Re: New, but needing support.
Fri Jun 10, 2016 12:35 pm
I've had a bunch of them done (unfortunately). The cameras they use are just as flexible, and have a smaller diameter than most catheters. They also use a lot more lidocaine gel to numb you than with catheters too.
Yes it is uncomfortable, but to me a cystoscopy is less painful than having a catheter put in. I wouldn't be too worried about it.
Yes it is uncomfortable, but to me a cystoscopy is less painful than having a catheter put in. I wouldn't be too worried about it.
Re: New, but needing support.
Fri Jun 10, 2016 2:21 pm
@B Brian and @Inconinmiss,
I beg to differ, I had my cystography in 2013 and it hurt like hell!!! Screw waterboarding, do that and the terrorists will squeal like a stool pigeon!
I beg to differ, I had my cystography in 2013 and it hurt like hell!!! Screw waterboarding, do that and the terrorists will squeal like a stool pigeon!
Re: New, but needing support.
Fri Jun 10, 2016 5:44 pm
I guess they didn't numb you up that good Porkchop. I had one done a couple of years ago, I was trying to imagine I was somewhere else but there with my legs up. Not to mention having a female nurse doing the prep. She was very professional though. The three things that really startled me was the hot towel to wash that area off; the quick numbing gel being placed in my urethra and seeing the size of the scope (I started thinking how can that fit down there). The doctor came in a few minutes later and I was able to see what he was seeing on the screen and he talked me completely through the procedure. There was only mild discomfort, but that was from feeling the camera looking around my bladder.
Re: New, but needing support.
Fri Jun 10, 2016 5:58 pm
batman381327 wrote:I guess they didn't numb you up that good Porkchop. I had one done a couple of years ago, I was trying to imagine I was somewhere else but there with my legs up. Not to mention having a female nurse doing the prep. She was very professional though. The three things that really startled me was the hot towel to wash that area off; the quick numbing gel being placed in my urethra and seeing the size of the scope (I started thinking how can that fit down there). The doctor came in a few minutes later and I was able to see what he was seeing on the screen and he talked me completely through the procedure. There was only mild discomfort, but that was from feeling the camera looking around my bladder.
I guess they started too early? Ugh, the VA doctors...... but it hurt like a mother...............
Re: New, but needing support.
Fri Jun 10, 2016 8:39 pm
As with any profession there are great, good and those who should have never have been in the profession. I have had my share at the VA. My first PCM for some reason gave me the heebie-jeebies and I couldn't figure out why. He quit shortly after I started seeing him. Read what I wrote in this post of what one Urologist said to me. viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1284 Luckily, I have never had to see him again Thank goodness. My current PCM is great, but the juror is still out on the other one I am seeing for my anxiety and depression.
Re: New, but needing support.
Fri Jun 10, 2016 8:59 pm
mvincent137,
I many here, I too have had a few cystoscopy procedures. No worries,......its NOT as bad as some have made it out to be. I would compare it to being cathed. I think that Pockchop's urologist probably used a super large size insert with him and didn't use a numbing gel. Maybe Pockchop had an Intern with no supervision. That would explain things,...LOL It goes without saying, the larger the insert the more discomfort you are likely to feel.
Like I said,....no worries, I'm sure your doc (urologist) will use a gel that will numb the insertion of the cystoscopy so it will feel much the same as being cathed. Once the cystoscopy reaches the bladder the discomfort is really over,.....just like the insertion of a cath. Once the doc reaches your bladder with scope, all you will feel will be the up, and down movement as the doc moves the scope around inside your bladder. There is NO discomfort to this,...not at all. The ONLY time you will feel ANY more discomfort will be when the doc removes scope from your urethra on the way out. There is ONLY one way into your bladder with a scope, so there is ONLY one way out. If you recall what it felt like when you were cathed for the first time that is what a cystoscopy procedure is going to feel like UNLESS your doc uses a larger gage insert.
The good news is once this procedure is completed you will be finished with one of the most invasive exams unless doc wants to do a urodynamics test. This is the test where they measure pressure, volume, and sensory bladder release of fluid. If you never had this test preformed they have to put a tube into you bladder so it too feels like your being cathed with a tube going into the bladder. Same as above, once the tube reaches the bladder there in no discomfort. My urologist preforms this test on me annually. I can't tell you how much I look forward to this test every year,....NOT. I call this test "hot dog on a tube" for all the obvious reasons. LOL This test, (urodynamics test), and the test your about to have done (cystoscopy) are the two most invasive male urology tests preformed. I'm double incon, so they check bowel pressure I guess by putting a tube in place where the sun don't shine every time I have the uorodynamics tests done. I have some nerve damage in certain areas of my butt(saddle area as it is called) so I don't feel much discomfort when they put that tube in me. I often wonder what would happen if I passed gas with that tube stuck up my you know what? LOL LOL I'll have to ask the urologist the nest time I have this test preformed.
