Norm...your uro will explain that tomorrow when you see him.  With the self
cath you can put it in and take it back out after draining the bladder, so
you don't have a friggen pencil stuck up your dick all the time, hooked up
to a bag.  The self cath should be much smaller (unless you have large clots
left).

My foley after my TURP was 22 French (appox .29" diameter - that's bigger
than a pencil).  Do you know what yours was.  Like I told you, I couldn't
stand the son of a bitch.  I believe they put a good size one in after the
surgery to enable the clots and debris to come out (22 French may be the
norm after surgery - dunno).

If he wants you to self cath, ask him for something in the 12/14/16 range.
The smaller will be easier to insert for obvious reasons.  He may want to
use a bigger one if he is worried about clots/debris.

I have never self cathed, but I have some on hand just in case (they will
expire soon - lol).  There are many in this ng who have self cathed, and I
am sure they will chime in, but you will probably have already seen your uro
by then.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.  BTW did the headaches from the
spinal go away - I assume so since you did not mention it again - I hope so.

Pete

Been reading your posts regarding self cathing,I've had a holmium
laser turp which didn't work for me then a conventional surgiical turp
three years later which for six weeks after seemed to have fixed me up
until I was unable to complete voiding again so I had to restart self
catheterising again which brings its own problems like bladder
infections caused by shoving a tube in your dick three or four times a
day,but still better than a foley permanently up you like a ball and
chain.
There are many different types of catheters some reusable.
I use single use Lofric urinary catheters which have a coating on them
that when soaked in plain clean water acts as a lubricant to ease
using them (size 14 =approx 3/16 in or 5mm dia),to help prevent
infections I take a broad spectrum antibiotic tablet once a day as a
prophylactic measure usually rotating the type of antibiotic monthly
hopefully to prevent the bugs getting immune.Not an ideal lifestyle
but what can you do.
Hope you have success passing water naturally without this hassle.