medical proceedure

[ljgeoff]

Today I go in to the hospital for a short test. I've been having trouble with stress incontinence for years, and my great Family Practice doc, has sent me to a urologist to see if there's anything that can be done, surgery-wise. So the doc is going to do a cystoscopy, which is "an exam that allows the doctor to directly view the urethra and the inside of the bladder." If you are thinking, "my, that doesn't sound very comfortable", I think that you are probably right.

Comments

[kightp.livejournal.com]

Owie.

As someone recently recovered from a UTI, and experiencing a bit of stress incontinence myself due to plain old menopause, I wince in your general direction.

[ljgeoff.livejournal.com]

They used some kind of numbing gel, so it wasn't too bad. The worse part was when they wanted to measure the capacity of my bladder - "Now, tell me when you feel really full...can you hold a little more?" It seems that I have a smallish bladder. I hold about 450 cc's. That's a weird thing to know, eh? (well, I've always _known_ it, but to have it proved...)