In sum, DON'T worry about your upcoming procedure. It will feel like your being cathed and NOTHING more!
Maybe Porkchop had his procedure preformed at the Phoenix, VA, or had the same urology Intern that worked at the Phoenix, VA. If not,...maybe the doc knew Porkchop and used a larger gage insert just because he knew him. mmmmmmmmm That could be strong possibility.
Hope my explanation helped.
I many here, I too have had a few cystoscopy procedures. No worries,......its NOT as bad as some have made it out to be. I would compare it to being cathed. I think that Pockchop's urologist probably used a super large size insert with him and didn't use a numbing gel. Maybe Pockchop had an Intern with no supervision. That would explain things,...LOL It goes without saying, the larger the insert the more discomfort you are likely to feel.
Like I said,....no worries, I'm sure your doc (urologist) will use a gel that will numb the insertion of the cystoscopy so it will feel much the same as being cathed. Once the cystoscopy reaches the bladder the discomfort is really over,.....just like the insertion of a cath. Once the doc reaches your bladder with scope, all you will feel will be the up, and down movement as the doc moves the scope around inside your bladder. There is NO discomfort to this,...not at all. The ONLY time you will feel ANY more discomfort will be when the doc removes scope from your urethra on the way out. There is ONLY one way into your bladder with a scope, so there is ONLY one way out. If you recall what it felt like when you were cathed for the first time that is what a cystoscopy procedure is going to feel like UNLESS your doc uses a larger gage insert.
The good news is once this procedure is completed you will be finished with one of the most invasive exams unless doc wants to do a urodynamics test. This is the test where they measure pressure, volume, and sensory bladder release of fluid. If you never had this test preformed they have to put a tube into you bladder so it too feels like your being cathed with a tube going into the bladder. Same as above, once the tube reaches the bladder there in no discomfort. My urologist preforms this test on me annually. I can't tell you how much I look forward to this test every year,....NOT. I call this test "hot dog on a tube" for all the obvious reasons. LOL This test, (urodynamics test), and the test your about to have done (cystoscopy) are the two most invasive male urology tests preformed. I'm double incon, so they check bowel pressure I guess by putting a tube in place where the sun don't shine every time I have the uorodynamics tests done. I have some nerve damage in certain areas of my butt(saddle area as it is called) so I don't feel much discomfort when they put that tube in me. I often wonder what would happen if I passed gas with that tube stuck up my you know what? LOL LOL I'll have to ask the urologist the nest time I have this test preformed.
In sum, DON'T worry about your upcoming procedure. It will feel like your being cathed and NOTHING more!
Maybe Porkchop had his procedure preformed at the Phoenix, VA, or had the same urology Intern that worked at the Phoenix, VA. If not,...maybe the doc knew Porkchop and used a larger gage insert just because he knew him. mmmmmmmmm That could be strong possibility.
Hope my explanation helped.
Re: New, but needing support.
Sat Jun 11, 2016 12:08 pm
@JohnStone: 
As for testing, there WAS a super cool one where I was injected with radioactive isotopes and then made to pee while being x-rayed.... or something. I liked watching that video, was super cool... AND that test didn't hurt. So it isn't all bad!
As for testing, there WAS a super cool one where I was injected with radioactive isotopes and then made to pee while being x-rayed.... or something. I liked watching that video, was super cool... AND that test didn't hurt. So it isn't all bad!
Re: New, but needing support.
Sun Jun 12, 2016 2:47 am
When you guys talk about this shit I have to stop reading. Just reading your accounts makes me queasy ... seriously.
They would have to put me out completely.
They would have to put me out completely.
Re: New, but needing support.
Sun Jun 12, 2016 1:10 pm
Me, too - and me, too!
W.
W.
Re: New, but needing support.
Sat Aug 06, 2016 10:29 pm
Ive had 2 cytoscopies, first one hurt and burned after ward when i peed.. second one wasnt as bad. Its not that bad of a procedure.
Peace out!
Rob
Peace out!
Rob