Well yesterday I had my bladder testing done.
Not the most fun thing to go thru, but not quite as bad as feared or sounded. One thing that I think helped was the nurse and doc were nice & considerate.
They said to come with a full bladder, well I did exactly that. I pee'd a (slow) flood and thought my bladder had to be empty if not close to it. NO WAY Jose! I voided well over 200ml and still had over 300 PVR when they cathed me afterwards.
Bottom line;
I have a couple tight spots (strictures) and surgery sometime next month. That should speed up the voiding and reduce some sx. I asked if it would eliminate having to self-cath, he did not think it would eliminate having to self-cath (should make cathing easier though) They even had minor problems trying to cath me due to the strictures.
Gomer Sir Falls-a-lot
Not the most fun thing to go thru, but not quite as bad as feared or sounded. One thing that I think helped was the nurse and doc were nice & considerate.
They said to come with a full bladder, well I did exactly that. I pee'd a (slow) flood and thought my bladder had to be empty if not close to it. NO WAY Jose! I voided well over 200ml and still had over 300 PVR when they cathed me afterwards.
Bottom line;
I have a couple tight spots (strictures) and surgery sometime next month. That should speed up the voiding and reduce some sx. I asked if it would eliminate having to self-cath, he did not think it would eliminate having to self-cath (should make cathing easier though) They even had minor problems trying to cath me due to the strictures.
Gomer Sir Falls-a-lot
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