I have a catheter...
Hi Kylisa,
The catheter tube is kept inside the bladder by a balloon that is filled with sterile water.
You can move around all the time with it. When they put the catheter in, after, they put an adhesive clip to secure the tube to the thigh, to further help from the tube being yanked on.
Yes, you can sit on the pot-chair for bowel movements.
I have a good Urologist. He told me that no matter how careful you are, a Urinary Tract Infection, (UTI), will usually always show up if a Urinalysis is done.
However, he does not believe in over-medicating with antibiotics--only when true symptoms would show up, such as painful urination, pain in bladder area, or fever, does he then prescribe an antibiotic. I personally have no feeling at all in that area, and the only way I can tell when I have a true UTI, is when I get severe painful bladder spasms. But then I just take a strong antibiotic, and the spasms go away.
Do try to keep it as clean as possible.
One other note--while relaxed and in bed, the catheter is no problem. But if you are sitting up for a while, you may notice leakage from around the catheter tube itself. There is nothing wrong--it's just the way it is. What I do, is put a 4 x 4 gauze sponge taped around the tube, to catch any leakage, and change it daily.
Hope this helps.
KEDASO
(Ken)