remember only one important fact in your life, and that is you, embrace your situation as much as you can take control of it, and don't let it control you. B)
  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,860 Online Community Programme Lead
    Hi @cakey and welcome! :smile:
  • Ails
    Ails Online Community Member Posts: 2,237 Championing
    Hi @cakey and welcome to the Community.  It is nice to meet you and thank you for sharing with us.  I can appreciate how difficult things must be for you and as the others have said, we are all here to support you should you need it.  You will find us to be a very friendly bunch!  So please feel free to talk to us anytime as there will always be someone to listen.  If we can be of any help/support to you then please just give us a shout.  All the best.  :smile: